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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wow - the concern trolls were right. [View all]Ace Rothstein
(3,199 posts)160. Nate Silver doesn't conduct any polls.
He was also the only prognosticator giving Trump a chance but nobody here wanted to listen to him.
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I still believed she would win, but I am forever traumatized by the 2004 election.
Kali
Nov 2016
#80
I'll be honest, I expressed a lot of confidence in my personal life that Clinton would win.
DemocraticWing
Nov 2016
#5
I agree. she may have won. but she was out of touch. as were people around her. Robby Mook?
SleeplessinSoCal
Nov 2016
#65
there is a difference between concern and dragging things down. none of it changes that many of them
JI7
Nov 2016
#7
OP is saying the truth. and it's more than "I told you so". Its let's not this happen again.
zonkers
Nov 2016
#67
You are absolutely right bains, and I made that point several times. The last two weeks
still_one
Nov 2016
#177
You don't think the GOTV people were working hard? I sure heard from a lot of them,
pnwmom
Nov 2016
#119
there was one election day poll that said Sanders would have beat Don 55-44
SleeplessinSoCal
Nov 2016
#69
Yeah, there was, based on opinions developed after NOT seeing Bernie the subject
pnwmom
Nov 2016
#158
Yeah, not being allowed to even mention the possibility pre-election, got pretty silly. nt
prayin4rain
Nov 2016
#14
You had no data to back up your concern with. There was tons of data supporting a Clinton win.
randome
Nov 2016
#18
The concern trolls almost never are, and are usually sent here from other sites to demoralize Democr
vdogg
Nov 2016
#20
I am concerned about this concern over the veracity of the average concern troll.
ismnotwasm
Nov 2016
#52
unfortunately the persons that dismissed any criticism, question, discussion or inquiry...
Raster
Nov 2016
#128
As a former concern troll, I don't think we should waste our time and energy gloating.
Vinca
Nov 2016
#33
I think a lesson should be learned here...just because someone posts something that is
TrekLuver
Nov 2016
#36
What you see in that regard is people unable to admit they were wrong in their assumptions/vitriol
revbones
Nov 2016
#63
maybe we shouldn't back such baggage filled flawed establishment candidate next time
Cobalt Violet
Nov 2016
#84
Gee, who would have predicted that nothing good would come from sowing discord and discontent?
Cary
Nov 2016
#48
This was a bad year with the courts at stake and a good chance to retake the Senate
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#81
It was Sanders. He drove her negatives down with constant attacks and his supporters never
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#83
Sorry...Berned railed against Hillary on trade and refused to concede in a timely fashion.
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#190
It. Wasn't. Bernie. And anyone that can't honestly look at Clinton as a candidate...
Raster
Nov 2016
#130
It was Bernie. We would have won. And now the progressive revoution is probably dead.
Demsrule86
Nov 2016
#131
Stop blaming Bernie for the Clinton campaign ignoring white working class voters.
Ace Rothstein
Nov 2016
#188
Nope. It is because these people have NO clue what went down in this election.
duffyduff
Nov 2016
#49
The fact that some were "proven right" on a boolean proposition doesn't mean much.
stevenleser
Nov 2016
#102
Few knew that Comey was going to put his fist on the scale 11 days before the election,
pnwmom
Nov 2016
#113
Your concern is duly noted. I'm confident we will impeach and remove Trump by Christmas
Bucky
Nov 2016
#116
The objective of the concern trolls was to supress the Clinton vote & drive up support for Trump.
baldguy
Nov 2016
#148
The ones wishing to destroy the Democratic Party in order to "save" it are just as bad.
baldguy
Nov 2016
#169
Unfortunately, yes. The Democratic party had a wider problem than just DU, though.
Yo_Mama
Nov 2016
#149
Everybody should have been concerned instead of claiming that election was in the bag.
LisaL
Nov 2016
#179
We didn't expect all the polls to be total shit! (Nate Silver's lost all credibility)...
dubyadiprecession
Nov 2016
#159
I was trying to point out that polls don't win elections, and that polls are close. But it fell on
LisaL
Nov 2016
#185
I agree with that. It's clear their internals saw a shift in PA and MI.
Drunken Irishman
Nov 2016
#197