Clinton lost because Jamey Comey (Director FBI) publicly reopened her email investigation 3-weeks before election day. It was a huge deal that everyone seems to have forgotten. The polls were right up until then.
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stoy@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I learned my lesson twice back in 2016…
The day before Brexit I predicted that it would be a nothing burger.
Then in november, I predicted that Hillary would win, because Trump was obviously shit.
I have stopped predicting elections now…
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
corvi@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Consistently picking wrong is just as useful
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
Please predict that Trump will win.
Dpof@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If only, I’d be side loading shit rn
sheogorath@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Soo, by that logic it’s either going to be 3rd party or we got WW3 going on US soil that Brandon gets to enjoy a 3rd term at the office.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I remember watching Brexit happen from the US, and thinking “Ha, we’d never do something that stupid.”
Then 2016 happened.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There was a great joke going around near brexit, that the US and UK were in a competition to ruin their countries. The UK really pulled ahead with brexit, but the us had a trump card.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
that presidency just kept getting worse, culminating in covid, and the insurrection