I thank you for the historical data, but you KNOW that that is not what Hillary did. Hers was NOT a “front porch campaign.”
She did not speak to 700,000 people. I doubt she spoke to 7,000. If she spoke at all, it was only for money.
Her “campaign” relied on the Demcrat vote-fraud machine. She expected to win with that, and almost did.
Hillary would actually been better off going with the traditional Front Porch campaign. The more people saw her the less they liked her and the more her perceived bad health played into things.
She should have saturated the air with slickly done professional ads and vignettes that said Hillary was giving up being the doting grandmother that she wanted to be because the country needed her.
Her rallies should have been few and far between. The DNC had the ability to bus in enough people to fill a 10,000 seat arena several times.
A few smaller events with friendly followers (teachers union, SEIU, etc) in a small intimate setting taped for later airing.
The silly Scooby van, visit to Chipotles and seizing up at the 911 memorial should never been allowed to happen. Her handlers should have been monitoring her health at all times.
They should also have had a better handle on the debates. They sunk whatever was left of her hopes.
Fortunately for the country Hillary has the political instincts of a potato.
Also fortunate that Donald Trump ran an atypical campaign. Is very media savy and has a great personality that comes across easily.
Still, as you say, it was a close run thing.