I think many do not understand that a *LOT* of people did NOT vote ‘Republican’. Heck many of them didn’t even vote for Trump; they voted AGAINST Hillary. The fact that Trump won by 20 percent points means NOTHING if the other candidate doesn’t have the negatives of Hillary.
Agreed.
Sigh, yes, some folks voted against HIllary.. but that again is NOT why this race was lost.
This race was lost because the GOP Leadership, is either too stupid, lazy or incompetent to realize exactly why TRUMP WON, particularly in this part of the country.
They literally ran a tired generic campaign message that was all about attacking the D... something that never got these disenfranchised voters to show up and vote R in the past 15+ years.. It was red meat for the R base... but the reality is, there isn’t enough of the R BASE to win against a motivated D base.. you NEED the non traditional Trump voter, and they OFFERED THEM NO REASON TO SHOW UP! They never offered a message to them, let alone a reason for them to come out and vote.
They literally threw away an easy win.... This race should have never gotten closer than 8 points... even with a mediocre candidate.... but they ran the type of campaign you would run in a deep red district, when you need th ebase fired up,... and if FAILED Miserably....
Even if by some miracle a recount or other thing gets the R the win, this was still a complete embarrassment at every level.. this was an inexcusable outcome.... Because of gross incompetence... nothing less.