You said: “the ONLY thing Hoffmann did wrong that I could see was look like a world-class DORK in his photos. “
If a person bases their decision on the way someone looks rather than what they bring to the table, they are fools........................except..............................in the case of HENRY WAXMAN. Now, that’s just plain FUGLY. He’s so ugly that his brain can’t even work just knowing it’s inside of such a horrible looking “bat boy” vessel.
I believe that most voters have very little depth to their selections. You must appeal to their emotions.
There's the likeability factor, too. How much of that comes into play.
For fun, a friend and I talk about that and we make our predictions on just that factor.
Sometimes, we spend too much time analyzing substantive factors when in fact, voters are more shallow than that.