• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Arguably the first time Trump got elected the polls saying he couldn’t win played a large part in that. People felt safe not voting in protest of Hillary because “there’s no way Trump can win anyway.”

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      3 months ago

      The polls were generally within the margins of error…. Dems need at least 5% more than repubs to win electoral college. The polls were not that far off, they were within the margins of error

      Hillary got a little too cocky and assumed it was her birthright or whatever weird shit that was