2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why Hillary Lost: The Great American Lie [View all]JHan
(10,173 posts)There may be any number of factors responsible for the result. We can consider many reasons at once* k?
The reason Comey and the hacking are valid causes is because leaked emails affected enthusiasm and contributed to the false equivocations between her and Trump and...
Comey's letter had several effects:
1) For unsure dems , it dampened their enthusiasm to vote for her because it was a reminder of the email "Scandals". We got two weeks of bullshit coverage on Comey's letter with unfounded reports that Hillary may be indicted. If you don't think this would affect a Candidate I don't know what to tell you.
2) Comey's exoneration motivated Trump supporters, riled up by a week of him pushing the indictment lie, because they would have seen the exoneration as a clear example of the system once again being "rigged".
3) Low information voters who were still stupidly undecided would have been inundated with BS email coverage two weeks before the election.