This is where we start veering into the question of sexism and misogyny
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Definitely a big factor.
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I’m sure bigotry played a lot bigger role than anything to do with policy.
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His being the “build the wall” candidate is what resonated with his voters. He was the radical alternative to Clinton.
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Also decades of negative coverage. Clinton had been used as the face of the "radical left" by the right-wing press for an entire generation and was always going to be perceived as radical by some people regardless of reality.
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(One important takeaway from the last few elections is that, aside from incumbents, they have almost always been won by whichever candidate had less negative coverage in the past.)
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Michelle Obama running the exact same campaign as Hillary would have won in 16. This debate goes much further into the weeds than it needs to. Charisma matters more than policy OR politics.
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I really do think this is an indictment of Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney who not only held hardline positions on issues like Social Security, but were so aggressive about promoting these views that Trump seemed moderate in comparison to some voters.
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And yet, when he was in power he didn't do any of that and pushed through a very traditional Republican platform, really showing how important style is, considering his standing with his base.
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