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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Nov 2016

    I told my 7 yo Hillary lost because she was less charismatic. That's not a sanitized version; it's happened in every election since 1968.

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      2. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 9 Nov 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        Not just that. Clinton got more votes, but they were in the wrong places.

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Nov 2016
        Replying to @cperciva

        http://paulgraham.com/charisma.html#f2n …

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      4. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 9 Nov 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        Point taken, but the polling was far enough off that I don't know if the campaigning was optimally allocated.

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      2. Ekechukwu Mbaachu‏ @embaachu 9 Nov 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        .@paulg You could've said "in democracies people with cultural & economic power shouldn't ignore the cultural & economic anxieties the many"

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Nov 2016
        Replying to @embaachu

        William of Ockham would not have approved.

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      2. Gabriel Miretti‏ @gabriel_miretti 12 Nov 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        so US Presidential Elections are like US high school class president Elections? A popularly contest? WTF!

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 12 Nov 2016
        Replying to @gabriel_miretti

        No. Read this: http://paulgraham.com/charisma.html 

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      4. Kirti Patel, MD‏ @kirtipatelmd 12 Nov 2016
        Replying to @paulg @gabriel_miretti

        I wasn't buying this but now I actually do: people vote for charisma when they're not educated enough to see past it

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      5. Kirti Patel, MD‏ @kirtipatelmd 12 Nov 2016
        Replying to @kirtipatelmd @paulg @gabriel_miretti

        ...& America in general isn't educated enough

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      2. Berthold Gambrel‏ @BertholdGambrel 9 Nov 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        You had it right. I've always sworn by your "charisma theory", but I couldn't bring myself to believe what was right in front of me.

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 10 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BertholdGambrel

        Even I couldn't.

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      4. Berthold Gambrel‏ @BertholdGambrel 11 Nov 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        Included this Twitter exchange in my post-Election reaction. https://ruinedchapel.wordpress.com/2016/11/11/post-election-analysis-part-1/ … Would love to know your thoughts, if you want.

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      2. James Harradence‏ @jameshrh 9 Nov 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        that is just untrue. She lost because she is the poster person of status quo, beaten twice by a messenger of change (Obama & Trump).

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      1. Daniel Mendes‏ @3CKSTR 9 Nov 2016
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        but feel free to keep believing everyone is just dumber and easily swayed by the superficial.

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      1. halibm‏ @Ganasist 9 Nov 2016
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        DNC is at fault for anointing her over Sanders. Hillary has zero charisma. She might make a good bureaucrat, but not a leader.

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      1. Daniel Mendes‏ @3CKSTR 9 Nov 2016
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        Trumps charisma: identified many real problems & proposed bold solutions. Clinton's lack: said everything is fine, except nonissues.

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      1. Suresh N ॐ‏ @BengaluruRising 9 Nov 2016
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        @msuster Perhaps @realDonaldTrump victory was too complex fr valley intellectuals to decipher, except PeterTheil every 1 got it wrong

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      2. Deirdre Ford‏ @Deirdre_Ford77 9 Nov 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @hitRECordJoe How do you explain to a 47 year old that a ignorant demagogue won?

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      3. Vedran Miletić‏ @vedranmiletic 9 Nov 2016
        Replying to @Deirdre_Ford77 @paulg @hitRECordJoe

        Because he engaged with the voters and talked about the issues that people actually care about.

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      4. Deirdre Ford‏ @Deirdre_Ford77 9 Nov 2016
        Replying to @vedranmiletic @paulg @hitRECordJoe

        I thought Americans were proud dishonest fraudulent liar not fit to lead will be impeached

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      5. Deirdre Ford‏ @Deirdre_Ford77 9 Nov 2016
        Replying to @Deirdre_Ford77 @vedranmiletic and

        actually maybe USA got the president the deserve

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      6. Vedran Miletić‏ @vedranmiletic 9 Nov 2016
        Replying to @Deirdre_Ford77 @paulg @hitRECordJoe

        I agree they did get the one they deserve after not electing @RonPaul in 2008 and 2012.

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