General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Did Hillary lose because she was a woman [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)I don't for a moment believe two years of polls that virtually all showed her always well, and often way, ahead, along with giant coattails for other races, were wrong. She was expected to win right up to after Labor Day when forces, including the FBI, AP, NYT, and no doubt Russia doubled down for the final stretch.
One clue is that as election day approached the previously totally reliable polls started bouncing wildly, like ping-pong balls, something that not only wouldn't but couldn't happen before. One day tens of millions more polled for her, two days later the margin favored him instead, back and forth, back and forth, repeat, repeat, repeat.
Uhuh. One time it's actually possible to vastly overestimate the stupidity of the electorate. This didn't happen.