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In reply to the discussion: The ugly, unspoken truth about this election. [View all]karynnj
(59,503 posts)NO race for President in recent times has been won by a margin of 20 points. The country is polarized and there likely is a bottom of more than 40% for each party - the highest amount that they could get and loss by 20 points in a 2 way race. Note this is not a two way race.
In addition, while I agree wholeheartedly that Trump is far beyond any other Republican nominee and is unacceptable, Hillary Clinton has some negatives as well. I suspect that had it ever been polled, she would have polled worse than "generic Democrat" because she really is a tough vote for Republican leaning independents completely disgusted with Trump. She did poll less well than Bernie Sanders vs Trump back when both were in the primaries. I wish they would have polled Elizabeth Warren vs Trump -- and that result would help to answer how much is gender -- but no one did because she was not running.
Be happy that Hillary Clinton will become President. However, I do not believe her problems are that she is a woman. I think it is that she really mishandled the email process - then mishandled how to deal with it when it became known.