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there was this group of people circlejerking that Romney was going to win
Back in the Nixon days they called it the "silent majority"
That phrase sort of made a comeback in 2016
We didn't win a majority tho lets be hones
Nixon definitely did
"Silent majority" periodically makes comebacks when it looks like a Republican will win but you hear much more support for the opponent.
Nixon was sorta like Trump. He called McGovern a commie hippy and everything.
And unlike Nixon Trump barely won
well if the shoe fits
It was a campaign message
1% and we're stuck with Madame President
I don't think they knew it was going to play out the way it did
The trump campaign was very smart at social media
even though the ground game was actually dog shit
Anyways, yeah, leftists are much more vocal in activism and all that and the right wing isn't good at it
The ground game was decent
Not really
You had a bunch of rallies, Trump was stopping in diners
That's not a ground game
A ground game is people knocking on doors, making phone calls.
Well then that's different
Trump doesn't need a ground game because he's a household name
Hardly
Everyone knew-to some capacity-who Trump was before the campaign.
There are plenty of people on our side who don't vote, aren't registered, etc
He was a giant in real estate
You do realise a ground game isn't just to spread name recognition?
Everyone knows who Hillary is as well
I don't know, it's just that you have to scale the importance
The rallies were the biggest advantage Trump had in 2016
Most of the ground game is getting people to actually vote
@Deleted User Nixon barely won in 1968
Trump campaign had huge oppertunity to get white working class voters registered
they failed almost totally at that
Ehh
For the popular vote it was close
@Deleted User you're not making sense
go take your anti depressants
It would have been much stronger had Trump's ground game not been trash
Lol