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    How did Trump win? Here are 24 theories

    What Word is glaringly absent from all of these 24 headlines?

    (CNN)Here is one thing we know: Donald Trump, against all odds, will be the next President of the United States.

    That's a fact. How exactly it came to be is an open question. There will be dozens of books written about the real estate magnate's path to the White House. From his trampling of the Republican primary field to a convincing electoral victory over Hillary Clinton after a shockingly nasty general election campaign, some could arrive in volumes.

    For now, though, we are left to sketch the first draft of history. And, like so many rough outlines, this one is a little messy.
    Here are 24 different explanations -- some way more realistic than others -- for Trump's win:

    1. He won because of Facebook and its inability or unwillingness to crack down on fake news
    Via New York Magazine: The social network and others like it became a clearinghouse for fake news. Not simple partisan spin, but outright lies peddled as objective truth by shady actors both inside the US and abroad.

    2. Because of social media, generally
    Via right-wing commentator Stefan Molyneux: The medium made the man -- much as radio won the presidency for Franklin Roosevelt and television boosted John Kennedy, social media allowed Trump and his allies to drive the narrative.

    3. Because of low voter turnout
    Via multiple sources on social media: For a variety of reasons, from an enthusiasm gap to voter suppression, turnout in 2016 was lower across the board, but especially among Democrats. And it cost Clinton the election.

    4. Because celebrity outlasts substance
    Via Quartz: Trump's name ID, celebrity and media-savvy overmatched Clinton's policy acumen and data-driven turnout operation.

    5. Because of white women
    Via Slate: They were just as "racist" as their white male counterparts, with whom they identify more than women from minority groups.

    6. Because of white male resentment
    Via The Nation: Forget economic anxiety -- exit polls show people making the least money voted for Clinton -- and focus on identity. The best evidence lies in Trump and his supporters' calls to "take our country back."

    And the rest:

    http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/10/politi...won/index.html

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    The Dems and the Press , because of their very mindset/worldview, inadvertently brought this all down upon themselves.
    This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
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    Quote Originally Posted by GodismyJudge View Post
    The Dems and the Press , because of their very mindset/worldview, inadvertently brought this all down upon themselves.
    Yep. Well the one word you never see is 'Clinton', as if she personally and her platform and rhetoric had nothing to do with it.

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