… A tight election outcome might be said to have “100 fathers,” all of which may or may not have been decisive. …
After the election, there have been several explanations offered for Trump’s surprising victory. These include Trump’s digital campaign efforts, the Clinton campaign’s neglect of the Rust Belt battlegrounds, and the proliferation of “fake news” online — some of the hundred fathers of the 2016 presidential result. Every one of them might have had some bearing on the outcome.
While keeping in mind that all sorts of things potentially contributed to Trump’s victory, we have a theory that might help explain the essence of what happened. CONT.
Kyle Kondik & Geoffrey Skelley, Sabato’s Crystal Ball