electoral votes

As the results of the past election sink in and the experts start dissecting the data a couple of things stand out. First many feel that if it hadn’t been for the Russian hacks and James Comey, Hilary might have raised her 227 electoral votes to 270 and would be in the White House. They say a win is a win but there are some serious problems that are not being discussed. Raegan beat Mondale 525 to 13 and Nixon beat McGovern 520 to 17. While the democrats are looking at Russian they are not trying to understand what happened. Hilary was on to something when she asked last September, why am I not 50 points ahead. Two seasoned politicians Mondale and McGovern could only gather 30 points between them while Trump a total amateur, got ten times that amount. Hilary made two big mistakes, the first being the emails and the second her remark about the deplorables but Trump made worse mistakes almost every week. Why was this election not a shoo-in for Hilary? Week after week the talking political experts said this is it. He is done for now. Could it be that the old trifecta of unions, minorities and the press are not enough to win? Do the Democratic Party leaders recognize that there is more wrong with this election than the Russian hacks? Did they have a poor candidate and/or a poor message? Trump has changed the press in a good way. They have been awaken from their slumber and as the ratings for network TV, cable TV, radio, newspapers and magazines are all hitting new highs they will continue in this manner even when we get a new president.