Hillary Clinton's Deplorables and Irredeemables
It's repeat week at Bracing Views as I attempt to process the result of this election. A big reason Hillary lost the electoral vote, I think, is Clinton fatigue. Hillary and Bill again, for another four, possibly eight, years? Didn't we already see that show in the 1990s? Like Jeb! Bush, Hillary was a stale candidate. More of the same. Clinton fatigue was compounded by a sense of arrogance, as shown in her "basket of deplorables" comment. Want to motivate people to show up at the polls and vote against you? Talk down to them, call them names, tell them they're beyond hope, even beyond redemption. Contempt is a powerful force, not quickly forgotten by those on the receiving end of it. (I've read where contempt between partners is an almost certain of divorce or breakup.)
Combine Clinton fatigue with open contempt and you get two big reasons why Hillary faded down the stretch.