Was the campaign so badly run that they were blindsided in “spectator states” (states that are bypassed and sidelined during presidential campaigns) they never thought would go red? Was her team too focused on the issues thrown against her that they forgot they had a campaign to win? In a year of radical politics defined in varying hues by Sanders and Trump, Clinton decided to stay in safe zones,zones that she knows well. Even the internal polls of Trump showed him “with only 7.8 percent chance of winning.” Second, the Trump team correctly interpreted things. Without the three states, Clinton got 18 states plus Washington D.C., or a total of 222 electoral votes.

Source: Manila Times November 14, 2016 15:47 UTC