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Denyse Whillier's avatar

I got it wrong too Ben for similar reasons to you. (I ran two successful election campaigns here in the UK so I do have some ability to read these things).

What I hadn't appreciated was how sorely people were feeling about the direction of the country and how deep seated this opinion was. And like you, I thought his ceiling on a good day was 47%, and with the shambolic campaign he ran, how was he going to achieve this?

I also wonder whether there were some signs that things weren't right.

- Obama seemed to get stressy out on the campaign trail; not at all Obama like.

- I started to have misgivings about Waltz' effectiveness on the campaign trail but thought my instincts might be off.

- I wondered about the wisdom of putting reproductive health at the centre of the campaign. This may have energised pro life voters; the ballots on abortion were closer than I expected.

Plus I really don't think we appreciated the Joe Rogan effect and this impact his podcast has had on men in particular.

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Jan P. de Jonge's avatar

Keep writing and let's work on how we can all move towards better insights and understanding over the coming years. For the people in the US, bring on November 2028. Which sounds like wishing away our future, our lives - which is so sad.

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