It was clear early on that the two campaigns had different theories of the election. The Democrats were running a base election like '04/'12, focused on abortion, democracy, etc. That seemed a dumb choice at the time, since a base election only works if the incumbent is relatively popular. Trump was running a swing voter election talking…
It was clear early on that the two campaigns had different theories of the election. The Democrats were running a base election like '04/'12, focused on abortion, democracy, etc. That seemed a dumb choice at the time, since a base election only works if the incumbent is relatively popular. Trump was running a swing voter election talking about economy and immigration. GOP got the environment right; Dems got it wrong.
It was clear early on that the two campaigns had different theories of the election. The Democrats were running a base election like '04/'12, focused on abortion, democracy, etc. That seemed a dumb choice at the time, since a base election only works if the incumbent is relatively popular. Trump was running a swing voter election talking about economy and immigration. GOP got the environment right; Dems got it wrong.