going to win, illinois and wisconsin, they re in! let s talk about the other races. he didn t win. what happened? i think a lot of things happened, but primarily, it was the trump surge. and one of the things that s interesting is that while there was an assumption that feingold would win, there was also an assumption that clinton would win wisconsin. there were clearly a lot of people who were not telling pollsters that they were going to vote for donald trump. and it s interesting that when they came into those polling places, they just voted down that republican list. i think that the key to the whole thing, if there s one core message here, it is that in out-state wisconsin, in the rural areas and particularly areas along the mississippi river, were traditionally russ feingold would run ahead of the democratic ticket, it just didn t happen to the same extent. and so, it s interesting that when you looked at that final figure, hillary clinton was at 46.4% of the vote and russ fein
in case you missed it, president-elect donald trump is not happy that he lost the popular vote. and this stat is probably not going to make him feel any better. according to the cook political report, hillary clinton s popular vote lead is now up to 2.3 million votes, but get this, trump s percentage of the popular vote has now dropped to 46.4%. so even with rounding, he isn t going to get above 46. since 1900, only three other presidents have won the white house with a smaller percentage of the popular vote. woodrow wilson in 1912, richard nixon in 1968, and bill clinton in 1992. and each of those outcomes have an asterisk. the big difference between those three elections and this one? the third party vote. 1912, third party candidate teddy roosevelt, he of the bull moose party then, got 27% of the vote! he technically finished second. taft, the incumbent president, wound up third in the popular vote. in 68, george wallace got more than 13% of the popular vote.
president obama today making the hard sell in north carolina, six days out from the election. a polling average in north carolina right now shows a dead heat there between hillary clinton and donald trump. look at that. 46.4 to 46.4. in the polling average in that state. tonight on the other side of the country, though, hillary clinton is going to be giving a speech starting any moment in tempe, arizona of all places. tonight s arizona event it should be noted it was announced by the clinton campaign approximately 30 minutes before fbi director james comey decided to jump with both feet into the presidential race. 30 minutes before the fbi director james comey broke protocol and made his vague announcement about new clinton-related e-mails found on anthony weiner s computer. 30 minutes before then, they had announced this arizona event. since that comey letter was published on friday, there has been a shift in the national polling there has been a shift in arizona s pollings and proj
the republic rests on your shoulders. president obama today making the hard sell in north carolina, six days out from the election. a polling average in north carolina right now shows a dead heat there between hillary clinton and donald trump. look at that. 46.4 to 46.4. in the polling average in that state. tonight on the other side of the country, though, hillary clinton is going to be giving a speech starting any moment in tempe, arizona of all places. tonight s arizona event it should be noted it was announced by the clinton campaign approximately 30 minutes before fbi director james comey decided to jump with both feet into the presidential race. 30 minutes before the fbi director james comey broke protocol and made his vague announcement about new clinton-related e-mails found on anthony weiner s computer. 30 minutes before then, they had announced this arizona event. since that comey letter was published on friday, there has
shoulders. president obama today making the hard sell inorth carolina, six days out from the election. a polling average in north carolina right now shows a dead heat there between hillary clinton and donald trump. look at that. 46.4 to 46.4. in the polling average in that state. tonight on the other side of the country, though, hillary clinton is going to be giving a speech starting any moment in tempe, arizona of all places. tonight s arizona event it should be noted it was announced by the clinton campaign approximately 30 minutes before fbi director james comey decided to jump with both feet into the presidential race. 30 minutes before the fbi director james comey broke protocol and made his vague announcement about new clinton-related e-mails found on anthony weiner s computer. 30 minutes before then, they had announced this arizona event. since that comey letter was published on friday, there has been a shift in the national polling there has been a shift in arizona s pollings