User blog comment:TheShadowAssassin/Donald Trump's brilliant plan to take the White House/@comment-4075058-20161111222424

Excellent blog post. I agree on nearly everything you've said, but I'd simply like to make a few comments.

I find it amusing how you continuously quoted ''The Art of War. Donald J. Trump has written a very popular book known as The Art of the Deal'', as I'm sure you're aware. Although I'm not comparing the a book on business to an ancient work on military strategy, I do recommend that you read Trump's book to see his strategies. I hope he writes another one that explains his thoughts during the election cycle. I'd certainly read it.

Second, I personally believe that Clinton lost due to her terrible campaign, and not, as Loney points out with excellent statistics below, because half of the country is "racist," "sexist," and "xenophobic." When Hillary Clinton was in North Carolina flaunting the fact that Lady Gaga had endorsed her, Trump was gathering massive crowds in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and other places. Whereas her argument was "Vote for me because Trump is evil," he promised these people that he would bring back their jobs that were lost by these "terrible deals" such as NAFTA negotiated by the Clintons and others. He told them what they wanted to hear, and they came out for him.

At the end of the day, only Trump provided reasons to vote for him. Clinton only explained why one shouldn't vote for Trump.

Regardless, it will be an interesting four years. The analysts on both sides  as well as the pollsters a re probably flooded with fascinating information right now. Both parties will need to reasses their platforms in order to stay relevant.