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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago

Plenty of predictive models showed Clinton having a 60% chance of winning, almost a toss-up. Trump overperformed, but not by much, and his EC win looks significantly larger on paper than it does when comparing state vote counts.

Polls usually are pretty accurate. Election pundits howeverrrr...