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[quote=Anonymous]I don't blame Trump at all.

I blame the Democrats for not nominating a candidate who could easily beat Trump. They cleared the field for Hillary, they went out of their way to destroy Bernie Saunders.

Frankly, both party ended up nominating the worst candidate they could and both candidates were lucky to be running against the other and as it turned out Trump just barely sqeaked by. His electoral college victory is impressive but look at many of those swing states, they were very slender margins.

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It's not Gary Johnson, whose voters are as likely to be Trump as not.

It was Jill Stein.

The vote that went to her in Pa, Michigan and Wisconsin, dropped Hillary below Trump.  If those votes went to Hillary, she would be President Elect Clinton

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+1, but disagree that GJ voters wouldn't have gone for Clinton.  Still, you are right that in PA, Michigan and Wisconsin, had there been no third party vote, Clinton would be president.

I am furious at people like Susan Sarandon who selfishly put their own self-righteousness over the real choice facing them.  They believed it was better to be right in a Trump presidency than feel less than happy with Clinton.  Many also believed that it is better to allow Trump to win and blow up the country and the economy so that a strong progressive, democratic force can emerge in reaction to his failure.  Madness.

I also blame Republican primary candidates whose egos were so huge that they couldn't step aside and agree to support a common nominee early in the process.  Each believed that he would win.  As a result, the field was fractured for far too long.  There are many moderate Republicans who are not happy with Trump.  And, I also blame spineless people like Paul Ryan, who are willing to tolerate any kind of language in order to be Leader or Speaker and have all the power.

Trump has become a president that more people have voted against both in the primary process and int he national election.  (He is losing the popular vote and his republican primary opponents together earned 2 million more votes than he did even though he likes to brag that he won more votes than anyone in history.) 
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