True Reflections

Progressives, liberals, and Democrats are making a big mistake by ignoring the silenced majority among them

In the months leading up to the 2016 Presidential election, I’d get up every morning and check the forecasts. And every morning they’d tell me Hillary Clinton was going to clobber Donald Trump. Here’s one from October 18th, three weeks before the big day:

Even as glee about the first woman in the Oval Office swelled, I kept thinking:

That can’t be right.

I just knew those numbers couldn’t be an accurate reflection of reality, that they weren’t telling the whole story. Something, I thought, was missing. But day after day they held, telling me Hillary was going to win in a landslide.

Here’s the Times at 10:20 p.m. eastern time on Election Night:

To be fair, Clinton did win the popular vote by almost three million votes. But almost every major forecast got the election outcome wrong.

If you search for reasons Hillary lost, you’ll find Russian interference, Comey interference, taking Wisconsin and Michigan for granted…