Info on 2016 election that you may not know

                                    About the 2016 Election
      
      In Parts (1), (2) and (3) we cited Hillary Clinton's (HC's) huge advantages
in money raised, endorsements by media, and party unity .  We also discussed why all that didn't help her .  In part (3) , we also cited facts to show that HC was not a good campaigner, although she is highly respected by her fellow politicians.  We now focus on a more sensitive topic -- Did HC make
good political decisions?
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                          Does HC Make Good Political Decisions?

   The answer to this question is subjective.  Hence,  I provide NO answers, ONLY questions. I hope that each of you will examine the facts, then rely on your own prowess at logic and deduction to form your own conclusions.
      
1)  Was her vote for the optional war in Iraq, to  support the Arab Spring, and
    to actively  interfe re  in Syria's civil war good decisions?

2)  Did she ever look at her campaign rally  videos & compare them  with 
    those of Sanders & Trump in terms of  audience size enthusiasm ? Did
    she do  self-evaluation - a necessary exercise because subordinates
    normally hesitate to point out what would really hurt the boss emotionally?

3) Did she have the ability to walk in others' shoes, including her opponents'
    shoes ?  Did she have a sense of " entitlement "  causing her  to use "a 
    basket of de plorable " to  describe  DT's supporters?  When  Madeleine 
    A lbright, standing next to HC, stated  "There is  special  place in hell for 
    women  who don't help each  other," did she get HC's approval first? They 
    were both  pros in campaigns.  Fold  the above into the fact that her  
    campaign planned  to  explode fireworks   over the Hudson River   the  night of 
    the election .
     
4) HC is " candor deficient ", yet she hid her  health situation when  diagnosed  
     to have pneumonia.   Did she know that she must protect her weakest 
     flank?

5)  Did HC apply her immense resources wisely?  She received 65 million 
     votes  nationally.   However, had she applied her resources to drive out an
     additional  11,000 votes  in Michigan;  23,000 votes in Wisconsin; and
     45,000 in  Pennsylvania, she would have been the president.  Look at the 
     following shocking facts.

         State         Electoral votes        DT's winning margin in votes
       Michigan             16                                 10,704
       Wisconsin           10                                 22,748
       PA                       20                                 44,292
    Total:                     46                                  77 ,744  or 1.2/1000th of HC's total 
                                                                        65.8 million votes .   
       Were HC to get those additional 80,000 votes, then in terms of electoral
votes:        
             DT would have (306 -  46 ) = 260
             HC would have (232 + 46 ) = 278, making her the winner!  

Answer for yourself:  Did HC make good decisions? Was she a good strategist?   
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 NOTE: 
(1)  The closeness of votes in these 3 battleground states may forecast yet another tight presidential contest in 2020, if DT doesn't govern well.

(2) It's easy to be a Monday morning quarterback.  Hence, in publishing this series on the 2016 Election, it's not EF's intention to say that it knows 
better.  Our intention is to help the AsAm community know more about America and American elections.

       In part (5 ), we'll discuss how features of the 2016 election lead to some worrisome implications for our democracy .

S. B. Woo 

President and a volunteer for the past 18 years
80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc, a 501 C-3 organization,
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To know more about 80-20, view these videos :
https://youtu.be/dB3eGVqG-wA  ( I gnore the last 35 secs. The election is over. )