The Dems are keeping the "Russian hacking" issue alive to (1) console themselves over their well-deserved loss, and (2) avoid having to defend the level of corruption and dirty tricks that the leaks exposed.

The stupidity of Hillary to think she and her campaign could pull the wool over the eyes of the electorate after she did all the corruption she was into. Thats #1. Number 2 is the media, which pounded Trump ALL the time in an attempt to discredit HIM.
As to wikileaks and the russians, they only showed what NEEDED to be shown to the people. I applaud them.

Actually, for those who take the time to read (which seems rare in this era of attention spans worthy of a fruit fly), all they had to do was to look at the platform on which Clinton was running. She proposed increased taxes for everyone, at all levels of income. She wanted to increase the influx of "refugees" 500% over what Obama had rammed down our throats. She was in favor of open borders and lots of entitlements for the invaders resulting. She adopted Sanders' call for "free" college. She wanted to strangle our native energy industries, cackling about how many coal miners she would put out of work. She favored more taxpayer money for Planned Parenthood, and ever more penalties for perceived slights against the LGBTQ(and however many more letters have been added since I last paid attention) community. She favored increased oversight of law enforcement by Federal watchdogs. She wanted an absolute standard for equal pay, regardless of the differences in the environments of male and female workers. As a thinking human, I could see nothing good in all of this but destruction of our economy and an abandonment of the American principles of individual freedom in favor of an increasingly powerful, dangerous central government. For me, at least, Hillary Clinton had the greatest effect on the outcome of the election.

IMO, the evil hag influenced her loss the more than any other person or factor.
Speaking for myself, I thought this bribe-taking via the Clinton Foundation liar, who did at least tell the truth about a lib Supreme Court, open borders and flooding the USA with refugees, would be so bad for the country that I voted for the candidate with the best chance of defeating her.
And I'm glad he did.

Hillary Clinton herself, of course. She will never admit it, but the fact that she lost was because she was mired in scandals that have been ever-present in her political life. I seriously doubt there was a candidate so corrupt in the history of the United States.

Influencing elections began when elections began. It is irrelevant since it doesn't matter who won, the USA continues on the same road with talk of repealing the ACA but not all of it and replacing it with something better is a promise to keep the citizens in the same shackles with a different name. Every country meddles in any other countries efforts of governance (including the USA into others) for any perceived gain of influence and control over others where possible. Those who seek power desire its use not to undo or prevent its use. The promises made to the voting sheeple are just those needed to get their acquiescence so the new leader will know where there might be resistance to learn how to abuse the flock.

8 years of Obama had the greatest influence...

Who influenced the election the most? Obama

Obama's Legacy = TRUMP

Why would the Russians want Trump to be Pres-
ident rather than Hillary Clinton? Isn't she more of
a Socialist and therefore more in accord with them?
And anyway, from what I have heard from the
news, there is no evidence of the Russians having messed with the voting machines, or the
tabulating machines. So how could the Russians
actually make any American voters vote for
one candidate rather than another? I know they
didn't make me do it.--Not that I like Trump's
meeting and getting chummy with Putin. That's one thing I despise.

I liked the one in Iowa where her van went around to the back and all the media had to sprint after her. I hope she keeps on avoiding the media. I just hope Obama learns to do so too. I'm sure someone will have to remind him that he is no longer the president.

From my point of view, it was the vitriol of the campaign that influenced the elections the most. How many videos of people destroying Trump campaign signs, compared to how many of Hillary's? I saw very few Trump/Pence stickers on cars compared to what I did with Hillary or Sanders. Why? Who would knowingly invite damage to their vehicle?
How many spineless Republicans would not support him? They took an oath to support the nominee and most did not. The Establishment GOP will be gone soon if they don't change their ways..
We used to be a nation with manners, but now, all we have is a bunch of professional politicians that will use almost any means necessary to win. Most don't care for us, most just want the power.
Who in their right mind could not see in Hillary's eyes that she wanted the Presidency and she would sacrifice family members on an altar if it meant getting to sit in the White House.
Most of the politicians use polls to base their stand on, not what's right for the country.

America has finally had enough.

The Democrats thought they were “God’s gift to be the perpetual party in power” and it was their hubris that got to them. Nominate anyone with a D behind their name, and the idiots (i.e. deplorables) out there will still vote for him/her! So first they manipulated their nomination campaign to ensure only one person would receive the nomination and of course we all should vote for her because that is what was determined by the elitists in Washington. Well the average American is not stupid, and don’t like elitists in Washington, Hollywood and the media telling them how to vote. Average Americans decided to take back our country from people who don’t understand the state of most Americans. The Democrats own words completed the contract, and they got their asses kicked out of the WH.

Easily Trump. He changed the entire dialog and style of the primaries, making everyone talk about him - even the democrats. Then in the general he made the media, Democrats, republicans, independents, etc talk about him. This election was all about Trump from all quarters. Hillary couldn't talk about what she wanted to, all she could do was talk about Trump and his supporters. If the Democrats and progressives were to be believed (hah!) he even got the Russians involved because he was in the race.

Compared to the effects of every other player in the game, the influence of trump was absolutely enormous - one way or the other.

Hillary, without a doubt. Her personality was TOXIC and it's the only thing I giver her credit for being.

would you believe Donald Trump! after all he did win.

The MSM.

I agree the source of the hacking/leaks did not matter.

I think the deciding factor was how the media and debates made Trump look like the underdog. They kept milking that embarrassing tape of a private conversation and calling it talk about "sexual assault". In the third debate they asked Clinton a few questions about the e-mail issue. She didn't directly answer, and they let it go after two questions. They asked Trump if he committed "sexual assault" several times. Trump didn't directly answer, and they wouldn't let it go.

I thought the email issue and embarrassing tape issue were not important. On these two unimportant issues, they hounded Trump harder. It was almost like they were trying to corner him into saying, "I am not rapist," a soundbite that would have been played over and over like "I'm not a crook!" He rightly wouldn't give them the lurid quote they wanted. I felt sympathetic toward Trump in that exchange, even though I have a positive view of Clinton, have a negative view of Trump, and think the tapes showed a flaw in Trump's character.