Who Influenced the Elections the Most?

Posted by mminnick 9 years, 2 months ago to Politics
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Who influenced the elections? Who had the most influence? After pondering these questions for a period of time I came up with the following list:
Who influenced the Election? that would be Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and The DNC.
Who influenced it the most? that would be Hillary Clinton then the DNC then Donald Trump.
Hillary's influence? The comment about a "Basket of Deplorables", Blatantly Lying about her e-mail problems and the semi-open collusion between her Campaign and the Main Stream Media. (And yes the DNC playing favorites in the Primaries didn't help her.)
The leaks, whether thay can from Russian Hackers or an insider are almost immaterial. It is the facts proven by the material confirmed the previous feels the voting public had about her. They had their reason for not voting for her. The reasons were multitudinous but all were there prior to the release of info by WikiLeaks. The WikiLeaks info just confirmed what was already suspected by most. You don't loose 31 states by telling the truth and being honest. You loose they by being a liar and a cheat and not trying really hard for over 30 years to hide that fact because you are a Clinton and deserve the election victory regardless of your abilities and actions.

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  • Posted by chad 9 years, 1 month ago
    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.
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  • Posted by LibertyBelle 9 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    From what I understand, historically the KKK was
    originated and populated by Democrats rather than
    Republicans.
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  • Posted by LibertyBelle 9 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    I wouldn't want to sit and listen to a speech of hers
    if I were paid to listen to it instead of me paying
    her.
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  • Posted by $ CBJ 9 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Re: "Why would the Russians want Trump to be President rather than Hillary Clinton?" Because Trump is perceived (correctly) as having a more positive attitude toward Russia than Obama/Clinton.
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  • Posted by LibertyBelle 9 years, 1 month ago
    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.
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  • Posted by Steven-Wells 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Huh?! Perhaps you meant something like:
    The vile Queen of Corruption, Hillary the Congenital Liar was a candidate up with which I could not put.

    As for me, I was about to vote for Gary Johnson when Vlad Putin, himself, climbed right up my leg, grabbed my arm, and forced me to connect the arrow parts (what we do in California) next to Trump's name. That's how I voted for Trump and Pence.

    The first thing I thought when I heard Trump had picked Mike Pence for his running mate was that if Trump died in office and was succeeded by Pence, that would be the tenth president with a monosyllable last name.
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  • Posted by NealS 9 years, 2 months ago
    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.
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  • Posted by cjferraris 9 years, 2 months ago
    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.
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  • Posted by ScaryBlackRifle 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think that a lot more people have been casually smeared with that "deplorable" brush than there are deplorables.

    The KKK? A Democrat construct. Islamophobia? Nothing more than rational self-interest. Xenophobia? National sovereignty.

    Shall I go on?
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  • Posted by term2 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    My guess is that we will get a little slowing in the march to socialism for 4 years
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  • Posted by stargeezer 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    With the closing of the "Clinton Global Initiative" I think she's beginning that short slide into obscurity. Hey, a guy can dream, right? I really don't believe we are going to be shed of these ticks for decades. Although Bill and Hill are too far over the hill to be effective front people for the DNC, there is Chelsea. She has been quietly in the background with her mother, learning the tricks of the trade and her experience running the "Clinton cash laundering foundation" has given her a taste for power and ground floor access to graft.

    She's the one cog in the Clinton machine that Hill and Bill have not fully utilized as a frontman. She is smart, smarter than Hillary and possibly smarter than Bill. If she has the desire and drive, I think she may become effective candidate in the future. If she wants to be one.

    I truely hope I'm wrong and we never hear another peep out of anybody named Clinton.



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  • Posted by TheRealBill 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'd say there were more deplorablea, by percentage and raw, in the Clinton camp. There are deplorablea on both sides. After all, 90% of everything is crap. ;)
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  • Posted by peterchunt 9 years, 2 months ago
    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.
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  • Posted by TheRealBill 9 years, 2 months ago
    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.
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  • Posted by CTYankee 9 years, 2 months ago
    Hillary, without a doubt. Her personality was TOXIC and it's the only thing I giver her credit for being.
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  • Posted by term2 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The media was totally dishonest and biased. I have decided that 90% of what all the media pumps isnt what I need to devote attention to. I canned CNN from my available channels, and wont watch any of the other mainstream channels with the possible exception of some programs on FOX. I like John Stossel actually, and I am glad Megyn Kelley is gone.
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  • Posted by term2 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think that without the media bias, he would have won even more states and votes.
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  • Posted by term2 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    and to try and taint Trump's presidency. The russians only let out (if indeed it wasnt some 14 year old russian student) the bad things the democrats actually did !!! Things that we needed to know about. Assange and Putin hated Hillary and Obama for sure, and for good reason.

    I have a feeling that if Putin was into this, what he really wanted was to weaken Hillary's expected presidency. I dont think he expected Trump to actually win. Trump would be a more substantial adversary to Russia than lily livered Hillary would have been anyway.

    I think Trump and Putin will meet and in 30 minutes get their individual agendas on the table, and agree on how we can co-exist. Not a bad outcome in my opinion.
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