2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why Hillary Lost: An Exhaustive Look [View all]still_one
(96,531 posts)congress had nothing to do with it, nor the media mischaracterizing it as "the email investigation was being reopened", A LIE, nor the 14 states which added new strict voting, and voter ID requirements since 2013, which included, Wisconsin, Ohio, and North Carolina.
Then of course is the fact that there were people who identified themselves as progressives who refused to vote for Hillary, and either voted third party or didn't vote
47% of those who were eligible to vote didn't.
In Michigan Hillary lost by .3%. Jill Stein won 1.1%. Similar results in Wisconsin and the other swing states.
Hillary didn't lose to those who voted for trump, she lost because of the FBI interference, and because some progressives decided to vote third party or didn't vote.
Those down ballot losses were also a reflection of the FBI interference, which contributed to some of the 47% not showing up to vote
What added insult to injury was the down ballot races.
Russ Feingold and every Democrat running for Senate in those critical swing states as you mentioned, lost to the establishment, incumbent republican.
I am not sure that Wisconsin can even be designated as a swing state anymore. Wisconsin is now controlled by right to work, anti-union republicans. That Scott Walker not one survived his recall, but won multiple elections in that state is testimony to that.