Hot Take: Trump’s 1st debate performance cost him the election

[SnowLabrador]

I mean, the election was close enough that just about any small factor could have been what did it. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the fact that it was so close is unconscionable and terrifying.

[MR DARK BRANDON]

I mean, the election was close enough that just about any small factor could have been what did it. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the fact that it was so close is unconscionable and terrifying.

I mean, that wasn’t that unexpected when you look at other factors other than polls. I personally think that rather than putting all our trust in polls, we just should have paid a bit more attention to the anecdotal factors that said Trump was winning by record margins, they where the ones that got it right in the end

[South Dakota Democrat]

I mean, the election was close enough that just about any small factor could have been what did it. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the fact that it was so close is unconscionable and terrifying.

I mean, that wasn’t that unexpected when you look at other factors other than polls. I personally think that rather than putting all our trust in polls, we just should have paid a bit more attention to the anecdotal factors that said Trump was winning by record margins, they where the ones that got it right in the end

False.

[Tekken_Guy]

I mean, the election was close enough that just about any small factor could have been what did it. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the fact that it was so close is unconscionable and terrifying.

I mean, that wasn’t that unexpected when you look at other factors other than polls. I personally think that rather than putting all our trust in polls, we just should have paid a bit more attention to the anecdotal factors that said Trump was winning by record margins, they where the ones that got it right in the end

What anecdotal factors? I don’t know of any that fit.