Polls gave Trump a 30% chance. He barely won a couple states, and lost the popular vote. There was also some very late political interference by the FBI director announcing new investigations into Clinton, only to retract that later.
Yes, that e-mail story was ridiculously helpful for Trump in the runup to the election. I think it swayed the vote with several percentage points. Comey decided to go through with reopening the case 11 days before the election (it was closed again 5 days later) because he was so sure Clinton was going to win that it wouldn’t have an impact. But the reopening was the biggest boost the Trump campaign could hope for.
Polls gave Trump a 30% chance. He barely won a couple states, and lost the popular vote. There was also some very late political interference by the FBI director announcing new investigations into Clinton, only to retract that later.
Yes, that e-mail story was ridiculously helpful for Trump in the runup to the election. I think it swayed the vote with several percentage points. Comey decided to go through with reopening the case 11 days before the election (it was closed again 5 days later) because he was so sure Clinton was going to win that it wouldn’t have an impact. But the reopening was the biggest boost the Trump campaign could hope for.