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but where Sanders had won during the primary.” 502 However, in the
words of one former Sanders organizer:
They fucking ignored us on all these [three] battleground
states [while] we were sounding the alarm for months…
We kept saying to each other like, ‘What the fuck, why are
they just blowing us off? They need these voters more than
anybody… We were saying we are offering our help—
nobody wanted Donald Trump…We were painting them
a dire picture, and I couldn’t help but think they literally
looked like they had no idea what was going on here. 503
Michael Moore was raising similar concerns. In July, Moore wrote
the most prescient and perceptive analysis of the entire election cycle,
entitled “5 Reasons Why Trump Will Win.” Moore first cautioned
people against complacency:
This wretched, ignorant, dangerous part-time clown and
full time sociopath is going to be our next president…I
can see what you’re doing right now. You’re shaking your
head wildly – “No, Mike, this won’t happen!” Unfortunately,
you are living in a bubble that comes with an
adjoining echo chamber…You need to exit that bubble
right now. You need to stop living in denial. 504
Moore then explained precisely how Trump would win. Reason #1?
“Midwest Math”:
I believe Trump is going to focus much of his attention
on the four blue states in the rustbelt of the upper Great
Lakes – Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin…
In 2012, Mitt Romney lost by 64 electoral votes. Add up