On the morning of Election Day, internal Clinton campaign numbers had her winning Michigan by 5 points. By 1 p.m., an aide on the ground called headquarters; the voter turnout tracking system they'd built themselves in defiance of orders -- Brooklyn had told operatives in the state they didn't care about those numbers, and specifically told them not to use any resources to get them -- showed urban precincts down 25 percent. Maybe they should get worried, the Michigan operatives said.
Nope, they were told. She was going to win by 5. All Brooklyn's data said so.
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How Clinton lost Michigan — and blew the election - POLITICO
Nope, they were told. She was going to win by 5. All Brooklyn's data said so.
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How Clinton lost Michigan — and blew the election - POLITICO