US Presidential Election 2016: Sidney's Victory Lap

[Sidney]

@anon7035031

As someone who was ridiculed on here for predicting a Brexit outcome, I feel comfortable about my predictive powers.

Where exactly did you predict a Brexit outcome? Feel free to quote the relevant post/s.

However the evidence appears to be that you did not predict a Brexit outcome at all, and in fact believed Brexit would lose.

@anon7035031

In the (unlikely) event of a close Brexit outcome, a reason will be found for a second referendum and the fear mongering will start in earnest.

@anon7035031

The harder prediction is to predict what will actually happen, as opposed to what most people think will happen.

Em, maybe what most people are predicting a Hillary Clinton win because that’s what they think will happen?

It really would be quite hard to predict otherwise, looking at the polls. Nevertheless, do keep convincing yourself that you know what’s going to happen, even if it flies in the face of all evidence.

Who knows, maybe you’ll be right, but there’s no evidence whatsoever that you will be.

@anon7035031

The media are completely out of touch, just as they were in the UK on Brexit. Younger people in particular pay zero attention to the mainstream media, their opinions are based on social media which so far isn’t totally controlled by the elites.
Hillary is having a really hard time connecting to younger voters, they are fed up of the same shit from both parties. That’s the dynamic the media are missing.

Clinton has consistently had a massive lead over Trump among young people. Feel free to quote any poll you can find regarding such and find me one where Trump is even close.

It looks like you’re the one who is out of touch.

It’s terribly funny, really. You ramble on constantly about the “liberal media”, “the Democratic machine”, and “CNN”. You’re obsessed with them.

Then you write the following:

@anon7035031

you are attaching far too much importance to the influence of the media. It actually has the opposite effect of what you think. Maybe in Ireland the media still hold sway, but they have long lost relevance in the US, as people just see through it now.

@anon7035031

Younger people in particular pay zero attention to the mainstream media

Classic cognitive dissonance.