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And that describes most polling failures in presidential elections: They tend to be exceptional, unlike previous polling errors. When the polls go wrong, they almost always do so in some unanticipated way. Errors spring from no single template. This variety helps explain why polling failure is so unpredictable and so jarring.

The epic miscall of has never been duplicated in U. If Hillary Clinton had carried those states, as polls had indicated, she would have won the electoral votes to become president.

But errors in state-level polls upset national expectations, in part because those polls tended to include too few white voters without college degrees, a key Trump constituency in and this year. Voters changing or making up their minds late in the campaign led in to another type of polling failure — the unforeseen landslide. In about three weeks the Presidential campaign will have closed and some one will be sadly disappointed.

We do not care to prophesy in such matters, but it may be interesting just now to group the men who have tasted the bitterness of defeat for the highest office within the gift of the American people. The first one was Governor George Clinton of New York, and of all candidates he probably suffered the least disappointment. He continued to receive a few votes at every Presidential election until , when he became Vice-President. Thomas Jefferson was defeated by John Adams, but became President in , after one of the most exciting elections ever known.

Charles Ootesworth Pinckney, Geo. Clinton and Rifus King were the unsuccessful candidates in the fifth Presidential election. Pinckney was a brilliant son of South Carolina, elegant in person, fortunate in family, educated and wealthy.

He and Pinckney were again defeated in by James Madison. Rufus King rau against James Monroe in and received. Witt Clinton was the nominee of the Federalists in He was not a Federalist, bit was one whom that party demanded in the interest of peace.

He was only 43 when he became a Presidential candidate. He received 89 electoral votes and Madison John Q lincy Adams received but one electoral vote in , when Madison was re-elected, but four years later he succeeded Madison. Wallace, spent time working on crop genetics and developing a breed of chickens. Contact us at letters time. Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speak during the third U.

By Merrill Fabry. Related Stories. Already a print subscriber? Go here to link your subscription. Need help? Perhaps most importantly, he appointed liberal judges to the southern federal courts who would be instrumental in upholding the civil rights legislation of the 60s. Although he certainly failed at times to demonstrate leadership on civil rights issues, he grew more supportive of civil rights as his presidency progressed.

Had he publicly condemned McCarthy and his investigations, there would have been much less damage inflicted on innocent lives and the country's morale.