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1. At least 50% of any real analysis of the election
Sat Aug 24, 2019, 10:04 AM
Aug 2019

Free advertising, you can't beat it. In fact Trump states that he was relying on free coverage during the period between effectively closing out the primaries and the nomination. Like Romney he'd run out of pre-nomination money.

The author states that the media tried to right the ship at the end but their constant "IT'S OVER" cries certainly effected turnout.

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