Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Clinton Lost Pennsylvania More Than Trump Won It

Democratic voters who elected Obama stayed home on Nov. 8.

November 16, 2016 at 3:32 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

Falling short.
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I was surprised by the presidential election. I'm still amazed by Pennsylvania.

Before Nov. 8, I thought that six of the seven battleground states1479304604099 were tossups. The exception was Pennsylvania, where I spent a number of days reporting, made scores of calls and concluded it was in the Hillary Clinton column.