Do you really believe , in your heart of hearts , that Nate Silver was even a remote factor in Hillary ' s defeat ? Personally , I think it ' s more to do with her calling half of Trump supporters deplorables , her fundamental unpopularity , that she didn ' t visit Wisconsin during the campaign season a single t imelosingwisconsinresults 201611 ? rUSIRT , staggering complacency among the Clinton camp to the point of Clinton staffers opening up champagne prior to the election c o unttrctjqesrcssourcewebcd 1 cadrjauact 8 ved 0 a h U K E w j N h q D y s D Q A h W q A M A K H S G o A E w Q F g g b M A Aurlelectionlosschampagne 201611 usgAFQjCNFzQPB 5 oBxYeQG 8 IXRog 4 Cd 2 ibV 8 wsig 2 mj 4 LeV 7 Q 5 x 1 ZNEKVYgezIgbvmbv . rrn , d . d 24 . At some point , it has to be accepted that Hillary Clinton and her campaign lost this election . It does nobody any good to engage in mental contortions in order to reach the conclusion that Nate Silver , of all people , had anything to do with Hillary Clinton losing the election .