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LordoftheMorons posted...

It's because the Comey letter was a single, high profile event when not much else was going on news-wise; this corresponded to a sudden, sharp decrease in her poll numbers. In comparison, the leaks were a continuous drip that would be hard to isolate in the polling data (and sexism of course would be a constant effect).

Edit: here's the aforementioned analysis: http://election.princeton.edu/2016/12/10/the-comey-effect/

I mean, he does sort of mention undecided Republican voters coming home. His article on each makes sense to me on their own, but if it is a significant factor anyway, my counterpoint would be that Comey may have affected the polls more than the actual election. The argument would be that it just got more people to voice support for Trump that would have eventually voted for him regardless, rather than an actual loss of support for Hillary.

Granted, that's a broad look from the outside in, but I didn't see anything to suggest why it wouldn't be a possibility. (Of course I may have missed something.)
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