{"id":3964,"date":"2016-09-12T00:05:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T05:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2016-09-12T06:59:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T11:59:24","slug":"big-basket-deplorables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/backgroundprobability\/2016\/09\/12\/big-basket-deplorables\/","title":{"rendered":"How Big is the Basket of Deplorables?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Presidential candidates are constantly at risk of making the sort of verbal faux pas which goes viral, creating a banner around which their opposition can unify or even giving birth to a narrative which becomes stickier over time. Even the smoothest campaigners\u00a0run this risk and will occasionally stumble. Remember Barack Obama’s infamous “gun and religion” remark<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Back in 2008, Hillary Clinton attempted to capitalize on her opponent’s\u00a0perceived elitism when he let slip some too-honest remarks about working-class voters to a crowd of prosperous liberals at a Bay Area fundraiser. Eight years later, Clinton\u00a0is the one being castigated for speaking ill of her opponent’s supporters.<\/p>\n

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Hillary Clinton regrets saying half of Donald Trump\u2019s supporters fit into a \u201cbasket of deplorables\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/mDFlF1rlvD<\/a><\/p>\n

— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n