Historian Details Clinton Campaign’s Collapse

On the “What Matters in North Carolina” podcast, host Mark Shiver speaks with Doug Wead, presidential historian and author of Game of Thorns: The Inside Story of Hillary Clinton’s Failed Campaign and Donald Trump’s Winning Strategy. In it, Wead describes the overwhelming advantages that Clinton held over Trump in nearly every political arena — media, money, number of volunteers on the ground and high-tech applications to measure and get out the vote — and how nevertheless in the end Trump still won, turning every negative into a positive and securing a victory that few believed possible. Wead also highlights the key role North Carolina played in the election. To hear the show, click here.