
Nate Silver @NateSilver538
Not clear how successful. Trump had a 38% favorability rating on Election Day 2016, per the exit poll, much worse than Mitt Romney's 48% in 2012. But Hillary was at 43% as compared to Obama's 53%. His success came mostly from running vs. a candidate almost as unpopular as he was. — PolitiTweet.org
Gabriel Sherman @gabrielsherman
Trump ran this strategy successfully in 2016. Trump advisers told me how thrilled they were by Hillary‘s “deplorables” speech. 2/