[VIDEO] Patrick Bet David takes a look at presidential underdogs.
For example Dewey v. Truman 1948. Truman was the incumbent president and it was expected that then NY Governor Thomas Dewey would become the 34th POTUS. Instead Truman would come back from behind to win it.
Then there was 1960 JFK versus Richard Nixon. Nixon was a younger man like Kennedy both men weren't yet 50. JFK was the underdog having his father solidly behind him though believe it or not he was not that well known back then. Nixon was also the sitting Vice President at the time, Kennedy won because he was far more youthful on the then new medium of television.
We could go up to 2016 which David briefly discusses Hillary Rodham Clinton a former first lady, former US Senator and US Secretary of State. She had wanted to be President since she was a youth. She lost to Barack Obama in 2008 for the Democrat nomination for President and we also know where that went.
She also lost to Donald Trump. The analysis will be that Trump just plain outworked Hillary. She outraised campaign funds but she was denied her dream by the passions that help get Trump elected. So now her footnote is that she's so far thy only woman nominated by a major party for President.
This is a very fascinating video.
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