It’s fitting that one of the most contentious presidential campaigns in American history is going out on a negative note. How else could the 2016 election end?
Donald Trump has based his presidential campaign on taking an antagonistic tone, so that part isn’t a surprise. But as the polls tightened in the waning days — the RealClearPolitics average has Trump trailing by only 1.7 percentage points — Hillary Clinton has increasingly mimicked Trump’s take-no-prisoners style.