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Byron York: Trump win shocks even true believers

By Byron York

Published November 9, 2016 11:01am ET

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Byron York: Trump win shocks even true believers — President-elect Donald Trump's supporters had spent months looking at the same polls as everybody else. When it turned out those polls were wrong, Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning made for a very, very happy shock. (AP Photo/John Locher) | John Locher

NEW YORK — As election evening began in Midtown Manhattan, people who wanted Donald Trump to win — loyal Republicans who risked the scorn of conservative critics to work hard on Trump’s behalf — were not only not sure he would win, they were actively trying to imagine the best-case scenario for his defeat.

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