We have a good inkling of the answer, although Election Day is still three weeks away and we won't predict the outcome: Trump's dark side — the angry, petulant, irrational id to his huge, huge ego — overwhelmed his surprising political savvy. He had a potent message to voters that he would "make America great again," but he couldn't close the deal with them. He was reckless, uncaring, unthinking. He gave in to all his ugliest impulses — the sexism, xenophobia, dictator envy — and made the situation worse by denying his failings rather than atoning. Underneath was something more reprehensible: allegations of sexual misconduct akin to the assaults in Trump's boasts.