Cable ad spend at the national level did not make a significant impact on Donald Trump. However, Senate candidates benefited greatly from an increased ad presence on the airwaves.

Trump's two most consequential inner circle hires thus far, Steve Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor to the president, and Reince Priebus as chief of staff, offer some insight into how the new president aims to conduct himself.

The election of Donald Trump has been a punch in the gut for the liberal media. The constant barrage from the now president-elect against reputable news sources like 'The New York Times,' 'The Washington Post,'' Politico' and others during the campaign is unlikely to stop.

Despite president Barack Obama's 52.1% approval rating on the eve of November 8, higher than Ronald Reagan's at the tail end of 1988, Clinton was unable to turn out the now mythical Obama coalition: droves of millennial, African American and Latino voters.

The right-wing media that always saw a clear path to the presidency for Donald Trump were right. Populist, divisive, anti-immigrant and nationalist political parties are gaining across the globe.

The three most-aired swing-state TV ads of the 2016 presidential cycle accurately portray both the divisiveness and negativity pervasive throughout the election. Of the top 10, only three were pro-Donald Trump ads -- a direct result of Trump's late arrival to TV advertising.

Because both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are flawed, pundits treated the race like an equal playing field. It isn't. It's the difference between authoritarian-style rule and democracy. And the consequences for America are severe.

Trump rode the earned-media wave throughout the primary cycle and landed the Republican nomination with no apparent digital operation. This completely changed as the general election developed, with the Trump campaign quietly building a robust team of data scientists and analysts that now rivals a modern-day political digital operation.

According to court papers filed in the Southern District of New York at the end of September, Jane Doe filed suit against Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein for rape, sexual misconduct, criminal sexual acts, sexual abuse, forcible touching, assault, battery, intentional and reckless infliction of emotional distress, duress, false imprisonment, and defamation.

With the election quickly tightening in the last week, in particular in the swing states of Florida, North Carolina and Nevada, which are basically toss-ups, turnout will make the crucial difference.