The linked article was talking about facts, a dissection of various arguments made by Thiel and Trump. Elections aren't about facts (unfortunately?), so they cannot prove anything about whether that article is right or not.

Let's remember the results: 47.5% vs 47.7%. It was a coin toss decided by the distribution of the votes.

I bet heavily on a Trump victory so, no, I don't think I'm out of touch.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. - H. L. Mencken