11-09-2016, 06:40 PM
(11-09-2016, 10:49 AM)samhain Wrote: I'm fairly shocked by this. It'll be real interesting to see if Trump's victory was more a result of high Republican turnout, low Democratic turnout, or of Dems crossing party lines in swing states to support Trump. I seriously can't believe she won the popular vote with the way the electoral college went.
The demographic breakdown will be interesting. While I think democratic complacency played a part, it's not the full story.
Trump, like the businessman he is, sold this idea of taking back America from the current president and Clinton. His target group, the working class, non-college-educated whites bought in and came out to vote for him.
I'm no statistician, but I imagine the group the Trump pandered to is one that is normally complacent/apathetic about elections. Trump spoke to em, and they responded, and I think the pollsters (and the DNC) grossly underestimated Trump's appeal to them.
