A little late but, the 2016 presidential election was an unprecedented event due to many factors. The Democratic Party candidate, Hillary Clinton and the Republican Party candidate, Donald Trump were the most hated presidential candidates in history. With around half of the population heavily disliking both candidates before they even become the president raises concern for the American people. Secondly, almost every single news outlet and statistical projection including FiveThirtyEight.com predicted Hillary Clinton would win with odds being at around 70-80%. The statisticians did not account for what is being called the “silent majority”, the group of people who didn’t openly admit they were in support of trump due to fear of persecution. Just like that Donald Trump won and no one saw it coming.
You bring up the point of the "silent majority" and that is a very good point. Everyone has an influence in the election, and the statistics are hard to really follow because there are so many people who don't voice their opinions about their stance on the election. I think another point to bring up is the people who did NOT vote at all. They had a huge impact on the election because they did not voice their opinions at all.
ReplyDeleteAccording to PBS Newshour, millions of people didn't vote in the 2016 election. I feel like this had a huge impact on the turnout of the election and even if everyone voted, there are some people who don't really know too much about the candidates and would blindly vote for someone.
ReplyDeleteI think that the silent majority is a very good point that is not talked about nearly enough. Even though many of the polls were showing that Hilary should have one, there were many studies carried out that showed many people said they would vote for Hillary when they would actually vote for Donald Trump. This is due mostly to the fact that lots of people were scared to voice their approval for Trump so would lie to seem like they were going along with the majority.
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