Overview
America is still in shock. The world is still struggling to come to terms with the result of the American Presidential elections. Like most of Americans and the world, nobody saw it coming. Nobody thought Donald Trump could win. Even Trump's supporters didn't imagine he had a chance. However, as chance would have it, Trump became president-elect. How Donald Trump won the race to the White House is still a question lingering on the lips of Americans and the world.
Unexpected Support of Women
Everyone expected women to vote on a united front and chose Hillary Clinton. If not, then Hillary was expected to capture a higher percentage of women's vote than Donald Trump. Surprisingly, more women voted for Trump than expected. A breakdown
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It was not any different this time. However, a larger number voted Donald Trump. That is the most the evangelicals have ever voted for a Republican candidate since 2004 where they voted for former President George W. Bush. Exit poll results reveal that Trump garnered a margin of 81-16 percent compared to Bush's 78-21 percent in 2004. The white evangelicals group make up one-fifth of the total voters in America. Donald Trump got a victory in Florida which counts as a swing state in presidential elections. The prominence of the evangelicals in the region is one of the reasons he won. Perhaps Trumps promise to appoint new Supreme Court justices turned the evangelicals' votes in his favor. A huge group of Catholics also voted for …show more content…
More so, the pollsters themselves are still trying to figure out on how their statistics were misleading. Consistent projection of Hillary Clinton as the clear winner in the race to the white house was the norm with most pollsters predicting her chances to be between 70 percent and 99 percent. There is speculation that some people were dishonest in their answer with fear of being socially outcast for supporting Trump. Additionally, pollsters overrepresented Clinton's support and underrepresented Trump's. The situation gave Trump the edge as his voters turn out in large numbers and saw him win in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, decisive states where Clinton was expected to win. The polls may have caused Clinton to let her guard