Five myths about the 2016 election
Five myths about the 2016 election
- October 8, 2018
- Courtesy of Michael Tesler, poli sci, as featured in The Washington Post
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The 2016 election is nearly two years behind us, but debates continue to rage over what lifted Donald Trump to a victory that surprised so many political observers. All elections generate narratives that try to explain the outcome, but often those do not square with polling and other political science data. This conflict is remarkably sharp in the case of the 2016 election, in part because of the unusual nature of Trump’s candidacy. Here are five of the most prevalent myths.
Read on, courtesy of The Washington Post. Also ran in SFGate.
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