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Introduction
ОглавлениеDonald Trump’s electoral college victory took many by surprise, as demonstrated by these shocked—and, in the case of the Daily News, horrified—cover pages from three New York City newspapers the morning after the general election.
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The 2016 election will undoubtedly leave a lasting impression on many Americans. A businessman and reality show star with no political experience whatsoever won the presidency despite losing to his opponent—the first ever female major party nominee for president—by over 2.8 million votes nationally. But it was also an election that will leave a lasting impression on political science. The success of Donald Trump’s candidacy challenged many political science theories about the nature of American campaigns, while it simultaneously helped to highlight other important concepts that have long been well understood. In this volume, we revisit this historic election from the perspective of political science to provide important context about the 2016 election itself, and to consider how this election can inform our broader understanding of American politics.
