For the nerds among us (Curious?) who want to know, down to the granular level, down to the county level, why Hillary lost the College, here is a fascinating analysis by Nate Silver called "Education, Not Income, Predicted Who Would Vote For Trump". Here are the main points of his analysis (with detailed data):
Clinton’s margin surged in the 50 most-educated counties
Clinton collapsed in the 50 least-educated counties
High-education, medium-income white counties shifted to Clinton
High-income, medium-education white counties shifted to Trump
Highly educated majority-minority counties shifted toward Clinton
Low-education majority-minority counties shifted toward Trump
This one was painful for me to read: "Edgecombe County, North Carolina, is 57 percent black and saw a shift toward Trump.
In conclusion: "Trump’s approach to the campaign — relying on emotional appeals while glossing over policy details — may have resonated more among people with lower education levels as compared with Clinton’s wonkier and more cerebral approach."
There are people who love tabloids. And there are people who can't look at them even in a long slow line at the cash register.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/education-not-income-predicted-who-would-vote-for-trump/
Yup, the above confirms what I had previously stated re Trump's unforeseen success in the presidential election.
The USA needs to reform its crappy education system! It has produced too many gullible uneducated morons in recent years. Thanks to such voters, Trump has become president elect.
- Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Curious -- 2016-11-13
- Update Dec 7: Hillary got 2,654,600 more votes than Trump -- Curious -- 2016-12-08
- Detailed (yet simple) spreadsheet: % of votes in each state -- Curious -- 2016-11-23
- Education, Not Income, Predicted Who Would Vote For Trump -- BeenThere -- 2016-11-23
- Re Education, Not Income, Predicted Who Would Vote For Trump -- Former FT in China -- 2016-11-23
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Curious -- 2016-11-22
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Foxy -- 2016-11-22
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Curious -- 2016-11-23
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Curious -- 2016-11-23
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Curious -- 2016-11-23
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Curious -- 2016-11-23
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Curious -- 2016-11-23
- America's primal impulse -- BeenThere -- 2016-11-16
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Caring -- 2016-11-14
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Foxy -- 2016-11-14
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- caring -- 2016-11-15
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Foxy -- 2016-11-15
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- caring -- 2016-11-15
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Foxy -- 2016-11-16
- Re: Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Curious -- 2016-11-16
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Language Mill Deecher -- 2016-11-15
- Re: Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Curious -- 2016-11-15
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Foxy -- 2016-11-16
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- caring -- 2016-11-15
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Former FT in China -- 2016-11-14
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- Foxy -- 2016-11-15
- Re Hillary set to receive more votes than any US presidential candidate in history except Obama -- caring -- 2016-11-15
- Detailed (yet simple) spreadsheet: % of votes in each state -- Curious -- 2016-11-23
- Update Dec 7: Hillary got 2,654,600 more votes than Trump -- Curious -- 2016-12-08