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How they lost the presidency

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For the second time in this century and the fifth time in US history, the 2016 presidential popular vote winner was not elected president. One day before the election, the author predicted (https://finpolicy.georgetown.edu) Secretary Hillary Clinton would receive between 50.49 and 51.78 percent of the two-party popular vote. She received 51.11 percent. The difference between the popular vote winner and Electoral College outcome inspired the author, ex ante, to develop a state-by-state, cross-section probit model to understand Donald Trump’s Electoral College victory, based on economic, racial and educational characteristics. Trump won the US presidency by winning some of the largest states (Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin with 17 percent of the necessary electoral votes) by small margins, particularly states with modest per capita incomes and economic growth, and losing the minority vote by less than expected.

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  • David A. Walker, 2018. "How they lost the presidency," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(38), pages 4113-4121, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:50:y:2018:i:38:p:4113-4121
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1441514
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