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An 11 Chart Post Election Analysis Of The 2016 Election

Posted on the 04 December 2016 by Jobsanger
An 11 Chart Post Election Analysis Of The 2016 Election
An 11 Chart Post Election Analysis Of The 2016 Election
An 11 Chart Post Election Analysis Of The 2016 Election
An 11 Chart Post Election Analysis Of The 2016 Election
An 11 Chart Post Election Analysis Of The 2016 Election
An 11 Chart Post Election Analysis Of The 2016 Election
An 11 Chart Post Election Analysis Of The 2016 Election
An 11 Chart Post Election Analysis Of The 2016 Election
An 11 Chart Post Election Analysis Of The 2016 Election
An 11 Chart Post Election Analysis Of The 2016 Election
An 11 Chart Post Election Analysis Of The 2016 Election
Between November 10th and 14th, the Pew Research Center conducted their quadrennial post-election survey. They questioned 1,254 voters who voted in the 2016 election, and their survey has a margin of error of 3.4 points. These 11 charts are from that survey (and there's much more in their 6 page report of the survey). These are just the charts I personally found to be most interesting.
Note, in the top chart, that Donald Trump received the lowest marks of any winning president-elect since Pew has been conducting this survey. Only 30% gave him an "A" or "B" for the way he conducted his campaign -- 13 points lower than the 43% that gave Clinton an "A" or "B", and a lower score than any losing presidential candidate since 1992 (when George H.W. Bush also scored 30%). That's not good for someone claiming to have a mandate for his policies.
Low grades were also given to both parties, the press, and the pollsters. And 92% said there was more mudslinging in this campaign than in the past (20 points higher than the previous election high for mudslinging -- 2004).
I also found it interesting that 74% of voters had made up their minds about who to vote for by the conventions or shortly after them, and another 15% during or immediately following the debates. Only 7% said they made up their minds in the last week before the election.
Sadly, most people don't expect race relations to improve under a Trump administration, and most don't think relations between the two parties will improve. And both parties seem to be moving toward more partisanship -- with most Republicans wanting their party to be more conservative, and most Democrats wanting their party to be more liberal.

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