it is still possible that Clinton will wind up the winner of the popular vote.
.. According to some estimates, Democrats need a two-point victory, or thereabouts, to reach two hundred and seventy votes in the Electoral College.
.. The exit poll indicated that sixty-five per cent of Latinos supported Clinton, while twenty-nine per cent voted for Trump.
In 2012, Obama got seventy-one per cent of the Latino vote, and Romney got twenty-seven per cent.
.. Obama secured sixty per cent of the vote from people between the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine. On Tuesday, Clinton got fifty-four per cent of this group. In a tight election, which this one was, such changes can make all the difference.
.. women voted for Clinton by a margin of twelve percentage points, fifty-four per cent to forty-two per cent. Men voted for Trump by the same twelve-point margin, fifty-three per cent to forty-one per cent. The exit polls don’t explain this split—but sexism surely played some role.
.. Finally, and this shouldn’t be ignored either, the relatively well-to-do went for Trump. According to the exit-poll figures, people who earn less than fifty thousand dollars a year—who make up a bit more than a third of the population—voted for Clinton over Trump by a margin of about eleven points, fifty-two per cent to forty-one per cent. The roughly two-thirds of the population who earn more than fifty thousand dollars a year voted for Trump.
.. The lowest-paid voters tend to be younger people and minorities, and they went for Clinton. In that sense, she won the working-class vote.
.. Just thirty-seven per cent of respondents to the exit poll said that Trump was qualified to be President; sixty-one per cent said that he was unqualified. In addition, only thirty-four per cent of the respondents said that he had the right personality and temperament to be President, and seventy per cent said they were bothered by his offensive remarks about women. According to these metrics, at least, Clinton’s numbers were much better. Fifty-three per cent of respondents said that she was qualified to be President, and fifty-six per cent said that she had the right personality and temperament for the job.
Malcolm Gladwell probes sexism and elitism in the U.S. presidential election
Canadian writer talks about sexism, elitism and email scandals with The National’s Wendy Mesley
“I think he will be in jail within a year,” he told The National‘s Wendy Mesley in an interview.
Gladwell believes the candidate’s charitable donations and Trump University fraud case will be sources for legal headaches.
“I mean, he’s got so many legal problems, I suspect he will spend the next few years huddled with his lawyers,” he said.
.. Gladwell says some of Trump’s appeal comes from a sense of “unfiltered” authenticity with voters, but points to Trump’s privileged upbringing as evidence that he is a bona fide member of the elite.
“One guy is the child of privilege who grew up in a multi-million-dollar household, and has every advantage handed to him on a silver platter,” he said. “The other is a woman who came from the most ordinary of circumstances.”
.. Along with that privilege, Gladwell believes Trump’s standing in the polls is bolstered by strong resentment for his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.
“Trump caught 10 different breaks. This is not going to happen again,” he said.
.. So what’s the cause of Clinton’s deep unpopularity? Gladwell says it’s sexism, pure and simple.
“She is being penalized for having a series of traits that people find unacceptable in a woman,” he said, noting the negative perception of Clinton predates her email and Benghazi scandals. “This goes back two decades now.”
“To me, the most disturbing lesson about this election is that the United States is a good deal less open to women in positions of power than it would like to pretend that it is.”
After Trump, a Call for Political Correctness From the Right
Downplaying the racist views of Trump supporters is an evasion of the facts.
.. At 2 AM on Wednesday morning, once it became clear Donald Trump would be America’s next president, the conservative, anti-Trump, commentator Erick Erickson posted “An Open Letter to the Democrats.” He asked them not to rebuke Trump’s supporters. “Instead of condemning them and labeling them all bigots and racists and deplorables,” he wrote, “I hope you will try to relate to them, connect to them, and recognize their legitimate concerns.” Since Trump’s victory, other commentators have said similar things.
Sorry, but I disagree. Reconciliation is important. But not at the expense of truth.
.. almost half of Trump supporters said African Americans were more “violent” than whites. Forty percent said they were more “lazy.” In February, a Public Policy Polling survey found that 70 percent of Trump supporters in South Carolina opposed removing the Confederate battle flag from statehouse grounds. Trump supporters in South Carolina were also far more likely than the supporters of other GOP candidates to wish the South had won the Civil War and to consider whites a superior race.
.. the University of Michigan found that “hostile sexism”—reflected in support for statements like “Most women interpret innocent remarks or acts as being sexist” and “Many women are actually seeking special favors…under the guise of asking for equality”—predicts support for Trump extremely well.
.. For years, for instance, conservatives have insisted that economic distress does not cause jihadist terror. The real source, they insist, is Islamic culture. For decades, they’ve argued that economic distress does not cause unwed pregnancy and drug addiction among African Americans. The real explanation lies with inner city black culture.
.. among voters who earn less than $50,000, Clinton won handily. Trump won among those who make more than $250,000.
.. What differentiates Trump’s supporters is their resentment toward immigrants, Muslims, African Americans and feminists—anyone who challenges the hierarchies that reigned back when America was great.
.. But I thought conservatives like Erickson favored blunt truths over dishonest kumbaya.
A Letter from the Harvard Women’s Soccer Team
We feel hopeless because men who are supposed to be our brothers degrade us like this.
.. This document attempts to pit us against one another, as if the judgment of a few men is sufficient to determine our worth.
.. This document might have stung any other group of women you chose to target, but not us. We know as teammates that we rise to the occasion, that we are stronger together, and that we will not tolerate anything less than respect for women that we care for more than ourselves.
.. To the men of Harvard soccer and to the men of the world, we invite you to join us, because ultimately we are all members of the same team. We are human beings and we should be treated with dignity. We want your help in combatting this. We need your help in preventing this. We cannot change the past, but we are asking you to help us now and in the future.
.. “I can offer you my forgiveness, which is—and forever will be—the only part of me that you can ever claim as yours.”