Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election defied almost all predictions.
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Swinburne political scientist Bryan Cranton looks at why so many experts got the US Election so wrong
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Despite acknowledging her pain, the losing candidate kept her composure as she admitted defeat.
This is news to me.
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Forecasters have been left reeling once again after failing to predict the outcome of the US election.
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Trump won because his supporters no longer believe incremental change can deliver for them.
Quite the surprise!
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From coast to coast, the 2016 election has torn up the usual order.
Donald Trump speaks at his election night rally in Manhattan.
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President-elect Trump sounded very different from candidate Trump.
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Whether it’s Clinton on Trump in the White House, progressive action on climate change in America - and therefore globally - is going to take a hit.
Hillary Clinton, leaving no stone unturned.
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Every four years, voters in Florida are more in demand than almost any in the US. And this year they’re especially exhausted.
Working the crowd.
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Often dismissed as a solid Republican bloc, the southern states are anything but.
Beware.
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President Obama is right to say it’s very, very hard to rig an American election. That doesn’t mean things always go to plan.
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Ranting narcissists with no patience for detail have terrorised and suppressed their people the world over. Is a new one about to join their ranks?
Some of Goldwater’s more extreme supporters in 1964.
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The Republicans’ hardline 1964 candidate famously said that ‘extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice’. Sound familiar?
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I like you, but won’t ‘like’ you.
The House of Representatives’ Democrats are looking to swell their ranks.
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If the US government is still split between the parties after November 8, the era of terminal gridlock will continue.
Adios.
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Donald Trump’s racist appeals to white fear may have doomed his campaign – and his party.
Imagine, if you will…
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Why is figurative language more powerful – and what feelings exactly does it stir in an audience?
All to play for: the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
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The US Senate is up for grabs this year – and Republicans have a serious challenge on their hands.
Protesters at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate denounce Trump.
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Europe has a lot riding on this election: NATO, relations with Russia and free trade all hang in the balance.
What’s the worst that could happen after the US election? As ever, “preppers” are ready for the total collapse of society.
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Did you know that if Donald Trump fails to win a single vote on Election Day, he could still be elected President? Bryan Cranston looks at the role of the “faithless Elector”.