THE CURRENT → ELECTION SPECIAL Issue 634 · November 9, 2016

The Outsider Steps in

Trump’s victory raises more questions than it answers, but the first one is: how did the pollsters get it so wrong?

The Outsider Steps in
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hen Donald Trump made a cameo appearance on stage the first night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, flashing the thumbs-up sign and declaring “We’re gonna win. We’re gonna win big,” he wasn’t kidding.

All along, the skeptics vastly outnumbered the believers. The Donald was inexperienced. He antagonized too many key-voter groups. He scared foreign leaders and the investment community.

But he clearly appealed to enough Americans and, after an Election Day that stretched into the wee hours of the night, Donald Trump once again took to the stage, this time in New York City, to give his victory speech. In two short months, on January 20, 2017, he’ll be sworn in as America’s 45th president.

Trump’s victory raises more questions than it answers, but the first one is: how did the pollsters get it so wrong?

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