Beschreibung:
This edited collection evaluates the election and its outcome by analyzing the campaign, voting preferences and forecasts, and some predictions and assessments of President Trump’s administration.
The 2016 Presidential Election: The Causes and Consequences of a Political Earthquake critically analyzes the 2016 presidential election. The chapters in this book identify key factors behind the election of Donald J. Trump, explore the unconventional campaign, analyze the unexpected election result, evaluate the forecasting models, and speculate on the effect of the election outcome on politics and governance in the Trump Administration.
Chapter 1: Donald Trump and the “Other”: How an Unconventional Campaign Defeated the State of the Art Establishment
Chapter 2: Populist Challenges and the 2016 Presidential Nominations
Chapter 3: The 2016 US Presidential Debates: Perceptions of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Based on Presentation Style
Chapter 4: Damage Control: The Trump Effect on Senate General Election Campaigns
Chapter 5: From Bipartisan Agreement to Electoral Contest: Israel in US Elections
Chapter 6: Hostile Sexism, Racism Denial, and the Historic Education Gap in Support for Trump
Chapter 7: Dynamics of (National) Electoral Preferences during the 2016 US Presidential Race
Chapter 8: Assessing the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Popular Vote Forecasts
Chapter 9: The 2016–2017 Transition into the Donald J. Trump Administration
Chapter 10: Is President Trump Conventionally Disruptive, or Unconventionally Destructive
Chapter 11: How Radical is Actually Radical Leadership? Comparing Trump and Netanyahu's Rhetoric
Chapter 12: Constitutional Revolution: The Election of 2016 and the Future of the Supreme Court