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One of the many privileges and freedoms we have as Americans is the freedom to pick the future president of our country. This year our final candidates we had to choose from was either Donald J. Trump or Hillary Clinton. By the end of the race Hilary had more support from the people, so naturally we thought that Hilary was going to win the election. However, when the results of the Election came back, and we found out that Donald J. Trump won it got me wondering how did a person who had the least support of people than his rival win. from all the research conducted it is obvious that Donald Trump won because: of the Support from White Americans, he also promised to bring jobs back to the working middle class Americans, and The Support of Suburban White Women. The Reason Trump won versus Clinton was his initial attraction that spoke to White Americans. “Some of Trump’s policy statements, on issues like the minimum wage and taxes… and his more Famous promises all relate to the White American Central Fears, …show more content…
“Donald J. Trump won the presidency by riding an enormous wave of support among white working class voters” (Cohn, 2016). Trump promised to bring back jobs for this demographic of people, “Trump courted working class whites by promising a restoration of the old industrial economy” (How Trump Won: The Revenge of Working-Class Whites, 2016). According to this quote from the Washington post we can see that trump wants to bring back jobs from an industry that is dying or has already died since the 1950’s. furthermore, with the attention of the White Americans, and the promises for a better future for the working American, this got Trump many supporters in the working middle class. However, “Trump’s message did not resonate with black or Latino workers who earn less at every education level than whites do” (How Trump Won: The Revenge of Working-Class Whites,

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