I think he is a smart man and had quite a clever strategy for running a presidential campaign. He had considered entering the race several times in the past two decades, and has changed his political affiliations many times, so he has had plenty of time to think about how best to capture the public imagination and exactly what the common American wants to hear. I don't agree with lots of what he has proposed in terms of policy but let's face it he knows how to get votes. He knew in the primaries exactly how to distinguish himself from the other Republican candidates and how to make himself the most memorable out of the dozen or so other choices on his party's ticket.
However he is also the most opportunistic person you will ever meet. He is smart enough to know what he can and can't get away with. He is infamous for taking advantage of tax loopholes and perhaps not explicitly violating laws but behaving in rather immoral and unethical ways. But I don't necessarily blame him for that. He was born rich and built on his family's fortune by being greedy, manipulative, and through the force of his persona. As it stands right now, he managed to outsmart Hillary as well as all the polls predicting that she would win the election easily. He tapped into something deep in the American psyche.
Trump alienated a large portion of the electorate. He has criticized everyone except white men, but he was still able to get strong support across the demographics of the nation. It seems that people were determined to vote for him no matter what he said. Hillary thought she would get massive support from women, but that did not turn out to be true. She thought that Hispanics would vote for her in huge numbers but they did not, despite Trump criticizing Mexicans repeatedly throughout his campaign. She also believed that African Americans and other minorities would sway the vote in her favor but they were not as optimistic about her as they had been about Obama in 2008 and 2012. She also didn't campaign very much at all in states such as Wisconsin and Michigan where the Democrats believed they would win easily.
That being said, the Democrats ran a fantastic campaign. Hillary did everything right, she represented excellence, character, competence, experience, and professionalism. Unfortunately several scandals in the media hurt her chances in the end. The party was divided somewhat as she did not appear to have the full support of all Democrats who had previously showed favor for Bernie Sanders. I think she could have optimized her chances by selecting Sanders as her vice presidential running mate, considering if he would have agreed of course. They ran a great race but inevitably the American people voted for change over what they perceived as the "establishment". Granted, she won the popular vote, which means Hillary actually received more votes than Trump, but Trump prevailed because of the electoral college.
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I think he is a smart man and had quite a clever strategy for running a presidential campaign. He had considered entering the race several times in the past two decades, and has changed his political affiliations many times, so he has had plenty of time to think about how best to capture the public imagination and exactly what the common American wants to hear. I don't agree with lots of what he has proposed in terms of policy but let's face it he knows how to get votes. He knew in the primaries exactly how to distinguish himself from the other Republican candidates and how to make himself the most memorable out of the dozen or so other choices on his party's ticket.
However he is also the most opportunistic person you will ever meet. He is smart enough to know what he can and can't get away with. He is infamous for taking advantage of tax loopholes and perhaps not explicitly violating laws but behaving in rather immoral and unethical ways. But I don't necessarily blame him for that. He was born rich and built on his family's fortune by being greedy, manipulative, and through the force of his persona. As it stands right now, he managed to outsmart Hillary as well as all the polls predicting that she would win the election easily. He tapped into something deep in the American psyche.
Trump alienated a large portion of the electorate. He has criticized everyone except white men, but he was still able to get strong support across the demographics of the nation. It seems that people were determined to vote for him no matter what he said. Hillary thought she would get massive support from women, but that did not turn out to be true. She thought that Hispanics would vote for her in huge numbers but they did not, despite Trump criticizing Mexicans repeatedly throughout his campaign. She also believed that African Americans and other minorities would sway the vote in her favor but they were not as optimistic about her as they had been about Obama in 2008 and 2012. She also didn't campaign very much at all in states such as Wisconsin and Michigan where the Democrats believed they would win easily.
That being said, the Democrats ran a fantastic campaign. Hillary did everything right, she represented excellence, character, competence, experience, and professionalism. Unfortunately several scandals in the media hurt her chances in the end. The party was divided somewhat as she did not appear to have the full support of all Democrats who had previously showed favor for Bernie Sanders. I think she could have optimized her chances by selecting Sanders as her vice presidential running mate, considering if he would have agreed of course. They ran a great race but inevitably the American people voted for change over what they perceived as the "establishment". Granted, she won the popular vote, which means Hillary actually received more votes than Trump, but Trump prevailed because of the electoral college.