2016 Presidential Election Essay

he lost to Clinton in the popular vote.

Voters That Participated

The voting of the president and the vice president is indirectly done where the registered voters in the states cast their votes for the members of the electoral college who are also known as the electors. The electors then cast their ballots in their state capitals to elect the President. It is imperative to note that every state casts electoral votes based on its number of Senators and its Representatives in the Congress. Three votes represent Washington states. In the recently concluded election, over 91 million registered voters did not vote. According to Subramanian, the low turn-out of voters is attributed to hurdles that are faced during registration. Voters are required to register independently; a process that many citizens never embrace.

Political Groups That Voted; Break Down of the Voter Turn Out

In the recently concluded election, it was evident that there were deep divisions based on race, education, age, and gender. According to a report that was released by Edison Research for national election poll, many white non-Hispanic favored Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton by 22 percent point. 58 percent of the white electorates voted for Trump while 37 percent of them voted for Hillary Clinton. Thirty-one percent of the non-white people voted for Trump, while Clinton gathered 74 percent from them. 63 percent of the white men voted for Trump while 31 percent voted for Clinton. According to Henley, the same case was replicated among white women where Trump gathered 53 percent of the votes while Clinton gathered 43percent. Henley also states that Trump got 9 percent of the black votes and 25 percent of the

Latino votes. As compared to Obama in 2012, Clinton failed in the Black and Latino votes. She collected 88 percent of black votes while Obama gathered 93 percent in 2012. Similarly, Clinton gathered 65 percent of the Latino votes as compared to Obama who gathered 71 percent.

Works Cited

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3. Henley, Jon. “White and Wealthy Voters Gave Victory to Donald Trump, Exit Polls Show.” The Guardian, 9 Nov. 2016, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/09/white-voters-victory-donald-trump-exit-polls.
4. Subramanian, Courtney. “US Election: Why Does the US Have Such Low Voter Turnout ...” BBC News, BBC News, 28 Oct. 2016, www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37634526.