What will those who elected Donald Trump expect him to achieve and what will be his priorities? An expert analysis.
Donald Trump has been elected for a second term as US president. International affairs editor Rachael Jolley spoke with US expert Thomas Gift, founding director of the UCL Centre on US Politics, about what Americans will expect the president-elect to do once in office, and what he will prioritise.
Moreover, Republicans retook the Senate, and there’s a good chance they’ll also keep their majority in the House of Representatives. That would give Republicans a clean sweep in this election, and, combined with a right-leaning Supreme Court, solidified control of Washington’s power corridors. 3. Was there anything Harris could have done differently to reverse the outcome? Although opinions differ, there’s reason to think that Harris campaign erred by casting this election as fundamentally being about “democracy.” Rightly or wrongly, data show that democracy is an abstract concern for most Americans. According to pre-election polling, majorities of Americans said they thought that democracy was at risk in the election.
Some point to racism or sexism. Yet Barack Obama, the first black president, was elected twice in 2008 and 2012, and Hillary Clinton, the first woman candidate to receive a major party’s presidential nomination, won the national popular vote in 2016. Others will point to procedural issues in the primaries. After Biden was pushed out of the race, Harris became the nominee despite never winning a single primary vote.
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