@article{2017:kornelius:die_uspr,
title = {Die US-Präsidentschaftswahl vom 8 . November 2016: Trumps Triumph},
year = {2017},
note = {Republican Donald Trump was elected 45th President of the United
States on November 8, 2016 after a campaign run on domestic issues, a
lot of “post-truth” populism and fearmongering about social and
economic decline . The shift from Barack Obama to Donald Trump amounts
to a serious break in White House politics and policies . Trump was
supported primarily by people who feel that things in the U .S . are
generally on the wrong track, who hold pessimistic outlooks on the
future and who complain about their diminishing financial resources .
Fuelled by massive discontent over the Obama Administration, Trump was
considered as person who would “bring needed change” to “make
America great again” . Trump’s opponent, Democratic presidential
nominee Hillary Clinton, was not convincing as a person and issues
covered by her also failed . As a typical representative of the
Beltway machine, Clinton amounted to the perfect symbol of a failing
political class . Campaigning aggressively, Trump served, enhanced and
absorbed the existing discontent about established politics and
maximized his reach in an already polarized and ideologically
radicalized country . Clinton outpaced Trump by almost three million
popular votes, but after Republican pickups in six swing states, Trump
gained a majority of electoral votes and finally the Electoral College
.},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {287--310},
author = {Kornelius, Bernhard},
volume = {48},
number = {2}
}