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President-elect Trump‘s unexpected victory on 8 November 2016 was summed up as “whitelash” by the CNN commentator, who argued that racism played in the election’s outcome:{{cquote|
President-elect Trump‘s unexpected victory on 8 November 2016 was summed up as “whitelash” by the CNN commentator, who argued that racism played in the election’s outcome:{{cquote|
“This was a white-lash. This was a white-lash against a changing country, it was a white-lash against a black president, in part, and that’s the part where the pain comes.”<ref>[http://globalnews.ca/news/3057638/explaining-white-lash-and-how-it-helped-donald-trumps-win/ Explaining ‘white-lash’ and how it helped Donald Trump’s win]</ref>}}
“This was a white-lash. This was a white-lash against a changing country, it was a white-lash against a black president, in part, and that’s the part where the pain comes.”<ref>[http://globalnews.ca/news/3057638/explaining-white-lash-and-how-it-helped-donald-trumps-win/ Explaining ‘white-lash’ and how it helped Donald Trump’s win]</ref>}}
==Edison research==
The Edison Research exit poll indicated a swell of support for Trump among white voters. The exit poll of nearly 25,000 people found that Trump picked up 58 per cent of white voters versus Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]]‘s 37 per cent.
Broken down by gender and race, 63 per cent of white men voted for the Republican Party, versus 31 per cent for the Democratic Party, and 53 per cent of white women voted for Trump, versus 43 per cent for Clinton.
White Americans made up nearly 70 per cent of voters who showed up at the polls, with the Democratic Party obtaining 88 per cent of the black vote. 80 per cent of black men voted for Clinton, along with an overwhelming 94 per cent of black women.
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