- Title: Voters react to shock Trump victory with hope, despair
- Date: 9th November 2016
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOHN HUDACK OF THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION SAYING: "Trump's win is obviously shocking. It goes against what a lot of the data from polling, from exit polls, and from early votes suggested would happen last night. I think this was a low turnout election and the side that was more enthusiastic ultimately won the day, and in many states, in most swing states, the side that was more enthusiastic were Trump supporters." VARIOUS OF POLITICAL BOOKS ON SHELF AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY WIDE SHOT MICHELE SWERS, PROFESSOR AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (SOUNDBITE) (English) MICHELE SWERS, PROFESSOR AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, SAYING: "Clearly election polling is not a very good business to be in right now. Some of it has to do probably with the fact that their turnout models were obviously underestimating white, rural turnout and white working class turnout. People have cell phones more now than land lines. A lot of polling is based on land lines, people don't answer their cell phones, you have a lot more phones going unanswered and then you need to call more people. So clearly their models were just completely off in who they were asking about their votes." VERTICAL PAN OF TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL ENTRANCE TO TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOHN HUDACK OF THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION SAYING: "I think this is the outcome that has happened, but it is not necessarily a full-throated backing of Donald Trump's ideas. And I think when you look at some of the polling around those ideas, it suggests exactly the opposite, that America wanted change." VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF TRUMP INTERNATIONAL HOTEL (SOUNDBITE) (English) MICHELE SWERS, PROFESSOR AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, SAYING: "Well I think the immediate impact is probably negative, because, you know, since she lost and the campaign was so negative, that may turn off a lot of women to decide maybe they don't want to run for office. However, advancement of women in American politics is a long, slow process, and so you need to have the pipeline of officials, and that comes through women getting elected to state legislatures and to Congress. Now, the number of women in Congress this time around is going to be stagnant. We don't really see an increase, and there's a trend in the country where most of the increase in women has been on the Democratic side. So we'll have to see going forward, you know, what the future of the Democratic Party is, if they can win back control, and then if they do, you'll probably see more women in positions of power." WIDE SHOT PEOPLE READING NEWSPAPER HEADLINES OUTSIDE NEWSEUM
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- Keywords: U.S. election president Donald Trump Hillary Clinton results vote reaction
- Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA00957Q7UIV
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- Story Text: U.S. voters reacted with hope and despair on Wednesday (November 9) to Republican Donald Trump's surprising win over Democrat Hillary Clinton.
"I was shocked at the results. I had a lot more faith in us as a country, you know, not to choose somebody with such a narrow world view," said Eve Mauer as she scanned the newspaper headlines on display outside the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
However, another passerby said he felt "great" about the outcome.
"I have a feeling we're going to be better with Mr. Trump, because he's not a political person. He has and he will really change the country," said Henry Oveido.
Political analysts expressed shock over Trump's win, especially since polls had been favorable to Clinton in the days leading up to the election.
"I think this was a low turnout election and the side that was more enthusiastic ultimately won the day, and in many states, in most swing states, the side that was more enthusiastic were Trump supporters," said John Hudack of the Brookings Institution.
Michele Swers, professor in Georgetown University's Department of Government, said the numbers were likely off because pollsters' methods were outdated.
"A lot of polling is based on land lines, people don't answer their cell phones, you have a lot more phones going unanswered, and then you need to call more people," she said.
Many voters were left disappointed, having expected to witness an historic moment on Tuesday evening: electing the first woman president.
Swers said that Clinton's loss could initially have a negative impact on women's interest in running for office.
"Since she lost and the campaign was so negative, that may turn off a lot of women to decide maybe they don't want to run for office," she told Reuters.
"However, advancement of women in American politics is a long, slow process, and so you need to have the pipeline of officials, and that comes through women getting elected to state legislatures and to Congress," Swers added. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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