to become the President-elect of the United States of America.

Trump's victory was unprecedented, unexpected, and for many on both sides of the political

spectrum, unbelievable.

Seemingly everything we thought we knew about polling, the media, and the population itself

was wrong.

So how did Donald Trump win the 2016 Election?

Well, one major upset was the inability to predict which candidate each demographic would

prefer.

According to preliminary exit polls, Trump carried mostly white, male voters, while Clinton

carried minority female voters.

But a smaller proportion of white, black, hispanic, and asian-american voters cast their

ballots for the Democratic candidate in 2016 than in 2012, something polls were unable

to predict.

Minority voters were expected to make up for Clinton's lower performance among white

male voters, especially following xenophobic, and arguably racist rhetoric from Trump.

Clinton's inability to garner enough votes from these demographics is part of the reason

Clinton narrowly lost in key states such as Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

Since 1992 these states have been Democratic presidential strongholds, but they have large

populations of rural and working class white voters, who make up a majority of Trump's

base.

In 2012, Barack Obama beat Mitt Romney in Wisconsin by seven points, whereas this year,

Clinton lost by just a single point.

Clinton's problem in 2016 was that she simply did not gather the democratic support she

needed, while Trump's base stayed consistent.

Between 2012 and 2016 nearly an identical number of Wisconsin voters, 1.4 million, voted

Republican, while roughly a quarter of a million fewer people voted Democrat.

 When more people vote, Democrats tend to win, and in this election, more people didn't

vote Democrat.

In 2008, nearly ten million more voted democrat than Republican, in 2012 that number was down

to six million, and in 2016 the two parties had nearly the same number of voters, and

Clinton even won the popular vote by about a quarter of a million.

All the while, Republican votes have remained consistent throughout all three elections.

It may be more accurate to say that Trump didn't win this election, so much as Clinton

lost it.

One of the big reasons proposed for this low Democratic turnout is that Clinton simply

did not widely appeal to Democrat voters following the defeat of Bernie Sanders.

Many of those who did not support her in the primaries reported feeling coerced into voting

for her on the basis that she simply wasn't Trump.

States where Sanders won the primary, such as Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, didn't see

the support Clinton needed to win in the general election.

 Many of the same rural, working class voters who cast their vote for Sanders may have been

more inclined to vote for any outsider candidate rather than necessarily any Democrat.

Those who voted for Bernie Sanders: white men, and millennials, went for Trump at higher

rates than in previous elections.

Exit polls even show that more Democrats voted for Trump than Republicans voted Clinton.

And while Clinton got more votes overall from minorities, millennials, and those making

under $50,000 annually Trump was able to secure a larger portion of those demographics than

in previous elections.

The 2016 election was almost marked by extreme voter apathy, despite the volume of rhetoric

in the lead up.

According to some reports, voter turnout was the lowest it has been since the 2000 election

with nearly half of all eligible voters abstaining.

This election has proved wrong nearly every political model used to predict the winner.

Hillary Clinton put up a strong campaign, raised 1.3 billion dollars, and had some of

the best media organization in history.

But in the face of a growing global populist movement, many have pointed to this election

as a referendum on change.

Unlike Obama, Clinton was unable to win over the support she needed, despite gaining more

votes overall.

Ultimately, this election reflects a growing voice in the United States, whether it be

those disillusioned with the political system, those who feel disenfranchised within their

own party, and even the alt-right, which has devastated the GOP and longtime members such

as the Bush family.

But it also shows a change in the way presidential campaigns can be run.

Although Trump's win is a surprise, it's the reality we all now live in.

So why did most polls show that will end up winning? As this reality sets in for the U.S. and beyond, millions are still shocked and asking how

this year's election predictions were so off.

Should we really be trusting polls as much as we have?

Why has polling accuracy declined so much?

Find out more in this video.

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