cover of episode How Trump Won the White House: Did Obama Create Trump? (Ep 2)

How Trump Won the White House: Did Obama Create Trump? (Ep 2)

2024/9/23
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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders engaged in a contentious Democratic primary. Sanders' progressive platform resonated with young voters, highlighting economic anxieties similar to Trump's. Despite Clinton's eventual victory, the primary exposed divisions within the Democratic party, particularly after the DNC email leak revealed bias towards Clinton.
  • Bernie Sanders' progressive policies resonated with young voters, focusing on issues like income inequality and universal healthcare.
  • Sanders' and Trump's campaigns shared similarities in their populist appeal to the working class.
  • WikiLeaks' release of DNC emails revealed bias towards Clinton, fueling perceptions of unfairness among Sanders supporters.

Shownotes Transcript

Make America Great Again. This Trump message has become widely recognisable since 2015, when he began articulating his protectionist, anti-Washington, nationalistic, America First message. Trump wanted to appeal to the ‘forgotten men and women’ of America, those who had been left behind by globalisation. But he could not do this alone, so what team did Trump establish around him? How did they help him formulate his strategy? And how was Hillary Clinton shaping up to challenge him after her bruising primary against Bernie Sanders?

In the second episode of The Rest is Politics: US’ series on How Donald Trump Won the White House, listen as Anthony and Katty look at how both sides of the race prepared for the campaign trail. What was their strategy, who were their teams, and what message were they taking into the race?

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