What the exit polls tell us about Trump’s victory

by John McLean

Now it’s all said and done, we have exit polls and post-analyses — slightly more reliable than their pre-election counterparts. Now we can start to come to terms not just with what has happened, but why. As always, it’s important that the right lessens are learned sooner rather than later.

Lesson number one:

1. Trump didn’t win because the globalized economy has left American communities behind.