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m^^mm LIVING IN TRUMP'S AMERICA: Asheville is proof of the nation’s resilience KARRIGAN MONK A&F Editor kmonk@unca.edu The Democratic Party was sure they were about to elect the first female president. The Republican nominee was a businessman who had yet to run for any lesser office. | Nearly every major pre-electionl poll came to the same outcome:| Hillary Clinton would be the ne\t| president of the United States. When Nov. 8 arrived, it became clear these polls were wrong. j^-Ashley Moraguez, UNC Ashe- .assistant professor of political said the polling procedures tions are flawed. Deniocrats thought they hud ajcf-inforiable lead because of polling results.and that may have affected their. Htratcgy,” Moraguez stiid; ‘"ip the end, however, it looks like the pills system.itically missed important ■wgineni'. of the popula tion 1 lie> fot.used on likely voters and did not i.ount on nucti.ve vot ers being motivated to \oic in this The inactive \oters Moiaguez talks about arc lluise wlio do not typically vote in elections, bui were rnci\eil bv I'lump's c.unpaign to| make till ir \on.es heard..; , ■ ■ I “I think Ins nuior c.uiipaign ^trAl^l egv was Inrun against Washington, to nin as an outsidei * Moraguez said. “He had no prior [^ihtic.il e\ ixjtiente and toitld t.ivdihl\ say he wasn't part of the swamp in Wash ington 1 veil though he lan lor the Republican nomination, he-was still able to run as an outsider wiiliin the According .fo Pow Researeh| Center, the inactive voters Tiump niostheavil> inliuem.'od were while males without college odiieations. While many of these \oiers mas ‘^*'4 PAGE 19 Section Editor: Maggie Haddock not have the same troubling views Trump infamously declares himself to have, an increase in problematic behaviors and hate speech seems to be spreading across the nation and Lt. .Toe Silberman of the Asheville Police Department has a theory as to why. “We have a role model in a pres- idenl 1 hat’s comfortable supporting people that say some stuff, and even he himself saying some stuff, that Ws making people who have these opinions more comfortable coming out with them,” Silberman said. Silberman refers to those who cling onto Tri|pp’s “grab them by the pussj^’«^mments and who marcli in Charlottesville, Virginia, with'‘fi.ki torches in an effort to pre serve Confederate monuments. ' “Trump, as an individual, did not organize or lead the protests or vi olence in Charlottesville but that does not mean that he is not cul pable for what happened there,” Moraguez said. “I think Trumpf^ campaign rhetoric, the policies he has supported and even some of the individuals he has chosen to put into this administration have sent signals to certain segments of that population that radicalism, discrim inatory viewpoints and even hate speech is acceptable.” Moraguez said it does not mat ter if Trump has never gone on re cord saying he shares these ideas, us he makes it clear he is OK with this rhetoric by not speaking out on it. When he does speak against it, Moraguez said it is often too late to make a difference. Willi a political climate that ■'terns to brttd hate,it appears nat- nicil till It to scopji^ every corner o! the n.ition, l]owc\er, Silberman /k^" ^ A ' 'C-' I 43 PHDIUBYlHlKftWILUAMS
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