The PM’s congratulated Donald Trump over the phone on his winning America’s Presidential election.
In her concession speech Kamala Harris made a commitment to the Democrats engaging in a peaceful transfer of power to the Republicans.
Media and marketing expert in Hobart Richard Gerathy reckons the election was won on the economy.
“Well there’s that saying it’s the economy stupid, if people are really, really struggling then they are going to react and if you can’t put forward an agenda that might help their situation and people do want jobs, they do want to have an opportunity to better their lives. Chris Kenny from the Australian had a paragraph that says perhaps the most effective one liner of the campaign was from the Republicans that said Kamala’s agenda is they and them, not you, that pretty well sums it up, elections are about average folk.”
Analysis of voting trends from America’s election shows generation X, 45 to 64 year olds, is the demographic that supported Donald Trump the most
While the next President also won over the male vote.
Senior Lecturer in International Relations at UTAS in Hobart Matt Killingsworth suspects the Democrats may have underestimated some burning issues.
“It does look like they didn’t heed enough the dissatisfaction that the population had, especially with the economy and with border security and immigration.”
Meantime, CEO of Launceston’s Chamber of Commerce Alina Bain, is aware of Americans wanting to flee their country because of their disappointment at Trump’s re-election
“I lived over there for four years, I’ve been inundated with requests from old friends to move to Tasmania, so maybe it’ll assist with our population growth issues, it’s an interesting reflection on human behaviour is how I’d describe it.”
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