Will A Silent Majority Decide the 2020 Election?
Going back to the years of Richard Nixon, presidential candidates, and even president elects, have often championed the power of the ‘silent majority’ to swing elections in their favor. That ‘silent majority’, being a large portion of Americans who don’t actively speak up for what they believe, or say who they are going to vote for, but when it comes time to vote in November, sway the election in a not always so obvious fashion. Or so, many would like to think.
Conservatives in 2016, credited the silent majority for Donald Trump’s win over Hilary Clinton. They expressed how everyone, from the political insiders, the media, and the general public, were under the impression that Clinton had the election secured, even before the first votes were cast. Of course, this forecast proved to be an incorrect assumption. This, however, was not due to a large mass of Americans who kept their vote and admiration for Donald Trump hidden from others.
Looking at the polls in the days and weeks prior to the election, Clinton had a clear lead ahead of Trump in the average of all Americans. But, in the United States, the candidate that gets the most votes, or wins the popular vote, does not necessarily win the presidency. In fact, that is exactly what happened. While Trump won the election, Clinton recived almost 3 million more votes than her competitor…