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Winning Through Suppression, Not Mobilization
In the 2016 Trump campaign, a strategic choice was made to focus on voter suppression rather than mobilization. The campaign lacked a conventional get-out-the-vote operation and instead aimed to dissuade specific demographics, such as young women and young black men, from voting for Hillary Clinton. This approach highlighted a targeted strategy where the goal was not to persuade voters to support Trump, but to keep them from participating in the election altogether, ultimately contributing to their victory.