Tematikus Taulmányok - Demokratikus válsztások
Debunking Myths about the American Presidential Elections of 2016 and Failures in the Social Sciences
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2017-03-31
https://doi.org/10.18392/metsz/2017/1/3
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American Presidential Elections media bias silent majority Russian interference myths conspiracy theories popular vote pollsters social sciences
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Weaver, E. B. (2017). Debunking Myths about the American Presidential Elections of 2016 and Failures in the Social Sciences. CROSS-SECTIONS - Social Science Journal, 6(1), 51-61. https://doi.org/10.18392/metsz/2017/1/3
Abstract
Throughout the campaign and following the elections of 2016, the two major political parties
cherished stories about what happened, and why it happened. Some of these stories have some
basis in fact, while others are completely mythical, and nevertheless believed. These stories, or
myths, arise from the political desires and belief systems of those who tell them. In what follows
we will examine these stories in the lights of the facts
