Did Trump win because his name came first in key states?

by Dramelin 7:30 PM 0 comments

The poll had listed Democrat candidate Kerry before Republican candidate Bush.
Image copyright Getty ImagesOne of the world`s leading political scientists believes Donald Trump won the US presidential election for a very simple reason, writes Hannah Sander - his name came first on the ballot in some critical swing states.
In January 2008, Hillary Clinton unexpectedly beat Barack Obama in the New Hampshire primary - part of the long battle to decide which of them would become the Democratic Party`s presidential candidate.
"And that has caused increases on average of about three percentage points for candidates, across lots of races and states and years.
Bush went on to win Florida - which turned out to be a decisive state - by a very narrow margin.