On Nov. 8, 2016, Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton was predicted to win the election and become the first woman president this country has ever seen. However, that turned out to not be the case when Donald Trump secured the win with 290 electoral votes compared to Clinton’s 232. Many Americans, especially democrats and liberals, are questioning how this happened.

The days leading up to the election, Newsweek produced over 250,000 copies of an issue they entitled Madame President. A vast majority of Americans had no doubts that Clinton would win. These people did not take in account for the phenomenon of the “silent majority.” In the 1970s Richard Nixon claimed that there was a significant portion of Americans who were not against the Vietnam War, but simply not speaking up about the issue. This claim ended up becoming true. The same principle applies to this year’s election. Millions of Americans were not polled who happened to be Trump supporters. Thus, the first reason Clinton lost was the “silent majority.”

In the last months and weeks of the election Trump was aggressively campaigning in swing states such as Ohio, North Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania. Furthermore, Trump had campaigned more heavily in previously blue states such as Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan. Clinton on the other hand was not doing so. She was campaigning, but her rallies lacked large groups and enthusiasm. She, herself, lacked enthusiasm and energy. Trump rallies had large turn outs, at the end of the campaigning cycle, Trump had accumulated as many as 110,000 people at his rallies. This was more than double Clinton had accumulated. On the trail, it seemed as if Trump had more of a drive to become the next President, where Clinton believed she would just be handed the election.

Lastly, Clinton did not beat Trump because a vast majority of Americans wanted change. So many individuals of any race have been immensely disappointed with President Obama’s eight years in office. The economy is still not on the incline, the middle class is being crushed through high taxes, Obamacare turned into being a complete disaster and race relations have only gotten worse. Many Americans saw Clinton as an “Obama 2.0.”

Donald Trump shocked everyone this November when he managed to fend of Hillary Clinton and become the next President of the United States. Americans confused about the results should look at the three major reasons Clinton failed in her journey toward the White House. The silent majority, lack of enthusiasm and the desire for change all drove Americans to the polls on Nov. 8, 2016 to vote for our President elect Donald Trump.