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Post-Election 2016 Resources: CSUB Brown Bag event

Dr. David Schecter

Dr. David Schecter is currently the Vice Provost at CSUB, working for Dr. Jenny Zorn, our Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.  He has been with CSUB since January of 2014 and before that he served for 13 years at Fresno State in the Political Science Department.  
David was born and raised in Florida, received his BS in History and Social Science and his MS in Political Science from Florida State University.  He went on to earn his PhD from the University of Florida and in 2013 he completed an Executive MBA with Honors from the Craig School of Business at Fresno State.  His research interests include State and Local Politics, party politics and elections.

Brown Bag resources

"How Trump Reshaped the Election Map." New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/elections/how-trump-pushed-the-election-map-to-the-right.html?_r=0

"Why Trump Won: Working-Class Whites." New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/upshot/why-trump-won-working-class-whites.html

"Donald Trump’s Victory Was Built on Unique Coalition of White Voters." New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/us/politics/donald-trump-voters.html

"42 States Shifted to the Right in 2016." New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/09/us/elections/states-shift.html

"How Trump Could Win The White House While Losing The Popular Vote." FiveThirtyEight. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-trump-could-win-the-white-house-while-losing-the-popular-vote/

"What A Difference 2 Percentage Points Makes." FiveThirtyEight. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-a-difference-2-percentage-points-makes/

"Trump’s Data Team Saw a Different America—and They Were Right." Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-10/trump-s-data-team-saw-a-different-america-and-they-were-right

"Election 2016: Exit Polls." New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/politics/election-exit-polls.html

"Top 23 maps and charts that explain the results of the 2016 US Presidential Elections." Geoawesomeness. http://geoawesomeness.com/top-23-maps-charts-explain-results-2016-us-presidential-elections/

"Inequality Among Women Is Crucial to Understanding Hillary's Loss." The Nation. https://www.thenation.com/article/inequality-between-women-is-crucial-to-understanding-hillarys-loss/

"These former Obama strongholds sealed the election for Trump." The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/obama-trump-counties/

Wasserman, David. "2016 National Popular Vote Tracker." Google Doc with daily updates on the national popular vote. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/133Eb4qQmOxNvtesw2hdVns073R68EZx4SfCnP4IGQf8/htmlview?sle=true