Reviewing the 2016 Election
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Interview
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2016-11-11
Duration: 00:10:06
Subjects: Politics | Elections, 2016 | United States presidential election, 2016 | Trump, Donald, 1946- | Clinton, Hillary Rodham | Public opinion polls | United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2016 | HIGHER EDUCATION | TUITION
Contributors:
- Whinham, Charlie Host
- Johnson, Martin Interviewee
- Samuels, Albert Interviewee
Description
This segment from the November 11, 2016, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Charlie Whinham’s in-studio interview on the results of the 2016 presidential and statewide elections with Dr. Martin Johnson, a professor of political communications at LSU, and Dr. Albert Samuels, a professor of political science at Southern University. They discuss: how the pollsters missed the mark on Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election; the hidden Trump vote; the future of polling; the results of the United States Senate election in Louisiana; and the defeat of the constitutional amendment transferring tuition authority from the Legislature to colleges and universities.