Abstract
The victory of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US election shocked the media and the public around the world. In an attempt to understand the linguistic differences between Clinton and Trump that might explain the unexpected result, both quantitative and qualitative methods were used in the research to analyze their particular language features in the speeches and different strategies employed in their debates. The quantitative result showed that Trump’s language was not as rich as Clinton’s. And in terms of the qualitative analysis, it was found that Clinton tended to use the pronoun you more than Trump and that both of them were inclined to make frequent use of we in their campaign speeches. As for debate strategies, Trump, compared with Clinton, was more likely to interrupt and repeat for the purpose of showing power and leaving the audience a stronger impression. The research offers insights into Trump’s and Clinton’s linguistic features and debate strategies that might account for Trump’s victory in the election.
Highlights
In an attempt to understand the linguistic differences between Clinton and Trump that might explain the unexpected result, both quantitative and qualitative methods were used in the research to analyze their particular language features in the speeches and different strategies employed in their debates
Almost three years into Trump’s presidency, the world has witnessed many of his surprising moves, including dropping out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) on trade and the Paris Agreement on climate change, issuing a ban on immigrants from some Muslim countries, and implementing increasing trade tariffs on other countries
The approaching 2020 United States presidential election again reminds us of the unexpected victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 US election
Summary
Almost three years into Trump’s presidency, the world has witnessed many of his surprising moves, including dropping out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) on trade and the Paris Agreement on climate change, issuing a ban on immigrants from some Muslim countries, and implementing increasing trade tariffs on other countries. His surprising policies can be a very long list. What Trump has done in the past years is a reflection of the fact that he started to abandon America’s old tradition of being a global sheriff Instead, he started to increasingly focus on the interests of America. The election result, was just the opposite, rendering people confused and making them wonder about the reasons behind the unforeseen outcome
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