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5 Thought-Provoking Infographics from the 2016 Presidential Election

November 9, 2016
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Election night may be over, but this past election season provided us with a lot of numbers to crunch, data to analyze, and information to review. Below is a sampling of thought-provoking infographics from around the Internet on the 2016 Presidential Election.

 
1.  Mentions of Trump and Clinton in hip hop lyrics since 1989

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Source: StatistaCharts/ FiveThirtyEight

2. Americans' views on voter fraud

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Source: StatistaCharts/The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research

 
3. The most divided states in the U.S.

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Source: StatistaCharts/Fivethirtyeight

4. What's expected of Trump as U.S. President

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Source: StatistaCharts/Pew Research Center

5. If only Millennials (born between 1982 and 2000) voted

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Source: Survey Monkey

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