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UMD professor analyzes how Trump prevailed
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UMD professor analyzes how Trump prevailed

University of Maryland government and politics professor Breanna Gray spoke with News4’s Molette Green about what took President-elect Donald Trump over the edge to win the presidency again. She pointed to the gender divide, the rural/urban divide and the composition of voters racially.

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