Trumpit: The Similarities Between Brexit and Trump
Faculty Sponsor
Sean Swan, sswan@whitworth.edu
Session Type
Traditional Paper Presentation
Research Project Abstract
Three key connections exist between the United Kingdom’s choice to leave the European Union and America’s choice to elect Donald Trump as President of the United States. These connections will be demonstrated by 1) comparing personality links between Brexit’s most influential public supporter, Nigel Farage, and President Trump, 2) evaluating opinion polls/voter data in order to determine the consequentiality of demographic similarities between those who voted to leave the European Union and those who voted to elect Trump as President, and by 3) exploring the influence of nationalist sentiments in each of these landmark decisions.
Session Number
RS9
Location
Weyerhaeuser 304
Abstract Number
RS9-a
Trumpit: The Similarities Between Brexit and Trump
Weyerhaeuser 304
Three key connections exist between the United Kingdom’s choice to leave the European Union and America’s choice to elect Donald Trump as President of the United States. These connections will be demonstrated by 1) comparing personality links between Brexit’s most influential public supporter, Nigel Farage, and President Trump, 2) evaluating opinion polls/voter data in order to determine the consequentiality of demographic similarities between those who voted to leave the European Union and those who voted to elect Trump as President, and by 3) exploring the influence of nationalist sentiments in each of these landmark decisions.
