This book offers a gripping in-depth account of the 2016 presidential election that explains Donald Trump's historic victory, which stunned the world. How did he pull it off? Was it his appeal to alienated voters in battleground states? Was it Hillary Clinton's scandals associated with her long career in politics? Were key factors already in place before the nominees were even chosen? This book discusses the campaign that appeared to break all the political rules-but in fact didn't-from the bruising primaries to an election night whose outcome defied the predictions of the pollsters and pundits. It reveals how Trump's victory was foreshadowed by changes in the Democratic and Republican coalitions that were driven by people's racial and ethnic identities. The campaign then reinforced and exacerbated those cleavages as it focused on issues related to race, immigration, and religion. The result was an epic battle not just for the White House but about what America is and should be.