The 2016 election that broke all, or at least most, of the rules / Larry J. Sabato -- Demographic coalitions : how Trump picked the Democratic lock and won the presidency / David Byler -- Straight tickets for Senate, split tickets for governor : the 2016 Senate and gubernatorial elections / Geoffrey Skelley -- House 2016 : the Republicans endure / Kyle Kondik -- Presidential primaries : a hit at the ballot box / Rhodes Cook -- Donald Trump and a GOP primary race like no other / Robert Costa -- "Feel the Bern:" Hillary's agonizing loss and the future of the Democratic Party / Greg Sargent -- Latinos and the 2016 election / Matt Barreto, Thomas Schaller, and Gary Segura -- The sources of Trump's support / Ronald B. Rapoport and Walter J. Stone -- Polling in the 2016 election / Ariel Edwards-Levy, Natalie Jackson, and Janie Velencia -- Twitter rants, press bashing, and fake news : the shameful legacy of media in the 2016 election / Diana Owen -- The $7 billion election : emerging campaign finance trends and their impact on the 2016 presidential race and beyond / Michael E. Toner and Karen E. Trainer -- It wasn't the economy, stupid : racial polarization, white racial resentment, and the rise of Trump / Alan I. Abramowitz -- The "emerging Democratic majority" fails to emerge / Sean Trende -- Ten takeaways from campaign 2016 and a look forward / Susan A. MacManus and Anthony A. Cilluffo