Explained: How Trump's strategy to deter 3.5m Black Americans from voting worked in 2016

In this video, we explain the key facts behind Channel 4 News’ investigation into the tactics of the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign - and why this is the latest battleground in the fight for voting rights.

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Channel 4 News has exclusively obtained a vast cache of data used by Trump’s 2016 campaign on almost 200 million American voters.

It reveals that 3.5 million Black Americans were categorised by Donald Trump’s campaign as ‘Deterrence’ – voters they wanted to stay home on election day.  

Investigations Team:

Job Rabkin, Guy Basnett, Ed Howker, Janet Eastham and Heidi Pett.

News Production Team:

Sola Renner, Michael French, Josh Ho, Matthew Cundall, Tim Bentham, Tony Fryer, Dani Isdale and Anna-Lisa Fuglesang.
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