Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
By nearly every metric, Donald Trump's vision is wrong, the United States of America is already great. This data-driven analysis shows why.
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Music:
Glimpse - Ambitions
soundcloud.com/glimpse_official/glimpse-ambitions
Kevin MacLeod - Electro Sketch
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=electro+sketch&Search=Search
Chris Zabriskie - Mario Bava Sleeps In…
freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Vendaface/02_-_Mario_Bava_Sleeps_In_a_Little_Later_Than_He_Expected_To
Glimpse Laura Brehm Epiphany
soundcloud.com/glimpse_official/glimpse-laura-brehm-epiphany
Sources:
57 of top 100 universities
webometrics.info/en/node/54
42% of working age Americans have a post-high school education
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tertiary_education_attainment
American scientists publish the most
natureindex.com/news-blog/us-tops-global-research-performance
Americans had a world-leading 300,000 patents granted in 2014
wikiwand.com/en/World_Intellectual_Property_Indicators
12 of the top 20 websites are American
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_websites#cite_note-4
Top 9 most valuable companies are American
wikiwand.com/en/List_of_public_corporations_by_market_capitalization#/2016
US has most immigrants
wikiwand.com/en/List_of_countries_by_immigrant_population
Barack Obama Sr.
wikiwand.com/en/Barack_Obama_Sr.
Airports by country (total - I counted only paved)
cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2030.html
2.2 million miles of paved roads
wikiwand.com/en/Transportation_in_the_United_States#/Road_transportation
3.5 million Americans climb out of poverty in single year
fortune.com/2016/09/26/poverty
Americans most charitable
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/america-new-zealand-and-canada-top-list-of-world-s-most-generous-nations-a6849221.html
11 of the 20 wealthiest charities are American
wikiwand.com/en/List_of_wealthiest_charitable_foundations
US increasing share of world GDP
ycharts.com/indicators/us_gdp_as_a_percentage_of_world_gdp/chart/#/?securities=id:I:USGDPWGD,include:true,,&calcs=&correlations=&zoom=&startDate=&endDate=&format=real&recessions=false&chartView=&splitType=single&scaleType=linear&securitylistName=&securitylistSecurityId=&securityGroup=
US leads the world with $100 billion in agricultural exports each year.
wikiwand.com/en/List_of_largest_producing_countries_of_agricultural_commodities
investopedia.com/financial-edge/0712/top-agricultural-producing-countries.aspx
307.2 million visitors to US national parks in 2015
fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-national-parks-have-never-been-more-popular
4 of top 5 highest grossing sports leagues are American
wikiwand.com/en/List_of_professional_sports_leagues_by_revenue
US has largest stadiums
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stadiums_by_capacity
wikiwand.com/en/List_of_indoor_arenas_in_the_United_States
3 of top 5 performers are American
pollstarpro.com/files/Charts2016/2016MidYearWorldwideTicketSalesTop100Tours.pdf
9 of 10 highest grossing films are American
boxofficemojo.com/yearly/?view2=worldwide&view=releasedate&p=.htm
Violent crime rate is falling fast
statista.com/statistics/191219/reported-violent-crime-rate-in-the-usa-since-1990
Incarceration rate
wikiwand.com/en/United_States_incarceration_rate
Health costs and uninsured rate
ourworldindata.org/the-link-between-life-expectancy-and-health-spending-us-focus
gallup.com/poll/190484/uninsured-rate-lowest-eight-year-trend.aspx
Total energy & wind
eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec10_3.pdf
wikiwand.com/en/List_of_onshore_wind_farms
Human development
hdr.undp.org/en/data
By nearly every metric, Donald Trump's vision is wrong, the United States of America is already great. This data-driven analysis shows why.
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Like our page on Facebook
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Join us on Google+
plus.google.com/100134925804523235350/posts
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Music:
Glimpse - Ambitions
soundcloud.com/glimpse_official/glimpse-ambitions
Kevin MacLeod - Electro Sketch
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=electro+sketch&Search=Search
Chris Zabriskie - Mario Bava Sleeps In…
freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Vendaface/02_-_Mario_Bava_Sleeps_In_a_Little_Later_Than_He_Expected_To
Glimpse Laura Brehm Epiphany
soundcloud.com/glimpse_official/glimpse-laura-brehm-epiphany
Sources:
57 of top 100 universities
webometrics.info/en/node/54
42% of working age Americans have a post-high school education
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tertiary_education_attainment
American scientists publish the most
natureindex.com/news-blog/us-tops-global-research-performance
Americans had a world-leading 300,000 patents granted in 2014
wikiwand.com/en/World_Intellectual_Property_Indicators
12 of the top 20 websites are American
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_websites#cite_note-4
Top 9 most valuable companies are American
wikiwand.com/en/List_of_public_corporations_by_market_capitalization#/2016
US has most immigrants
wikiwand.com/en/List_of_countries_by_immigrant_population
Barack Obama Sr.
wikiwand.com/en/Barack_Obama_Sr.
Airports by country (total - I counted only paved)
cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2030.html
2.2 million miles of paved roads
wikiwand.com/en/Transportation_in_the_United_States#/Road_transportation
3.5 million Americans climb out of poverty in single year
fortune.com/2016/09/26/poverty
Americans most charitable
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/america-new-zealand-and-canada-top-list-of-world-s-most-generous-nations-a6849221.html
11 of the 20 wealthiest charities are American
wikiwand.com/en/List_of_wealthiest_charitable_foundations
US increasing share of world GDP
ycharts.com/indicators/us_gdp_as_a_percentage_of_world_gdp/chart/#/?securities=id:I:USGDPWGD,include:true,,&calcs=&correlations=&zoom=&startDate=&endDate=&format=real&recessions=false&chartView=&splitType=single&scaleType=linear&securitylistName=&securitylistSecurityId=&securityGroup=
US leads the world with $100 billion in agricultural exports each year.
wikiwand.com/en/List_of_largest_producing_countries_of_agricultural_commodities
investopedia.com/financial-edge/0712/top-agricultural-producing-countries.aspx
307.2 million visitors to US national parks in 2015
fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-national-parks-have-never-been-more-popular
4 of top 5 highest grossing sports leagues are American
wikiwand.com/en/List_of_professional_sports_leagues_by_revenue
US has largest stadiums
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stadiums_by_capacity
wikiwand.com/en/List_of_indoor_arenas_in_the_United_States
3 of top 5 performers are American
pollstarpro.com/files/Charts2016/2016MidYearWorldwideTicketSalesTop100Tours.pdf
9 of 10 highest grossing films are American
boxofficemojo.com/yearly/?view2=worldwide&view=releasedate&p=.htm
Violent crime rate is falling fast
statista.com/statistics/191219/reported-violent-crime-rate-in-the-usa-since-1990
Incarceration rate
wikiwand.com/en/United_States_incarceration_rate
Health costs and uninsured rate
ourworldindata.org/the-link-between-life-expectancy-and-health-spending-us-focus
gallup.com/poll/190484/uninsured-rate-lowest-eight-year-trend.aspx
Total energy & wind
eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec10_3.pdf
wikiwand.com/en/List_of_onshore_wind_farms
Human development
hdr.undp.org/en/data
