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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday November 09 2016, @12:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-the-people dept.

And the winner of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, as reported by the major mainstream media outlets is Donald Trump. It has also been reported that Hillary Clinton called President-elect Donald Trump to concede.

Electoral vote count (so far): 279 for Donald Trump, 218 for Hillary Clinton. 270 electoral votes are needed to win.

Popular vote: 57,227,164 votes (48.0%) for Donald Trump, 56,279,305 votes (47.2%) for Hillary Clinton. Update: Now it is closer to 59,085,795 votes (47.5%) for Donald Trump and 59,236,903 votes (47.6%) for Hillary Clinton.

Yell, scream, gnash teeth... but please keep it civil.

Results at CNN, NYT, FiveThirtyEight, Wikipedia.

takyon: Republicans have retained control of the House and Senate.

Here's some market news:

Dow futures plunge nearly 750 points as investors warily eye electoral map
Asian markets plummet on likelihood of Trump victory
Bitcoin price soars as Trump pulls ahead
Opinion: How to profit from a Donald Trump victory

Ballot measure results will be covered in an upcoming story. Some initial results can be found at Ballotpedia and CNN.

[TMB Note: Stop breaking stuff, cmn32480]

 
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  • (Score: 2) by fritsd on Wednesday November 09 2016, @01:19PM

    by fritsd (4586) on Wednesday November 09 2016, @01:19PM (#424581) Journal

    Yes, but how did they arrive at "the Republican party is anti-establishment" ?????

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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by VLM on Wednesday November 09 2016, @02:04PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 09 2016, @02:04PM (#424603)

    You are both right and wrong.

    Jeb and the other 14 to 66 low T level, low energy neocucks were the establishment candidates. Jeb had like $100M raised if I remember correctly? The entire establishment hates Trump so its pretty hard to argue he's establishment. The entire media, all of academentia, the more cucked corporations...

    You are correct in that the party in general has too many legacy neocuck traitors who will be liquidated shortly.

    • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by takyon on Wednesday November 09 2016, @02:40PM

      by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Wednesday November 09 2016, @02:40PM (#424629) Journal

      So, when are the gas chambers open for business? Or will Trump make a deal and sell his soul to the establishment?

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      • (Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday November 09 2016, @02:56PM

        by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 09 2016, @02:56PM (#424645)

        Have to remember Trump used to buy and sell those same politicians before he became one, and he can still afford it, and his brand is ascendant at this time. Imagine what a guy like Trump could do to in the midterm primaries to a legislator on his bad side...

        Or working the other angle, he has to sell out to the establishment because...

  • (Score: 2) by Geezer on Wednesday November 09 2016, @02:41PM

    by Geezer (511) on Wednesday November 09 2016, @02:41PM (#424630)

    The part where Trump basically told the Bushes, Bill Krystal, et al to go to hell.