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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]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Sarasani on Wednesday November 09 2016, @08:13AM
Irrespective of whatever else is going to happen now, one this is sure: comedians are going to have a bumper crop (like they did when Dubya was elected). Something tells me that Trump will provide them with plenty of source material.
(Score: 2) by Sarasani on Wednesday November 09 2016, @08:19AM
Doh! I meant to write: Irrespective of whatever else is going to happen now, one thing is sure
(Score: 2, Funny) by khallow on Wednesday November 09 2016, @08:34AM
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 09 2016, @08:35AM
Except drumpf doesn't handle criticism well, so they can expect a visit from the national law enforcement agencies he'll have at his control if they dare make fun of him.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 09 2016, @09:26AM
Y'all gonna find out what actual government censorship looks like now.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 09 2016, @02:33PM
You ain't fucking kidding. He plans to gut both the first [redstate.com] and fourteenth [lgbtqnation.com] amendments pretty damn quick, as as extremely authoritarian is the guy is, the fourth and fifth are going to be fucked too.
(Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Wednesday November 09 2016, @10:00AM
Something tells me that Trump will provide them with plenty of source material.
By doing his really bad Alec Baldwin impressions?
It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.