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And the winner is.....

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: 5, Insightful) by tangomargarine on Wednesday November 09 2016, @02:45PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Wednesday November 09 2016, @02:45PM (#424634)

    Makes you wonder what could have happened if they hadn't thrown Bernie under the bus.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 09 2016, @06:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 09 2016, @06:17PM (#424776)

    bernie would have won, but i'm sure glad he didn't. socialists need to leave before it's too late.

  • (Score: 2) by DutchUncle on Wednesday November 09 2016, @06:55PM

    by DutchUncle (5370) on Wednesday November 09 2016, @06:55PM (#424796)

    If the Democrats hadn't been so blind, they would have found *some* way to run Bernie. An election between two old white guys would have emphasized the difference between "nice old coot with idealistic ideas" and "obnoxious asshole".

  • (Score: 2) by fritsd on Wednesday November 09 2016, @10:06PM

    by fritsd (4586) on Wednesday November 09 2016, @10:06PM (#424877) Journal

    Makes you wonder what could have happened if they hadn't thrown Bernie under the bus.

    Then, the right-wing media would have slipped appropriate synonyms of "commie" and "jew" into the debate.