Chloe Noghreh
Writer '19
The remarkable 2016 presidential election concluded with the win of the Republican Party candidate, Donald Trump. Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States. Although the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, won the popular vote over Trump with at least 200,000 votes, Donald Trump had won more electoral votes than Clinton. It takes at least 270 electoral votes to win the presidential election, and Donald Trump won the election with 306 electoral votes, while Hillary had 232 electoral votes.
People all around the United States woke up on November 9, to the news that Donald Trump officially won the Presidential Election. After defeating Clinton, at 3AM on November 9, Trump took the stage at the Hilton Hotel to give his victory speech. Mr. Trump announced to his supporters that he received a call from Clinton. Trump remarked, “I've just received a call from Secretary Clinton... she congratulated me... and I congratulated her and her campaign on a very hard-fought campaign.”
Trump’s victory was unexpected for the most part, as the majority of the media and news coverage predicted Hillary Clinton to be the winner of this year’s presidential election. People thought Clinton was most likely to be the next president since Trump did not have a clear lead in the months leading up to the election. On November 8, the “New York Times” projected Clinton to have an 85 percent chance of winning based on the information gathered from the state and national polls. Little did the Times as well as voters know that Trump’s win would be ensured by the swing states.
A swing state is a U.S. state in which the Democratic and Republican political parties have close levels of support among voters. The 11 swing states are Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Nevada, Iowa, New Hampshire, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Michigan. These swing states are important in determining the final result of a presidential election. This year, the spotlight was specifically on Florida at 29 electoral votes.
Prior to the presidential election, the state poll of Florida indicated that the majority of its voters supported Clinton. Clinton was projected to win Florida’s 29 electoral votes in many other news sites as well. To further support this false projection, the Democratic candidate had won the state of Florida in the 2008 and 2012 election. In the end the prediction was wrong, and surprisingly, Trump ended up being the winner of the state of Florida, and the winner of the 2016 presidential election.
Writer '19
The remarkable 2016 presidential election concluded with the win of the Republican Party candidate, Donald Trump. Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States. Although the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, won the popular vote over Trump with at least 200,000 votes, Donald Trump had won more electoral votes than Clinton. It takes at least 270 electoral votes to win the presidential election, and Donald Trump won the election with 306 electoral votes, while Hillary had 232 electoral votes.
People all around the United States woke up on November 9, to the news that Donald Trump officially won the Presidential Election. After defeating Clinton, at 3AM on November 9, Trump took the stage at the Hilton Hotel to give his victory speech. Mr. Trump announced to his supporters that he received a call from Clinton. Trump remarked, “I've just received a call from Secretary Clinton... she congratulated me... and I congratulated her and her campaign on a very hard-fought campaign.”
Trump’s victory was unexpected for the most part, as the majority of the media and news coverage predicted Hillary Clinton to be the winner of this year’s presidential election. People thought Clinton was most likely to be the next president since Trump did not have a clear lead in the months leading up to the election. On November 8, the “New York Times” projected Clinton to have an 85 percent chance of winning based on the information gathered from the state and national polls. Little did the Times as well as voters know that Trump’s win would be ensured by the swing states.
A swing state is a U.S. state in which the Democratic and Republican political parties have close levels of support among voters. The 11 swing states are Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Nevada, Iowa, New Hampshire, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Michigan. These swing states are important in determining the final result of a presidential election. This year, the spotlight was specifically on Florida at 29 electoral votes.
Prior to the presidential election, the state poll of Florida indicated that the majority of its voters supported Clinton. Clinton was projected to win Florida’s 29 electoral votes in many other news sites as well. To further support this false projection, the Democratic candidate had won the state of Florida in the 2008 and 2012 election. In the end the prediction was wrong, and surprisingly, Trump ended up being the winner of the state of Florida, and the winner of the 2016 presidential election.