US Elections 2016: ‘President Trump’ is Actually a Thing Now
America stuns the world and chooses billionaire Donald Trump as the new US President.
Donald Trump was elected America's 45th president on Tuesday, an astonishing victory for a celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters' economic anxieties, took advantage of racial tensions and overcame a string of sexual assault allegations on his way to the White House.
Republicans have won more than the required seats to maintain their control of the House of Representatives.
The Quint spoke to people in San Francisco and the popular sentiment was that of disappointment.
Chairman of the Clinton campaign, John Podesta, said that the entire Clinton campaign is proud of the American voters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election in a telegram on Wednesday, the Kremlin said.
French president Francios Hollande said Trump’s presidency has brought about “uncertain times, he urged the world to untie against Trump’s ideologies.
Hollande Says Trump Presidency Brings Uncertain Times
French President, Francios Hollande said “Trump presidency has brought about uncertain times”.
Hindu Sena celebrates Trump’s victory in Delhi for the second time. A week before the elections, they had already predicted and celebrated Trump’s victory.
Bush, Putin, Jinping React to Trump’s Win
The Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country is ready to restore full fledged relations with the United States of America.
The Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Trump via phone and told the local media that China hopes to develop a long-term relationship with the United States of America.
Modi And Pranab Mukherjee Congratulate Trump
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee took to Twitter to wish US President-elect Donald Trump on his win.
“We look forward to working with you closely to take India-US bilateral ties to a new height,” he tweeted.
Russia, Philippines Congratulate Trump on Win
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election in a telegram on Wednesday, the Kremlin said.
"Putin expressed hope for joint work to restore Russian-American relations from their state of crisis, and also to address pressing international issues and search for effective responses to challenges concerning global security," the Kremlin said in a statement.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry, in a statement, also said it expects to make joint efforts to maintain sustained, healthy and stable growth of China-US relations, and benefit people of the two countries and the world.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has expressed outrage almost daily with the Obama administration, also offered "warm congratulations" and looks forward to working with Trump to enhance relations.
Donald Trump – The 45th US President
Donald Trump was elected America's 45th president on Tuesday, an astonishing victory for a celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters' economic anxieties, took advantage of racial tensions and overcame a string of sexual assault allegations on his way to the White House.
The president-elect addressed his supporters in New York. Watch the video here:
He said “we will have the strongest economy and will get along with all the nations.”
“We have a great plan, we will double our economy and will strengthen our relations with every country who is willing to be our friend,” said the president-elect.
He added that he will be fair to all people and all nations and will “seek common ground not hostility.”
Ending his address, he thanked his family for their support.
Americans Disappointed: ‘Wrongly Thought Love Would Win’
The Quint spoke to people in San Francisco and the popular sentiment was that of disappointment.
Meanwhile, Twitter Points Out ‘Positives’
A user on Twitter looked at ‘some positives’ that came out when America voted on election night.
Kamala Harris won the US Senate seat from California, becoming the first Indian-American to reach the feat. Minnesota elected Ilhan Omar, who becomes the America's first Somali-American lawmaker and Oregon voters elected Kate Brown, the first openly LGBT governor in US history.
Clinton Calls Trump to Concede the Race
As America decides its new President, Hillary Clinton has called Donald Trump to concede defeat.
Clinton Campaign Does Not Concede Defeat
Chairman of the Clinton campaign, John Podesta, said that the entire Clinton campaign is proud of the American voters. Without conceding defeat, he said that the Clinton group will wait till all the votes are counted.
Hillary Unlikely to Speak at Convention Centre
Fox News says Hillary Clinton may not speak at the convention centre after the results.
Trump And What He Could Mean for India
Here’s a video from a time when, for a moment, we at The Quint naively thought there was a slim chance of a Trump presidency.
The Quint in San Francisco, US
An Indian-American talks to The Quint about the possibility of a Trump presidency.
Republicans to Control the House
Republicans have won more than the required seats to maintain their control of the House of Representatives.
Whites Without College Degrees Favour Trump: NYT
Washington Post Readies Its Night Edition
As Hillary trails, the newspaper has prepared to reflect Trump’s lead in its Election Night edition.
First State Counts Come In
The Quint at the US Embassy in New Delhi
Minister Counselor, George Sibley talks about the impact of the election on India-US relationship. He said that regardless of the outcome, relations between the two countries will remain strong.
Canada Immigration Website Appears to Crash as Trump Lead Grows
Maybe some Americans were serious when they threatened they would move to Canada if Republican presidential candidate became successful in his often polarising campaign for the White House.
Canada's main immigration website appeared to suffer repeated outages on Tuesday night as Trump took the lead in several major states and his prospects for winning the U.S. presidency turned markedly higher.
Some users in the United States, Canada and Asia saw an internal serve error message when trying to access the http://www.cic.gc.ca/ website.
Indian-American Krishnamoorthi Wins US Congressional Election
Indian-American Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi today won the Congressional election from Illinois, defeating Republican former Elmhurst Mayor Peter DiCianni.
Krishnamoorthi, 43, won the Chicago-area US House of Representatives seat, the 8th Congressional District, vacated by Tammy Duckworth who won Illinois' US Senate seat.
New Delhi-born Krishnamoorthi, a laboratory executive, has parental roots in Chennai. He was endorsed by US President Barack Obama.
Krishnamoorthi thanked supporters in his victory speech. Interestingly, he is the second Hindu-American to be elected to the US House of Representatives.
Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu-American in the US Congress, is seeking her third term from Hawaii.
Dollar, Mexican Peso, Stocks Sink as Trump Takes Election Lead
The US dollar sank and stock markets slammed into reverse in wild Asian trade on Wednesday as every new exit poll in the US presidential election showed the race to be a nail-biter, sending investors stampeding to safe-haven assets.
Sovereign bonds and gold shot higher while the Mexican peso went into near free-fall as investors faced the real possibility of a shock win by Republican Donald Trump.
Markets fear a Trump victory could cause such economic and global uncertainty to prevent the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates in December, as long expected.
The scale of the scare was clear in the Mexican peso, where the dollar surged over 7 percent in the biggest daily move since the global financial crisis.
The peso has become a touchstone for sentiment on the election as Trump's trade policies are seen as damaging to its export-heavy economy.
Asian stocks first rose only to retreat more than 1 percent as the session wore on and more election results flooded in, while US stock futures surrendered modest gains and recoiled more than 3 percent.
Amidst all the election frenzy, Donald Trump tweeted a fairly disturbing image with his family, among others.
Take look at the states the candidates have won so far:
(Withh inputs from CNN.)
(Withh inputs from CNN.)
Republicans Retain Control of the US House of Representatives
Hillary Takes Vermont, Trump Wins Indiana and Kentucky
Voting stations in some parts of the country are closing and the first results are being counted. So far three states have been called, with Vermont voting Clinton, and Indiana and Kentucky voting Trump. The three states voted as expected.
Current counts from Florida seem to favour Trump, according to CNN. Florida’s vote will play an important role in deciding who wins the election.
Shooting Near a Voting Booth
Shots were heard near a voting booth in the Los Angeles area, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times. The station is reported to be in lockdown.
One person was reported dead, multiple injured. The shooter is believed to be heavily armed and at appears to have barricaded himself in a house, officials say. Voters have been urged to find alternate polling stations.
Polls in Indiana and Kentucky Close; Virginia and Ohio Will Be Vital
Polls in Indiana and Kentucky were the first to close, and a flood of vital battleground states such as Virginia, North Carolina and Ohio - where polls were due to close in the next 90 minutes - would provide initial clues of the possible winner.
Clinton led Trump, 44 percent to 39 percent, in the last Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll before Election Day. The poll gave her a 90 percent chance of defeating Trump and becoming the first woman elected US president, reported Reuters.
Donald Trump’s Security Beefed Up for Election Day
Authorities have beefed up Election Day security for Donald Trump by parking dump trucks filled with sand outside his Trump Tower building on Fifth Avenue. Police said Tuesday that similar precautionary measures were being taken at other sites around midtown Manhattan where Trump and Hillary Clinton plan to spend election night.
Authorities say the heavy trucks could block an attempted car bombing. They say there are no confirmed terror threats, reports Associated Press.
George Bush and Laura Bush Leave Their Vote Blank
After months of speculation, a Bush spokesperson confirmed that George Bush and his wife, Laura Bush left their ballots blank reported The Guardian.
Clinton and Trump Wait for Results, Just Two Minutes Away From Each Other
As the leads trickle in, both Presidential candidates are a two-minute walk from each other. While Hillary Clinton and her family will watch tonight’s election returns at the Peninsula, Donald Trump will be watching the result in the the Trump Tower with his family, reported The Guardian.
Complaint Filed Against Eric Trump Over Ballot Photo
The Democratic Coalition Against Trump, an arm of the anti-Donald Trump Keep America Great PAC, has filed a complaint with the New York State Board of Elections after the Republican presidential nominee’s son, Eric Trump, tweeted out a picture of his filled out ballot.
The tweet has since been deleted, but was a violation of a century-old New York state law that prohibits outside documentation of ballots. The law has been interpreted to include cell-phone shots and selfies.
Nevada Judge Rejects Trump’s Request for Immediate Order in Lawsuit
Nevada judge rejects Donald Trump’s request for immediate order in lawsuit over votes cast at a Las Vegas polling place last Friday.
Donald Trump has sued the registrar of voters in Clark County, Nevada over a polling place in Las Vegas that had been allowed to remain open late last week to accommodate people who were lined up to vote.
The lawsuit, filed in a Nevada state court on Monday, alleges the registrar violated state law and asked that the ballots from that polling place be kept separate from other votes, pending any future legal challenges to the results in the state.
Bernie Sanders Votes For Clinton
Bernie Sanders, who ran for President on the Democratic ticket, votes. Earlier in the day, he urged people to go vote.
Wikileaks Denies Trying to Influence Election
After releasing documents about the Democratic party at the height of the election campaigns, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said his organisation had no desire to affect who would be elected president.
Assange had previously claimed that his leaks would result in Hillary Clinton’s arrest.
Trump’s Vice Presidential Candidate Votes
Donald Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, cast his vote in Indiana.
Trump Submits His Vote
Trump showed up in a blue tie and black jacket as he cast his vote in New York City. Earlier in the day he quipped to Fox News that he would be voting for himself.
Crowds outside both booed and cheered for him as he entered the voting station.
Team Hillary Does the Mannequin Challenge
Team Hillary is ready to walk the extra mile to woo voters. Hillary’s campaign team have participated in the Mannequin Challenge and who else but Jon Bon Jovi joined her, Huma Abedin and Bill Clinton.
Topless Women Protest Against Trump in a Polling Booth
Topless women reportedly entered a poll booth to protest against Trump.
The Quint brings you live coverage from San Fransisco.
Latino Voter Turnout is the Highest Ever!
Black voter turnout is still quite low unlike the time when Barack Obama was on the ballot. The Clinton campaign is hoping that the Latino voter turnout will even out the low black voter turn out.
Hillary Casts her Vote
Hillary Clinton has cast her vote in Chappaqua, in the state of New York.
In a cream and taupe leather blazer, Clinton shook hands with voters as she arrived with her husband Bill Clinton.
Here is a flashback to previous elections where Trump cast his vote.
The US stock index futures were marginally lower on Tuesday as investors await the election result, even with the odds favouring Clinton.
Investor appetite for risky assets was lower and the CBOE Volatility index, also termed Wall Street's "fear gauge", was up 3 percent on Monday after witnessing its largest one-day drop since late June.
According to the final Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation poll, Clinton has a 90 percent chance of defeating Trump and was on track to win 303 votes in the Electoral College to Trump's 235.
Eric Trump has cast his vote, and no prizes for guessing who he voted for.
He told CNN News, “The last 18 months have been the longest ten years of my life”
17 States Open for Polls
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and parts of Tennessee are not open for polls.
Polling hours depend on the state so check the time for your state.
Trump Confident of a Win
Donald Trump jokingly told Fox News’ Fox and Friend that he has “decided to vote for Trump.”
On Tuesday morning, Trump told Fox News that if he doesn’t win then he “will consider it a tremendous waste of time, energy, and money.”
Trump Ahead of Clinton in Google Search
Donald Trump might be trailing in surveys but the Republican nominee is more popular than his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in Google searches in the US.
Data released by Google shows Trump dominating search in 38 states till yesterday, including in the battleground states of Florida and Michigan.
Google data also shows that immigration is the top Trump-related search topic, followed by abortion and race issues, Fox News reported.
Here are some interesting facts about swing states:
Voting Commences
Voting has begun in Ohio, North Carolina, and West Virginia. John Kasich, former Republican candidate, in a tweet urged people to get out and vote.
Ohio is a key swing state that has voted for the winner of all elections except for one time since the Second World War.
Tim Kaine Casts His Vote
Tim Kaine, the Democrat candidate for vice presidency cast his vote along with his wife, Anne Holton in Richmond Virginia. Any guesses for whom he voted for?
Voting has begun in New York, Connecticut, parts of Indiana and Kentucky, Maine and New Jersey and Virginia.
The Most Stressful Elections in America
This poll has been extremely stressful for many Americans, according to surveys,
An ABC poll found out that women were more stressed than men, while whites without college degrees were the least stressed.
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Dixville Notch Gives it to Hillary
Dixville Notch, the tiny town in northern New Hampshire with a registered population of 12 in the 2010 census, has already cast its ballots shortly after midnight as per tradition on Election Day.
This could be Dixville's last year of voting in the midnight elections since a New England businessman plans to it redevelop the area as a ski resort. This could bring the population to over a 100 people.
Americans are choosing a new president on Tuesday, after a long campaign of numbing negativity. But this election is also making history because the country has never had a woman as president, not to mention the spouse of an ex-president.
And it’s not just Democrat Hillary Clinton’s candidacy that is unique. Never before has America had a president like, well, Republican nominee Donald Trump, who severely lacks the public-service background unlike everybody who came to office before him. Whether America chooses it first female president or the billionaire outsider, it will be turning a corner.
Trump pronounced in advance that the election is rigged, in what sounded like a hedge should he lose. He warned without evidence that Clinton partisans would commit fraud and prodded his supporters to watch for misdeeds at polling stations.
The prospect of vigilante election monitoring and the anger seething behind that impulse raised concerns about confrontations on Tuesday, especially if the result is close.
An estimated 46 million people are likely to vote in advance. Colorado, Oregon and Washington are mostly vote-by-mail states.
The presidential nominees are expected to vote the old-fashioned way, trooping to their polling places in New York and undoubtedly trailed by cameras.
Their running mates, Tim Kaine of Virginia and Mike Pence of Indiana, are likely to vote at home, later heading for New York to team up with their principals after spending much of the last three months promoting their respective tickets on their own.
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