The Republican candidate Donald Trump has won the U.S. presidential election 2016 and become the 45th U.S. president. The billionaire won the election in most of the states, thereby winning it with a huge lead.
The 70-year-old billionaire managed to gain more votes that his opponent Hillary Clinton in the majority of the states. According to several sources, in absolute terms, over 57 million Americans voted for Mr. Trump during the election. The President Elect gained 288 votes versus Clinton’s 218. For those of you who don’t know, in order to become the President Elect, the candidate needs to win 270 votes. It’s interesting to note that Hillary Clinton used to be ahead of Donald Trump and considered the frontrunner during the entire electoral campaign in the United States. However, on the voting day, Mrs. Clinton lost to Mr. Trump in the key states of Ohio and Florida, which turned out to be the decisive event. Shortly after the election was over, Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump and congratulated him on his victory in the elections. That’s why she refused to give a public speech in from of her supporters on that night.
It’s also interesting to note, that in the latest surveys conducted a few days before the election, Mrs. Clinton happened to be with a 3% lead, but the figures turned out to fail to reflect the real state of affairs as we can now see.
At the same time, the surveys show that most of the respondents decided on which candidate to support back in late September 2016. This means that the latest scandals around both candidates didn’t have a considerable impact on the overall sentiment and choices. Also, the surveys show that when Americans decide on the candidate to support they are driven by antipathy to the opponent rather than sympathy to the chosen candidate.
