11/8/2016 is a date that will forever live in infamy for the US and the world. It is the day that America elected the 45th president.
TV commentators spent most the night going from state to state with their projections. All this after six months of the most dramatic campain in history.
It all started out six months ago with sixteen Republican candidates and two Democrats. It soon became clear who either parties nomanee would be.
With the Republican convention in June, came a fight between party members. Ultamently the Republicans nominated Danald Trump as their presidential candidate.
It wasn't just the candidate himself that took spotlight at the RNC convention, but his wife who was critisised for plagerising Machelle Obamas speach.
On the Democrat side, their convention was a battle between Bernie Sanders supporters and the DNC. There was even protests.
The big news to come out of the Democratic convention was when The father of a muslil US Army veteran spoke. He spoke of how his son died for America. Ultamently Hillary Clinton was nominated as the Democrat nomanee.
Over the past five months, you couldn't turn on the TV or go online without seeing something about Trump or Clinton. In the world of 24 hour news, you had commentators who were constantly guessing as to what would happen.
None of the commentators could predict what happened. It was a very late night, but in the end it was projected that Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton 288 electorial collage votes to 240. Only 270 is needed to win.
In the aftermath of the results, global stock markets have shot to lower then average numbers. There is even riots reported in several states including California.
People will be trying to figure out what happend for weeks and even years to come. It is not the news medias job to speculate, only to report on facts of events. But yet still it is a big shock to everyone including the news media.
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