To the cheer of some, the 2016 presidential election campaign has finally come to a definite close. Many people, for good reason, grew tired of an overall negative campaign. However, there is some merit in looking at election results in hindsight.
As can be seen from the map, it was a fairly decisive, yet divided, election. The soon to be President, Donald Trump, nearly swept the Midwest as well as our home state, Pennsylvania. However, though she did not win the electoral majority, Hillary Clinton won a victory among Western States, such as Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. Most of the other state results went as they were expected to go. It is also important to discuss the implications of the President-Elect, Donald Trump, not winning a majority of the popular vote and how some feel about that, which is where the second half of this election wrap-up leads us.
Even though the results are in, some are not happy. Outraged voters and nonvoters took to the streets to protest the results of the election. A large part of the reason is that Hillary Clinton, even though she lost the full election, won the popular vote. It is because of this that there have been new proposals to either revamp or get rid of the electoral college. It is likely that this will be on the table for the new President-Elect and Congress, and that both will be mending a good number of fences after January 20th.
As can be seen from the map, it was a fairly decisive, yet divided, election. The soon to be President, Donald Trump, nearly swept the Midwest as well as our home state, Pennsylvania. However, though she did not win the electoral majority, Hillary Clinton won a victory among Western States, such as Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. Most of the other state results went as they were expected to go. It is also important to discuss the implications of the President-Elect, Donald Trump, not winning a majority of the popular vote and how some feel about that, which is where the second half of this election wrap-up leads us.
Even though the results are in, some are not happy. Outraged voters and nonvoters took to the streets to protest the results of the election. A large part of the reason is that Hillary Clinton, even though she lost the full election, won the popular vote. It is because of this that there have been new proposals to either revamp or get rid of the electoral college. It is likely that this will be on the table for the new President-Elect and Congress, and that both will be mending a good number of fences after January 20th.