As of November 8^th 2016, Donald Trump is the nominee to be the next president of the United States. Trump won the electoral votes needed to get to 270 in a landslide victory beating out Clinton 290 to 228 electoral votes.

Trump won the electoral votes needed to get to 270 in a landslide victory beating out Clinton 290 to 228 electoral votes. Trumps biggest victories of the night were winning both Florida and Pennsylvania two major swing states that gained him 49 electoral votes. Despite not winning the popular vote of the people, Trump is still most likely going to be the next president. The electors of the electoral college will gather together to officially decide on the president on December 19

Despite not winning the popular vote of the people, Trump is still most likely going to be the next president. The electors of the electoral college will gather together to officially decide on the president on December 19^th. However unlikely, these electors could decide to pick anyone to be the next president. Because of this, many people have rallied together in hopes of persuading these electors to vote for Clinton instead of Trump.

Shortly after the announcement of Trumps Imminent victory, many Clinton supporters took to the streets in both peaceful and non-peaceful protests which included protesting outside Trump Tower. Trump then gave his acceptance speech thanking the voters for selecting him as their president and promising the American people to make the country a better place. Clinton postponed her concession speech from the night of the election to the following morning where she congratulated Trump on a long and hard fought campaign and that she hopes to work with him throughout his presidency. This election is a very historic one with the winning candidate not having any political or military experience.

This election is a very historic one with the winning candidate not having any political or military experience, the election is also extremely controversial causing vitriolic attacks on both the political parties from the other. With the uncertainty of the nation ahead, only time will tell how the Trump presidency will go down in history.