[Music]
after one of the most heated campaigns
in United States history
the people went to the polls on November
8th 2016 to elect their next president
and in what many considered a huge twist
Donald Trump was chosen to lead America
for the next four years welcome to
watchmojo.com down five crucial facts
you should know about the 2016 US
election result I say it is time for us
to come together as one United people
number five how did the election turn
out after the bitter and often vitriolic
campaign between Republican Donald Trump
and Democrat Hillary Clinton many
pundits not only predicted relatively
low turnout at the polls but also had
Clinton winning the presidency almost
unanimously by a fairly sizable margin
however the opposite turned out to be
true in both cases as on Tuesday
November 8th record numbers of American
citizens came out to cast their vote as
the first polls closed Trump took an
early lead with Clinton catching up and
picking up states where she could as the
numbers came in from states heading
westward the race became extremely close
but as Trump managed to clinch several
vital battleground states
he finally cemented a decisive lead
president Trump may be something that
everybody needs to get used to and just
before 3 a.m. Eastern Standard Time he
took the stage to thank supporters in
his first speech as president-elect
sorry to keep you waiting complicated
business complicated
number four how did voters make their
decision Americans had their work cut
out for them as both candidates had
serious issues with image the heated
campaign highlighted serious character
flaws in both parties candidates for
example Hillary Clinton came off as the
uncharismatic quintessential Washington
insider who had spent years wheeling and
dealing behind closed doors and making
illicit deals to get her where she is
today
a fact is specially highlighted by the
scandal surrounding her private email
server the FBI is taking a look at
another set of emails Donald Trump on
the other hand was more than an outsider
he had no experience in politics as a
result his platform was often vague even
so his agenda was clear he wanted to
make America great again the American
Dream is dead because of these issues
many voters express the feeling that
they were simply picking the lesser of
two evils
what’s more despite the inflammatory
remarks Trump made about women that
surfaced during the campaign the gender
gap was surprisingly tight between white
Republican men and women ninety one
percent of white female Republicans told
their party line and voted for Trump
surprisingly Trump also had a relatively
solid showing among minority voters
receiving more minority votes than
Republican Mitt Romney did in 2012
meanwhile Clinton was unable to an
african-american and minority voters
over as drastically as was expected in
addition voters in several rural areas
showed significant support for Trump
with states like Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin proving especially affected by
this fact but ultimately the American
people voted for change and that was a
fact Secretary Clinton could not
overcome number three what is the
electoral college and what does it show
when an American casts a vote for their
president they are not technically
voting for the president in what is
called an indirect vote they are
actually casting their vote for electors
who in turn vote to elect the president
in order to make sure that all states
are fairly represented across the nation
each state is assigned a number of
electors essentially based on population
size for example California the most
populous state in the country with more
than 39 million people is assigned 55
electoral votes as a state votes the
party with the most votes in that state
assigned those electors in most cases
the first party to gain 270 electors
wins the election in the past this has
proven to be a problematic system as it
has happened that the winner of the
election actually lost the popular vote
meaning more American citizens actually
voted for the losing candidate this was
the case in 2000 when Al Gore nabbed 266
electoral votes to george w bush’s 271
but actually earned over half a million
votes more than bush and it was the case
in 2016 when clinton took the popular
vote but lost the electoral vote why do
we do it that way well because the
Constitution says so but that doesn’t
make it any less odd and I think for a
lot of people watching this election and
watching shows like ours they’re always
hearing about national polls well that’s
not how we elect a president in this
country number two how did the
candidates take the result thank you
thank you very much ever with lingering
battleground states still labeled as too
close to call in the early hours of
Wednesday supporters of both candidates
sat waiting for hours for an official
decision to be announced reports came
out that Trump’s campaign was euphoric
with the results but weren’t willing to
make an announcement
whether towards victory or otherwise
before the Clinton campaign in the end
Clinton’s campaign broke the silence
first with her campaign chairman John
Podesta announcing that Hillary would
not be making any address before the
morning several states are too close to
call so we’re not going to have anything
more to say tonight reports later
emerged that Clinton called Donald Trump
to concede the victory and at nearly 3
a.m. Eastern Time The Associated Press
announced Trump as the winner
Trump soon took the stage to make his
victory remarks which were
uncharacteristically inclusive she
congratulated us it’s about us on our
victory and I congratulated her and her
family on a very very hard-fought
campaign I mean she she fought very hard
after sincerely congratulating hillary
clinton’s campaign he called upon all
americans to unite in order to move
forward and change america for the
better now it’s time for America to bind
the wounds of division have to get
together the next morning Clinton
gracefully conceded in a speech to her
supporters Donald Trump is going to be
our president we owe him an open mind
and the chance to leave number one
what’s next for the country aside from
the presidency Republicans also
successfully took control of the House
of Representatives and the Senate
meaning that the president will
theoretically have the support he needs
from Congress to pass bills also after
the death of judge Antonin Scalia in
February 2016 there is an open seat in
the Supreme Court although outgoing
President Barack Obama did nominate
Merrick garland to replace Scalia in
March of that same year his nomination
has been stalled in the Senate
so if garland is not confirmed and the
Trump administration is therefore able
to confirm a new Supreme Court justice
it could mean a Republican dominated
federal government the fate of the
economy is up near as well as the stock
market took a dive of more than 800
points in the midst of voting to put
that in context in the days following
the 9/11 attacks it dropped about 650
points regardless of what comes next
Donald Trump has changed the nature of
politics in America and only time will
tell what this means for the future of
elections and the United States to be
really historic we have to do a great
job and I promise you that I will not
let you down we will do a great job we
will do a great job were you surprised
by the election results to vote for
which story be coming next head over to
watchmojo.com slash suggest and for more
happening news stories subscribe to
watchmojo.com and I love this country
thank you
[Applause]
[Music]
after one of the most heated campaigns
in United States history
the people went to the polls on November
8th 2016 to elect their next president
and in what many considered a huge twist
Donald Trump was chosen to lead America
for the next four years welcome to
watchmojo.com down five crucial facts
you should know about the 2016 US
election result I say it is time for us
to come together as one United people
number five how did the election turn
out after the bitter and often vitriolic
campaign between Republican Donald Trump
and Democrat Hillary Clinton many
pundits not only predicted relatively
low turnout at the polls but also had
Clinton winning the presidency almost
unanimously by a fairly sizable margin
however the opposite turned out to be
true in both cases as on Tuesday
November 8th record numbers of American
citizens came out to cast their vote as
the first polls closed Trump took an
early lead with Clinton catching up and
picking up states where she could as the
numbers came in from states heading
westward the race became extremely close
but as Trump managed to clinch several
vital battleground states
he finally cemented a decisive lead
president Trump may be something that
everybody needs to get used to and just
before 3 a.m. Eastern Standard Time he
took the stage to thank supporters in
his first speech as president-elect
sorry to keep you waiting complicated
business complicated
number four how did voters make their
decision Americans had their work cut
out for them as both candidates had
serious issues with image the heated
campaign highlighted serious character
flaws in both parties candidates for
example Hillary Clinton came off as the
uncharismatic quintessential Washington
insider who had spent years wheeling and
dealing behind closed doors and making
illicit deals to get her where she is
today
a fact is specially highlighted by the
scandal surrounding her private email
server the FBI is taking a look at
another set of emails Donald Trump on
the other hand was more than an outsider
he had no experience in politics as a
result his platform was often vague even
so his agenda was clear he wanted to
make America great again the American
Dream is dead because of these issues
many voters express the feeling that
they were simply picking the lesser of
two evils
what’s more despite the inflammatory
remarks Trump made about women that
surfaced during the campaign the gender
gap was surprisingly tight between white
Republican men and women ninety one
percent of white female Republicans told
their party line and voted for Trump
surprisingly Trump also had a relatively
solid showing among minority voters
receiving more minority votes than
Republican Mitt Romney did in 2012
meanwhile Clinton was unable to an
african-american and minority voters
over as drastically as was expected in
addition voters in several rural areas
showed significant support for Trump
with states like Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin proving especially affected by
this fact but ultimately the American
people voted for change and that was a
fact Secretary Clinton could not
overcome number three what is the
electoral college and what does it show
when an American casts a vote for their
president they are not technically
voting for the president in what is
called an indirect vote they are
actually casting their vote for electors
who in turn vote to elect the president
in order to make sure that all states
are fairly represented across the nation
each state is assigned a number of
electors essentially based on population
size for example California the most
populous state in the country with more
than 39 million people is assigned 55
electoral votes as a state votes the
party with the most votes in that state
assigned those electors in most cases
the first party to gain 270 electors
wins the election in the past this has
proven to be a problematic system as it
has happened that the winner of the
election actually lost the popular vote
meaning more American citizens actually
voted for the losing candidate this was
the case in 2000 when Al Gore nabbed 266
electoral votes to george w bush’s 271
but actually earned over half a million
votes more than bush and it was the case
in 2016 when clinton took the popular
vote but lost the electoral vote why do
we do it that way well because the
Constitution says so but that doesn’t
make it any less odd and I think for a
lot of people watching this election and
watching shows like ours they’re always
hearing about national polls well that’s
not how we elect a president in this
country number two how did the
candidates take the result thank you
thank you very much ever with lingering
battleground states still labeled as too
close to call in the early hours of
Wednesday supporters of both candidates
sat waiting for hours for an official
decision to be announced reports came
out that Trump’s campaign was euphoric
with the results but weren’t willing to
make an announcement
whether towards victory or otherwise
before the Clinton campaign in the end
Clinton’s campaign broke the silence
first with her campaign chairman John
Podesta announcing that Hillary would
not be making any address before the
morning several states are too close to
call so we’re not going to have anything
more to say tonight reports later
emerged that Clinton called Donald Trump
to concede the victory and at nearly 3
a.m. Eastern Time The Associated Press
announced Trump as the winner
Trump soon took the stage to make his
victory remarks which were
uncharacteristically inclusive she
congratulated us it’s about us on our
victory and I congratulated her and her
family on a very very hard-fought
campaign I mean she she fought very hard
after sincerely congratulating hillary
clinton’s campaign he called upon all
americans to unite in order to move
forward and change america for the
better now it’s time for America to bind
the wounds of division have to get
together the next morning Clinton
gracefully conceded in a speech to her
supporters Donald Trump is going to be
our president we owe him an open mind
and the chance to leave number one
what’s next for the country aside from
the presidency Republicans also
successfully took control of the House
of Representatives and the Senate
meaning that the president will
theoretically have the support he needs
from Congress to pass bills also after
the death of judge Antonin Scalia in
February 2016 there is an open seat in
the Supreme Court although outgoing
President Barack Obama did nominate
Merrick garland to replace Scalia in
March of that same year his nomination
has been stalled in the Senate
so if garland is not confirmed and the
Trump administration is therefore able
to confirm a new Supreme Court justice
it could mean a Republican dominated
federal government the fate of the
economy is up near as well as the stock
market took a dive of more than 800
points in the midst of voting to put
that in context in the days following
the 9/11 attacks it dropped about 650
points regardless of what comes next
Donald Trump has changed the nature of
politics in America and only time will
tell what this means for the future of
elections and the United States to be
really historic we have to do a great
job and I promise you that I will not
let you down we will do a great job we
will do a great job were you surprised
by the election results to vote for
which story be coming next head over to
watchmojo.com slash suggest and for more
happening news stories subscribe to
watchmojo.com and I love this country
thank you
[Applause]
[Music]
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