2016 Election: Donald Trump Wins the White House in Upset Washington DC, November 09th, 2016 (NBC News). America woke up Wednesday to a new and unexpected reality — Donald J. Trump will be the next president of the United States.
In a resounding rebuke to the political establishment, the Manhattan mogul and reality TV star was elected the 45th president following one of the most bitter and wildly unpredictable campaigns in the nation's history, Trump, in an upset for the ages, defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton by running the table in battleground states across the country from Florida and North Carolina to Ohio and Pennsylvania.
He declared victory Tuesday night before a large crowd of enthusiastic supporters, pledging to help unite the country after his rancorous battle with Clinton. "Now it's time for America to bind the wounds of division," Trump said at the Midtown Hilton in New York City. "I say it is time for us to come together as one united people." He congratulated Clinton on a "very, very hard-fought campaign." Clinton called Trump sometime after 2 a.m. ET to concede the race, he told supporters.
She did not address her supporters on Tuesday night and her campaign chairman John Podesta told her stunned followers not to give up hope in the face of likely defeat. "Let's get those votes counted and let's bring this home," he told a subdued crowd from the stage of the Javits Center in Manhattan.
President Barack Obama, who campaigned furiously for Clinton, congratulated Trump by telephone early Wednesday and invited him to a meeting at the White House on Thursday. "It was a very warm conversation," Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told TODAY. "They resolved to work together, which is exactly what this country needs … to help unify and heal the country."
Still, it is likely to be an awkward face-to-face conversation — Trump was behind the so-called birther campaign designed to discredit Obama by questioning whether he was born in the U.S.Trump's bitter Republican rival, Jeb Bush, also congratulated him — via Twitter — and said he and his wife Columba "will pray for you in the days and months to come."
As of 10:30 a.m. ET, Clinton was actually ahead of Trump in votes, with 59,333,856 compared to her rival, who had 59,166,034. That arithmetic put Clinton on track to possibly become the fifth presidential candidate to win the popular vote but lose the election.
Despite Trump's electoral win, there were still several states where the victor had not been decided. Here's the current tally, according to NBC News projections:
Clinton wins: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine (three of four electoral votes), Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington state and Washington, D.C.
Trump wins: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida (apparent winner), Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska (four of five electoral votes), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Too close to call: Arizona, Michigan and New Hampshire.
Trump's victory gives the GOP a lock on power in Washington. NBC News projects that Republicans will retain control of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Heading into Election Day, Clinton was leading Trump by 4 points in the last NBC/Wall Street Journal poll taken before Tuesday. By that evening, it became clear that narrow advantage was a mirage
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