USA swipes right to elect fear-mongering reality TV star Donald Trump over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump
Washington: It happened. The United States of America casts its ballot in overwhelming majority to elect Donald Trump as President. The Republican President-elect won with a strong showing in battleground states trumping former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the knife-edge race.
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Major US news networks projected Republican candidate Trump to have won the crucial battleground states of Florida, Ohio and North Carolina. Clinton, 69, who grabbed the traditional Democratic strongholds of California and Virginia faced a tough challenge from the 70-year-old real estate billionaire, who joined politics only 18 months ago.
Trump, who ran an improbable and often ugly campaign against the establishment, was holding on to small but significant leads in a series of key states, upending months of polling that had given the advantage to Clinton and raised Republican hopes of seizing back the White House.
Hillary’s reaction
Hillary Clinton yesterday asked Americans to give President-elect Donald Trump a chance to lead the “deeply divided” country. Appearing in public for the first time since conceding defeat, the Democrat said she hoped Trump would be a successful president for all Americans. Clinton said, “I know we have still not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling, but I know someday someone will, and hopefully sooner than we might think right now.”
Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton react to her loss in the US Presidential election. Pics/AFP
Four PIOs enter US Congress
Ami Bera, the only Indian American in Congress, has been re-elected to the House of Representatives where three others will join him in the new session in January. The three newly elected Indian Americans who will join him are Pramila Jayapal from Washington State, Raja Krishnamoorthi from Illinois and fellow Californian Ro Khanna. Jayapal is the first Indian American woman elected to the House of Representatives.
Supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump were over the Moon at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York.
48.5%
Votes Trump received
47%
Votes Hillary received
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