What may have been the most stressful Presidential election of a lifetime has finally come to a close. Earlier today, the political prediction website FiveThirtyEight.com predicted Clinton would win the election with 300.3 electoral votes in a narrow victory against Trump’s 236.9. The votes are in and according to the Associated Press and Fox News, Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States of America. At the time of this post Trump took 274 electoral votes against Clinton’s 218 with big wins across the majority of swing states including Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
BREAKING: Trump wins Pennsylvania. @AP race call at 1:36 a.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall pic.twitter.com/QkIQdGS24O
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2016
Fox News Projects @realDonaldTrump Wins Wisconsin: https://t.co/O52NVHZxUS #ElectionNight #FoxNews2016 pic.twitter.com/2fO6k9oCDw
— Fox Nation (@foxnation) November 9, 2016
President Trump will be sworn into office on Friday, January 20th, 2017.
Following tradition, Vice President Mike Pence will be sworn in first followed by President Trump exactly at 12:00 noon on the West Front of the United States Capital in Washington DC.