This election season has been very special and iconic especially with social media having a large impact on how candidates reach their audiences. Propositions like legalization of marijuana were a big item on the ticket, and Hilary Clinton was the first woman to be nominated by a major party to be president. Tuesday, Nov. 8th marked the day that Donald Trump became the president. Here’s a breakdown of what happened.
Clinton won the popular vote with 59,814,018 votes, but Trump won the electoral vote with 279 votes. Trump had a large lead over Clinton throughout most of the night. The election was called just around midnight MST. Clinton did not speak election night, but did give her concession speech early Wednesday morning saying, “I hope he will be a successful president for all Americans. We must accept this result and then look to the future, Donald Trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and a chance to lead.”
Protests against Donald Trump have spread around the country since the election including New York, Seattle, Boston, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Washington and college campuses across California. So far these protests have been peaceful, however many protestors have been chanting the phrase “Not Our President!”
Trump has released his 100-day plan with six measures on the first day:
“*FIRST, propose a Constitutional Amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress;
*SECOND, a hiring freeze on all federal employees to reduce federal workforce throughout attrition (exempting military, public safety, and public health);
*THIRD, a requirement that for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated;
*FOURTH, a 5 year-ban on White House and Congressional officials becoming lobbyists after they leave government service;
*FIFTH, a lifetime ban on White House officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government;
*SIXTH, a complete ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections.”