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Trump wins Florida, inching closer to a win - Reuters TV
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How Florida went for Trump - Reuters TV
Reuters TVFlorida gave Donald Trump a critical victory in a state where Latino voters were expected to lift Hillary Clinton. We look at where the strength came from for Trump. -
Carter, unlike Clinton, was an incumbent. But, similar to this year, the race looked close. Reagan, although a much more conventional politician than Trump, inspired doubts and fearsabout his qualifications. Carter had won the White House in a tight election in 1976 — closer than the 2012 election that Obama won — and it wasn’t an Electoral College blowout for Carter. Just like now, there was good reason to believe that the country was divided and the parties were too. Just as Clinton fought to beat Bernie Sanders in the primaries, Carter faced a challenger to the left in Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy. The Republican Party, too, was divided, between an establishment candidate —George H.W. Bush — and a newcomer from the entertainment industry.
And then on election night, the map went red.
Julia Azari, "Are looking at another 1980," FiveThirtyEight
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The Clinton party is not a happy place. https://t.co/cDjmnivKYN #Election2016 https://t.co/OPuFJIJ3jI12:23 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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People at the Clinton event are already reflecting on what could have gone wrong for their candidate. Alex Rad, who is originally from Argentina and now lives in New York, says, in the end, Trump's message was stronger.
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Outside the United States, a key gauge of emerging market equities, MSCI's Emerging Market Index, was down more than 3 percent, a drop last seen in the aftermath of the United Kingdom's surprise vote in June to withdraw from the European Union.The dollar, too, was getting battered. The dollar index, a basket of major trading partner currencies, plunged 2 percent, led by big surges in the euro and Japan's yen.(Reporting by Dan Burns)
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Never been as wrong on anything on my life. Still a beating heart in WI and the 2 CDs. But sobriety about what happened tonight is essential12:02 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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Crowd at the Clinton event just went wild was Nevada was called for her.
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I wrote a column on how Trump might get us into a nuclear war and even I think the markets are overreacting.12:21 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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Good thing Hillary canceled the fireworks show she had planned over the Hudson. eBay will have them on sale soon.12:19 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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A young supporter of Hillary Clinton attends her election night rally in Manhattan. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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There's only one word to describe the feeling on the floor at Clinton's event tonight: grim.12:14 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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People are crying. People are sitting on the floor. Some are holding out hope. But the floor is mostly silent.12:19 AM - 09 Nov 2016- Reply
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If Donald Trump’s increasingly strong night turns into a win and he heads to the White House, the Republican Party will have a very real shot at repealing Obamacare, dismantling a system in a move that would leave 22 million Americans without health insurance coverage.
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Catherine Cortez Masto (D) wins Nevada Senate race, @NBCNews projects https://t.co/F2MLlKpC7Y #Decision2016 https://t.co/b5VUFR8PO512:15 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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Per @NPRrelving: Exit polls show Obama has a 54% approval rating. This election isn't rejecting Obama, it's rejecting Washington.12:15 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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The mood has plummeted at Clinton's Election Night party at the Javits Center. Many supporters have left and those who remain are in a somber state. Several people were seen crying and hugging each other as election results appeared to show Donald Trump with a likely victory head.
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States left to call at 12:36AM/ET: PA, MI, WI, MN, AZ, NH, ME and AK.12:36 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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Firsts during Election 2016
- Democratic Governor Kate Brown of Oregon held off a challenge by Republican Bud Pierce. This was the first time Oregonians voted in someone openly bisexual. Brown was sworn in last year after her predecessor, John Kitzhaber, resigned in scandal. The election was for the final two years of Kitzhaber's term.
- Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, 52, filled retiring Senator Harry Reid's vacancy as senator from Nevada. She's the first Latina in the Senate.
- Minnesota elected the United States' first Somali-American lawmaker, Ilhan Omar.
- Democrat Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, who ousted Republican Senator Mark Kirk, is the first Thai-American in the Senate.
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Supporters of Hillary Clinton watch and wait at her election night rally. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.
This is the disclaimer that appeared on the bottom of every Huffington Post story about Donald Trump. Not any more, Politico reports.A note sent to staff members from Huffpost’s Washington Bureau Chief Ryan Grim on Tuesday evening said the decision to remove the note was for a “clean slate”.“The thinking is that (assuming he wins) that he’s now president and we’re going to start with a clean slate,” Grim wrote in the memo, obtained by POLITICO. "If he governs in a racist, misogynistic way, we reserve the right to add it back on. This would be giving respect to the office of the presidency which Trump and his backers never did."
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Nonwhites favored Clinton 74-21, which sounds great for her...until you consider Obama's numbers.
2008: 82-18
2012: 80-1912:51 AM - 09 Nov 2016- Reply
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Remember when Democrats controlled everything and rammed through Obamacare? #Precedent12:52 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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The Clinton campaign is basically hanging on by a thread at this point. She needs to pull out Michigan and Pennsylvania and then hit one of two scenarios: 1. Win Alaska and New Hampshire or 2. win Arizona. That’s going to be extremely difficult. It’s not impossible, but it’s a straight, if not royal, flush.
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If Trump pulls this off, hard to see how the euro can survive. Marine Le Pen, Frauke Petry and Geert Wilders will be ecstatic. Ciao Renzi.12:52 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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The race in New Hampshire is only 636 votes apart. https://t.co/W05sW4Bh1m #ElectionNight https://t.co/RRAoCuFeVt12:53 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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Media work at the election night rally for Hillary Clinton. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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There is a lot more policy change coming than most people realize, probably very quickly.1:07 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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Pool says that there is still radio silence from the Clinton campaign, 4 hours since last briefing in person1:06 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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SLIDESHOW: CALIFORNIA GOES TO POT
Californians voted to pass Prop 64, legalizing recreational use of marijuana in the state.William Britt (L) and Al Moreno (R) celebrate in Los Angeles. REUTERS/Jonathan AlcornPeople celebrate. REUTERS/Jonathan AlcornYes on Prop 64 Lynne Lyman (L), Director of Drug Policy Action, and asha bandele (R), Senior Director of California Drug Policy Action, celebrate. REUTERS/Jonathan AlcornPeople celebrate after Californians voted to pass Prop 64. REUTERS/Jonathan AlcornWilliam Britt (L) and Al Moreno (R) celebrate. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn1 of 5
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As Trump edged closer to winning the White House, investors predicted a prolonged market bloodbath.Some of the losses in financial markets tonight eclipsed the carnage seen after Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union in late June.Market turmoil could also prevent the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates as expected in December.
If current market moves hold or go further, there is likely to be quite a bit of de-leveraging and forced selling tomorrow.
- Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at AllianzInvestors don't know what he (Trump) is going to do; the policies he's laid out have been vague and his demeanor is capricious.
- Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank in ChicagoWhatever the outcome, this is a horribly angry electorate.
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SLIDESHOW: SCENES OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSESupporters of Donald Trump rally in front of the White House. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsSupporters of Donald Trump rally in front of the White House. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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Senator Pat Toomey, the Republican incumbent from Pennsylvania, is the latest upset, according to AP, and seals GOP control of the Senate.
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Clinton projected the winner in Maine: Fox
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Source: Speaker Ryan has spoken via phone with Trump and Pence tonight; had "very good conversations;" congratulated Trump - @KellyO1:11 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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JUST IN: Mexico's central bank announces news conference this morning after peso hits lowest levels in historyMexico's central bank is seen raising its key interest rate by at least 75 basis points on Wednesday if Donald Trump wins the U.S. election to become the country's next president, three economists said.
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As of current vote counts, the number of voters who cast ballots for candidates other than Clinton and Trump exceeds Trump’s winning margin — or lead, in races that haven’t yet been called — in many important states, including Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. But don’t pin Trump’s win on those voters who eschewed the two major candidates. Not all of them would have voted for Clinton had they been forced to choose only between her and Trump. And some might not have voted at all. Far more Democrats in Florida in 2000 voted for George W. Bush than voted for Ralph Nader.
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You know who bet a lot of money on Trump and a GOP Senate? Sheldon Adelson.1:05 AM - 09 Nov 2016
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People watch as election results are shown in Times Square in New York. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich
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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen congratulates Trump
Hong Kong protests flare ahead of Xi meeting with city leader
HONG KONG Hong Kong police fired tear gas in late night street clashes with anti-government protesters, ahead of a potentially pivotal meeting between Hong Kong's leader and China's president in Beijing on Monday.
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