TRUMP TRUMPS CLINTON
The
United States 2016 election Red Map.
What has been consistently labelled an impossibility,
a catastrophe, or both for the last 18 months has become reality: Donald trump
has won the 2016 election with a comfortable advantage over Hillary Clinton,
thus becoming the President elect and the future 45th President of
the United States of America.
Mr. Trump not only held to virtually all
states won by Mitt Romney in 2012, but he also made good on his word, breaching
and then demolishing the so-called Midwest Blue Wall, a set of medium to large
states that have been pivotal in the last Democratic election victories.
Starting with a single state (Indiana), Mr Trump beat Mrs. Clinton successively
in Ohio, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, he is still disputing Michigan and almost
got Minnesota.
Mr. Trump’s victory is the ultimate popular backlash
against a political-economic system that has let down a substantial share of
the population, mostly non-college educated whites, stricken by unemployment,
bereft of prospects and facing destitution. These Americans rebelled against an
establishment they deem corrupt, oblivious of their plight, vastly benefiting
an elite and pushing income inequality to ever new heights.
Donald Trump, in spite (or because) of
his unorthodox behaviour, rhetoric and policies, managed to convince that
electorate of his sincerity and ability to fight the established interests and
corruption and to give opportunities to the downtrodden. The fierce and constant
criticism from the establishment politicians, media and commentators, only
served to reinforce the conviction that Trump was the real thing; otherwise the
powers that be would not bother to attack him so viciously. Add to this
concoction a well-known but very unpopular Democratic candidate with a trail of
suspicious activities and a total lack of candour, and the American electorate
was ready to give change a chance.
The result was a clear 31-State, 305-delegate victory
for Donald Trump. After defying all odds to become the Republican nominee and
defeating even greater odds to become President, Donald Trump will face the
ultimate challenge of delivering. If he does, he could go down in History. If
he fails, he could go down the drain. Only time will tell.
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