What you need to know: Trump shocks America by winning election

Maya Daye, Staff WriterNovember 16, 2016Leave a Comment

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. In a new book, Megyn Kelly says Trump tried unsuccessfully to give her a free hotel stay as part of what she called his pattern of trying to influence news coverage of his presidential campaign. In "Settle for More," to be released Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, Kelly also said Trump may have gotten a pre-debate tip about her first question, in which she confronted him with his critical comments about women. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

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FILE – In this Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. In a new book, Megyn Kelly says Trump tried unsuccessfully to give her a free hotel stay as part of what she called his pattern of trying to influence news coverage of his presidential campaign. In “Settle for More,” to be released Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, Kelly also said Trump may have gotten a pre-debate tip about her first question, in which she confronted him with his critical comments about women. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

This is real. You’re not dreaming. The 597 day 2016 presidential campaign is over. Donald J. Trump, a former reality TV star with no political or military experience, won the election. This shocked many as Hillary Clinton won the popular vote and, according to TheHuffingtonPost.com , he only had a 16.3 percent chance of winning. He is now the President-elect of the United States.

Some think he won due to independent candidates and write-ins, some because Bernie Sanders didn’t win the primaries, and many think he won due to low voter turnout and people just not taking this election as seriously as it should have been taken, as 15,000 people allegedly wrote Harambe, a dead gorilla, on their ballots (though this claim has been widely disputed).

While his many supporters are shocked and pleasantly surprised at his victory due to the fact that he was the “underdog,” thousands of people across America took to the streets to protest his win in places such as Manhattan, Los Angeles, Chicago and multiple others.

According to CBSNews.com , there has been an increase in harassment of minorities and disabled students since Trump’s victory.

Americans aren’t the only ones outraged about a Trump presidency. On November 11 in Melbourne, Australia, around 80 protestors gathered at an anti-Trump rally.

Many people also took to social media with the hashtag “#notmypresident.” The hashtag got well over 78,000 tweets from people around the world.

Some people unhappy with the election are still holding out hope for a change in the results.  A Change.org petition to get the members of the Electoral College to vote against the way their states voted and make Hillary Clinton president has over 4 million signatures, as of November 13 after being up for less than a week.