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Election 2016: Trump Wins Presidency, Republicans Hold Congress Washington Council Ernst & Young 9 November 2016 After the most tumultuous and unpredictable campaign in modern history, Republican Donald Trump upset Democrat Hillary Clinton to win the Presidency, claiming at least 279 electoral votes (270 electoral votes to win) to Clinton’s 228, with results in Arizona, Michigan, and New Hampshire still outstanding, according to the Associated Press. The popular vote margin remains close, with Trump currently trailing by approximately 200,000 votes out of a total of almost 120 million votes that have been counted. Clinton’s blue wall of support was pierced by Trump with unexpected wins in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. He also won the needed battleground states of Florida, Ohio, and North Carolina. With fewer losses than expected, Republicans will retain their majorities in the House and Senate, thereby controlling both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. Clinton, who called Trump last night to concede the race, said this morning, “I offered to work with him [Trump] on behalf of our country” and “our nation is more deeply divided than we thought,” but went on to say, “we stand together…and our best days are still ahead of us.” In his remarks shortly before 3:00 AM, President-elect Trump said, “It is time to bind the wounds of division. It is time for us to come together as one united America.” He went on to say that it was “not a campaign, but an incredible movement.” And, alluding to his policy agenda, Trump said we “would be working together to begin the task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American dream.” Trump has touted an agenda of revitalizing the economy and promoting job growth by reforming the tax code, rebuilding America’s infrastructure, repealing and replacing “Obamacare,” and being “tough” on immigration and in renegotiating international trade agreements. Maintaining the Senate majority will give Republicans the ability to set the agenda in the Sena […]