RationalWiki:What is going on with the elections?/November 2016

November 2016
A list of things Donald Trump completely changed his mind about after the election. A US federal court has ruled that Republican gerrymandering in Wisconsin is unconstitutional. The ruthlessly effective rebranding of Europe’s new far right. Many in a Milwaukee neighborhood didn’t vote and don’t regret it. Poor local health in US communities likely contributed to Trump's win. The First Female President of France? Marine Le Pen takes huge lead over Nicolas Sarkozy in French first round presidential election poll. (Sarko lost the primary of his party, however) After the 2016 US election, the Democrats hit a new low in state legislatures. Maine voters approved of a ballot initiative that would enact ranked choice voting. The Clinton campaign was obsessed with fighting BDS. Clinton campaign staffers say that her campaign was undone due to neglect and arrogance. Pro-Russian candidates win presidential votes in Bulgaria and Moldova. Noam Chomsky discusses his thoughts about the US election. The Electoral College is an instrument of White supremacy and sexism. Trump was stronger where the US economy is weaker. Indian Americans voted for Trump in significant numbers. Where the Democrats go from here. What happened in the US election and how we can learn from it. The Democratic party’s abandonment of the working class cleared the space for Trump. Inequality between women is crucial to understanding Hillary’s loss. The reactions of many Americans to the Trump victory is a symptom of their political immaturity. It’s time to blow up the Democratic party. Polls showed Sanders had a better shot of beating Trump, but pundits told you to ignore them. Reckoning with a Trump presidency and the elite Democrats who helped deliver it. Trump's infrastructure plan will be a sell-off of public assets to investors and contractors. Trump lends further credence to the deep-cover liberal theory with his college debt plan. How Trump won the vote of Michigan’s white working class. It was the Democrats' embrace of neoliberalism that won it for Trump. Democrats, Trump, and the ongoing, dangerous refusal to learn the lesson of Brexit. President Donald Trump will have vast and terrifying powers thanks to Obama and the Democrats. No, we should not wait and see what a Trump administration does. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/for-democrats-cleaning-house-means-pelosi-and-schumer-too_us_58261fa9e4b0c4b63b0c8038? For Democrats, cleaning house means Pelosi And Schumer too.] It’s time to dismantle the Democratic Party and start anew. Californian voters have enacted even stronger gun control measures. Meanwhile, Nevada voters have passed universal background checks while Maine voters rejected such a measure; Washington voters approved a measure giving judges the power to keep dangerous individuals from possessing guns. Diego Hernandez, an openly agnostic Oregon state house candidate, has won Thousands of anti-Trump protestors have taken to the streets in at least 10 cities. (Autoplay video) In Seattle, specifically, 4 protestors and a bystander were shot by a gunman. Update: More protestors have been shot at in Portland. The Clinton-backed 1994 crime bill may have contributed to Hillary losing Florida. Colorado voters turn down state single-payer healthcare. Californians vote down a ballot initiative that would cap drug prices. Four US states ok minimum wage hikes to at least $12. Trump's victory is proof that God is in control! David and Julian, sittin' in a tree... Donald Trump is moving to the White House, and liberals put him there. The Democratic party establishment is over. "The era of the Palestinian state is over", Israel's Right celebrates Trump's ascendancy to the US presidency. In good news, Putin says Russia is ready to fully restore ties with U.S. No news item, just up-vote if you suddenly wish Apocalypse theology were true and we could all be cursed to walk 7 years of hell on earth for being atheists instead of what we're actually getting. Down-ballot Democrats feel the burn as the party fails to take back the Senate and loses a few governors. Cheeto Jesus has defeated Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton hopes she can be friendly with Trump again. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/08/medical-marijuana-sails-to-victory-in-florida/ The biggest winner of the 2016 US election was... Mary Jane.] Nebraska voters have voted to restore the death penalty while Oklahoma voters vote in favor of safeguarding their controversial death penalty methods. Florida voters say no to misleading solar amendment. [http://www.nbcnews.com/card/nbc-news-exit-poll-trump-winning-among-some-groups-women-n681011? White women love the Trumpster.] (Other demographics) Arizona voters remove Joe Arpaio, opening him up to a future role in the Trump administration if he wins. (Autoplay video) Massachusetts voters reject a ballot initiative that would expand charter schools. Colorado voters vote to make it harder to amend their state constitution which will make it harder to regulate fracking. This US presidential election is God's judgment on us. 9 states could legalize recreational marijuana. When you have to check to make sure your wife is voting for you. What do Americans think about The Most Important Election Ever™: They just want it to be over. After this election, let's never follow politics again. America's miserable adventure continues as a heavily-armed active shooter kills 1 person, injuring 3 at a polling station in Azusa, California. Remember, no matter who wins the US presidential election, Wall Street executives can get tax benefits by getting a job under either administration. (Autoplay video) Oh look, more Muslim voters being intimidated, this time in Michigan. The "apolitical" FBI is intimidating Muslims right before the election, something that isn't unprecedented. For this election, don't forget your pen. Daniel Ortega has won his third consecutive term in Nicaragua. And so begins the 74th annual Hunger Games 58th quadrennial U.S. Presidential election. A psychic Scottish goat that correctly called the Brexit referendum result predicts a Hillary Clinton victory. Trump and Clinton are both ignoring Standing Rock, and it’s unacceptable. We're almost there! The FBI said on Sunday it stood by its earlier finding that no criminal charges were warranted against Democrat Hillary Clinton for using a private email server for government work, lifting a cloud over her presidential campaign two days before the U.S. election. Trump aides huge spoilsports, block his access to his personal Twitter. In response to this, Obama pointed out that a man who can't handle a Twitter account can't handle the nuclear codes. Trump was rushed offstage by security in Nevada due to something going on in the crowd. Turns out it was just a protester with a "Republicans against Trump" sign getting the shit kicked out of him by Trump supporters. Trump campaign closes with a dog-whistling ad condemning a (((global power structure))) which has "bled our country dry". White nationalists, Neo-Nazis and the KKK have election day plans including poll-watching, intimidation and bribing black voters with booze and dope. Meanwhile, Ohio has issued a restraining order against a Trump campaign advisor's poll-watching activities. Republican-controlled Southern states have closed down at least 868 polling places for the 2016 election. Why Vladimir Putin’s Russia Is Backing Donald Trump Newsweek article details the known extent of Russian hacking and Black Ops. Russia even temporarily ceased supporting Trump because they thought he was psychologically unfit 6 student protestors at Dillard University were arrested while others were pepper sprayed by police while protesting former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke at the Louisiana Senate debate. Many Americans are allowed to vote but don't know it. Journalists shower Hillary Clinton with campaign cash. The official KKK newspaper, The Crusader, has officially endorsed Trump for president.