1 year ago Trump was elected president: getting results in the eyes of Hillary's supporters

November 8, 2016, was the night that will not be removed from people's minds for many generations. The night Donald Trump exposed all political analysts and all polls, spreading a major shock, an alarm situation all over the planet.

For those who were following the results in America, especially those who supported Hillary Clinton and were about to celebrate the first president's wife was a disturbing night.

On the first anniversary of Trump's election, Guardian returns to look through the eyes of Clinton's supporters what happened that night.

On election morning, Americans saw polls saying it would not be a hard race. The New York Times gave 91% chances of victory to Hillary. The Huffington Post already gave 98% chances to the Princeton Electoral Consortium gave 99%.

It could not be thought otherwise that day.

Parapraly, ten days ago, The FBI reported that it has re-opened the investigation into the Hillary e-mail issue. This investigation could influence, but not enough to make analysts and experts change their course. For them, Hillary would win.

Hillary voted in the Choppaqua elementary school in New York since morning.

In Manhattan, Jessie Chaffee was voting in Greenwich Village, the neighborhood where she grew up and voted for years. Chafee, author of the novel Florence in Ecstasy, had a ticket to the Hillary election party that night at Javis Center. The moment she saw a woman's name on the ballot sheet, she felt very happy.

In Rochester, New York, many people decided to score that moment by putting the posters “I voted”.

Maurice Sex had a T-shirt written “Future Agent” for her ten-month-old daughter. I was happy because... she would have the chance to grow up in a world where the world's largest country would be led by a woman.

Voter closure

When the polls closed, Americans quit their jobs and gathered with their friends and families to see the results. Panelists from the biggest televisions gathered on the night for which 18 months had been prepared. Everyone began to explain how awkward the Trump would be for them to win those choices, and for the flow, how easy Hillary would have.

For Trump to have any chance, he would have to win Florida, which was meant to be lost, and then to win he would have to take the states of Democrats: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan who hadn't won the republic of generations and who was also supposed to lose Trump.

Analysts on each television network started doing their tests. CNN's John King showed on the interactive map, drawing those states that mattered most.

In Washington, Elizabeth Williams and her boyfriend went to a party with their friends. The atmosphere remember they were alive by Clinton's supporters. People were ordering points and waiting for Clinton to hold the party of victory.

Penny Daley returned home from work in Sacramento, filled with happiness and waiting to see the first president. It was almost the same as when my son was born. I was so happy. ”

The first countries went as expected.

On CNN, John King was becoming increasingly tense to explain that Florida was closer than people thought. Just hours ago, analysts said the signs look great for Clinton, but now that throat-to-face fight with Trump.

At the bar where Elizabeth Williams had traveled, she suddenly became calmer. People stopped joking and got on the phone. And people didn't go to the bar anymore because they wanted to be attentive and sober.

Florida

The great wave of Latin voters was not enough to give Clinton the state of Florida as expected. Trump had won by overturning all the tests and predictions. Analysts had to show what had happened, and what states Clinton should have won to win the election.

The New York Times had a meter that changed in real time. It started by giving Clinton a 91% chance, but it had already dropped to 39%.

In Manhattan, where Trump's supporters had gathered, joy broke out as soon as the news arrived. At Javis Center, silence was plagued. A performance by Katy Perry, who was supposed to be exciting and soul - giving, went pale because no one was in the mood.

Everyone's attention was focused on Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. That was Clinton's road to victory.

At Javits Center, Chafee left the main auditorium with a growing sense of dread. She and her friend found a quiet place where they wrote to their friends and family.

In Washington, Elizabeth Williams' boyfriend had told her, “I think we should go home. ”

Political earthquake

“As soon as Pennsylvania happened, we were left and said, "EEA had this job, ~x1> recalls Forrest in Wisconsin.

Trump became the first Republican candidate to win Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan since 1988.

John Podesta, the chief of Clinton's campaign, went out to Javis Center and told everyone to go home because he wouldn't have a speech that night by nominal democrats. “Ende are counting the votes, and each vote will be counted,” he told those in attendance.

Trump went out with his family and Vice President-elect Mike Pence to deliver the victory speech.

In Sacramento, Daley didn't feel well. It was like someone hit me in the stomach. I had no idea what would happen next. ”

Daley wasn't the only one who felt that way. Even news analysts were unable to hide the shock and horror they felt. Rachel Maddow said, "You're awake, you're not in an awful scary dream. And you didn't even die or go to hell. You're awake. ”

Forrest had said: “My daughter and my son fell asleep thinking that everything would be okay,” remembers her. She had started to gasp and condemn when she realized that she could not tell them what had happened.

Cheex, adviser to Madison City, was also afraid. His wife was not involved in politics, so he had assured her that it would be impossible for Trump to win. You told me that something like this would not happen,” she told him after she knew Trump had practically won. “I had no answer for it,” he remembers.

Trent Venegas was at Javis Center in New York. She flew in from Los Angeles to see the first woman be elected president of the United States, and had taken a week off to celebrate. He and his friend came out of Javis Center after Podesta's speech and ignored reporters who asked how they felt. People around them were crying.

Resistance Begins

On the morning of November 9, world leaders were expressing congratulations to the elected president. Republicans who had previously been critical of him were now begging him for all the good things. We heard Clinton would give a speech at the New Yorker Hotel.

She took the stage at 11: 30 a.m. We must accept the result and look to the future. Donald Trump will be our president. ” GU ARDIAN ) translated Periscope