- Title: Ohio ponders future Trump presidency
- Date: 9th November 2016
- Summary: VARIOUS OF NEWS STAND INCLUDING HEADLINE FROM PLAIN DEALER THAT READS, "TRUMP SHOCKS"
- Embargoed: 24th November 2016 17:37
- Keywords: Voters battle state Trump Clinton presidential
- Location: YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, UNITED STATES
- City: YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA00257Q7Z9J
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- Story Text: Battleground Ohio woke up Wednesday (November 9) stunned after Republican Donald Trump defeated heavily favored rival Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's presidential election, ending eight years of Democratic control of the White House and sending the United States on a new, uncertain path.
A wealthy real estate developer and former reality TV host, Trump rode a wave of anger toward Washington insiders to win the White House race against Clinton, the Democratic candidate whose gold-plated establishment resume included stints as a first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state.
Prevailing in a cliffhanger race that opinion polls had clearly forecast as favoring a Clinton victory, Trump won avid support among a core base of white non-college educated workers with his promise to be the "greatest jobs president that God ever created." He did well in "Rust Belt" states such as Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Worried that a Trump victory could cause economic and global uncertainty, investors were in full flight from risky assets.
The U.S. dollar, Mexican peso and world stocks fell on Wednesday but fears of the kind of shock that wiped trillions of dollars off global markets after Britain's "Brexit" vote in June have failed to materialize so far.
Trailing in public opinion polls for months, Trump pulled off a major surprise and collected enough of the 270 state-by-state electoral votes needed to win, taking battleground states where presidential elections are traditionally decided, U.S. television networks projected.
His four-year term begins on January 20 and he will enjoy Republican majorities in both chambers of the U.S. Congress.
His improbable victory came after a campaign in which he has promised to build a border wall along the southern border that Mexican will pay for, renegotiate trade deals and take a hardline stance on immigration.
His supporters in Ohio expect him to largely follow through.
"I expect him to follow through, on, I'd like at least 80, 85 percent of what he's said. I don't know the other 15 percent, I think is always somewhat negotiable in anything. When you marry someone you think you're going to get the 100 percent, you never do. So you sort of have to negotiate the little details I think that's where's he at. And again, I think he's going to surround himself with the right people that are going to make the right decisions," said Youngstown resident, Lory Patrick, who works as a paralegal and is a Donald Trump supporter.
Trump's victory marked a frustrating end to the presidential aspirations of Clinton, 69, who also launched an unsuccessful White House bid in 2008.
Despite losing the state-by-state electoral battle that determines the U.S. presidency, Clinton narrowly led Trump in the nationwide popular vote, according to U.S. media tallies.
It would mark the second time in 16 years that a Democratic candidate lost the presidency despite winning more votes than the victor. In 2000, Democrat Al Gore got more votes than Republican George W. Bush.
Clinton's supporters in Youngstown were still processing the developments.
"I never really put it into perspective that this was all going to happen. It hasn't really hit me yet like wow, our country is going to be controlled by Donald Trump now. I don't really know what it's going to do to our community but I am not excited to find out," said Emily Nicole Boyles, a Youngstown resident and Hillary Clinton supporters who works a sales attendant for DirecTV.
Prevailing in a cliffhanger race that opinion polls had clearly forecast as favoring a Clinton victory, Trump won avid support among a core base of white non-college educated workers with his promise to be the "greatest jobs president that God ever created." He did well in "Rust Belt" states such as Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The presidency will be Trump's first elected office, and it remains to be seen how he will work with Congress. During the campaign Trump was the target of sharp disapproval, not just from Democrats but from many in his own party. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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