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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Republican Donald Trump’s narrow victory was a stunning repudiation of a political establishment that Democrat Hillary Clinton, having spent decades in public life, came to symbolize for many voters. She was unable to marshal the coalition that elected President Barack Obama twice as anger over economic uncertainty and social changes boiled over on Election Day.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”22947″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22949″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22948″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22946″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22929″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22930″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22931″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22932″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22933″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22934″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22935″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22936″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22937″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22897″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22915″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22907″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22913″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22898″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22914″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22926″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22910″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22891″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22911″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22917″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22918″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22899″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22920″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22921″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22922″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][vc_single_image image=”22923″ alignment=”center” img_link_large=”yes” img_link_lightbox=”yes” show_caption=”yes” el_class=”lightbox”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The real-estate developer and reality-TV star, Donald Trump, a Republican who has never held public office, defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton after a punishing campaign that exposed searing divides in the American public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1586,"featured_media":22904,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1450,1994,1984,1858,2540,1864,1986,1998,1462],"class_list":["post-22888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photos","tag-america","tag-clinton","tag-democrats","tag-election","tag-government","tag-politics","tag-republicans","tag-trump","tag-usa","product-photos"],"yoast_head":"\nThe 2016 Election in America: This is What Democracy Looks Like | Bloomberg Media Distribution<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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