Hillary Clinton Win Presidential Elections

Over the past year, candidates from across the country, battled it out on a national stage to be nominated as their party's presidential candidate. Definitely turning out to be an election to go down in history, and not just because a women was nominated for president. This past summer Donald Trump and secretary Hillary Clinton were granted their nominations for president of the united states at their respective conventions, but the race wasn’t over. The candidates still had 3 months to win over the trust and support of the American people. It seemed, for some, that Hillary Clinton was bound to win, but when November 8 rolled around, America showed a different outcome than expected. Donald trump had won his 270 electoral votes first and officially became the president elect of the united states, a shock to many.
We have learned about how our country elects a new president. Things such as the primaries, the National Conventions, and the General election. Which fortunately, or unfortunately, we had the possibility of experiencing very recently. Although Donald Trump had won the most electoral votes, Secretary Clinton won the popular vote! This also relates to what we have studied. We learned that the first candidate who wins at least 270 electoral votes they automatically become the president elect. That means, even if one candidate doesn't win the popular vote, they can still win the