First - they just finished counting in Michigan - first Republican win since 1988. From the Michigan office of the Secretary of State:
2016 Presidential Election Results
The results below have been canvassed and certified by county canvassing boards, but are unofficial until certified by the Michigan Board of State Canvassers on Nov. 28. These are the numbers that will be presented to the state board for the Nov. 8 presidential election. Trump leads Clinton by 10,704 votes.
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- 2,279,543 Donald J. Trump, Republican
- 2,268,839 Hillary Clinton, Democratic
- 172,136 Gary Johnson, Libertarian
- 51,463 Jill Stein, Green
Heh - if Johnson and Stein voters went for Hillary instead, she would have won. Your votes have consequences.
Second - from MSN / USA Today:
Teacher unions smarting after many members vote for Trump
Two weeks after Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 presidential election, the USA’s teachers unions are wondering what happened to their chosen candidate — and how so many of their members could have voted for her opponent.
Despite early and eager endorsements of Clinton by both unions, the nation’s school teachers and other school workers contributed substantially to Trump’s Nov. 8 win.
How substantially? About one in five American Federation of Teachers (AFT) members who cast a ballot voted for Trump, the union’s leader estimated. Among the larger National Education Association (NEA), which comprises more than 3 million members, more than one in three who voted did so for the billionaire developer, early data show.
The unions are losing their power - this is a wonderful thing to see. They very much had their place in the early 1900's but they have not evolved with the times.
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