The much anticipated results of the US Presidential elections were finally declared late on November 8, 2016. The Republican Party has scored a landslide victory. Republicans Donald Trump and Mike Pence are going to be the next President and Vice President of the USA.
Following its decisive victory in Pennsylvania, the GOP looks set to hold sway in the US Senate as well.
Having secured 264 electoral votes already and leading in the states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona, Donald Trump looks set to become the next president of the USA. He's just four more votes away from winning the elections.
The Republicans' dominance in the US House of Representatives is set to continue. While the party may find it difficult to retain majority in the Senate, continued Republican dominance in the House could hamper any legislative agenda taken up by Clinton, in case she is elected. On the other hand, Trump's victory could lead to a prompt demise of outgoing President and Democrat member Barack Obama's health reforms.
In what may come as another setback for Hillary Clinton, as per latest reports, Republican Pat Toomey has been re-elected to the Senate from Pennsylvania.
In the electoral process used in 1800, each state was allowed to choose its own Election Day. The voting process in the 1800 election continued from April to October. When the popular votes were counted, Thomas Jefferson had defeated John Adams by a margin of about 24 percent. However, when it came to electoral votes, both Democratic-Republic contestants, Jefferson and Aaron Burr, had received the same number of votes. This happened because under the election system used in 1800, electors were only able to cast votes for president, rather than having a vote specifically for the vice president. So the election of 1800 resulted in a tie.
To break the tie, the decision was then passed to the House of Representatives, who chose Jefferson as the next President of the United States. Each state was allowed one electoral vote in this tie-breaker. The Federalists failed to gain the support of enough states, and the thirty-sixth ballot confirmed the selection of Jefferson as the next President of the United States.
Aaron Burr became the Vice President of the United States. Surprisingly, it was Alexander Hamilton, Jefferson's greatest adversary when it came to the framing of the Federalist laws, who cast the deciding vote in Jefferson's favor. Though Hamilton was a member of the Federalist Party like John Adams, he disliked his policies and thought him too moderate. Ultimately, the election of 1800 caused the Federalist Party to fall from power, marking the end of the party altogether, and allowing for the rise of the Democratic-Republican Party.
This historic election also resulted in the creation of the Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This Amendment transformed the electoral process, designating separate electoral votes for the presidential and vice presidential candidate.
The election results from the 1800 election are broken down as follows:
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US Presidential Elections History |