WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016
THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
TRUMP VICTORY SHOCKS The 1968 Wharton graduate defeated Hillary Clinton TOM NOWLAN Sports Editor
NEW YORK – A Penn graduate has finally made it to the nation's highest office. Donald Trump, the Republican nominee and 1968 Wharton graduate, was
elected presidentno caps of the United States early Wednesday morning. The Associated Press called the election at 2:31 a.m. after the real estate magnate was declared the winner in Wisconsin. Trump’s victory represents a major political upset; in its final projections, the aggregation website FiveThirtyEight gave SEE TRUMP PAGE 2
Campus taken aback by tight race Students reacted with surprise to Trump’s unexpected lead LAUREN FEINER & LUIS FERRE SADURNI Editor-in-Chief and Senior Reporter
As of 12:49 p.m. on Tuesday, The New York Times projected 1968 Wharton graduate and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had over 95 percent chance
Republican incumbent Pat Toomey victorious
Reporter’s Notebook: Documenting a historic election at Penn
The Senate race was watched across the nation CHRIS DOYLE Contributing Reporter
Pat Toomey, the winner of the Pennsylvania senatorial race according to the Associated Press as of early Wednesday, spent Election Day in Allentown, and surprisingly, voting wasn’t his first priority. According to the Washington Post, Toomey waited until 6:45 p.m. to cast his ballot for Donald Trump, only an hour and 15 minutes before Pennsylvania polls closed. Some alleged that Toomey, who had yet to endorse Donald Trump as of Election Day, put-off voting to avoid association with the polarizing GOP presidential candidate. “Pat Toomey is intentionally waiting until millions of his constituents have already voted today before making clear to them who he supports to be our next commander in chief,” Josh Levitt, spokesman for the opposing Katie McGinty, said. Toomey briefly explained his reluctance in an interview with
One reporter records hopes, fears of students across campus WESLEY SHEKER Contributing Repoter
disappointed with the choice that we have, [but] I can’t vote for Hillary Clinton under any scenario.” Toomey has largely stayed
I woke up at 5 a.m., determined to be the first person to cast a ballot. This, along with the striking silence of campus at that hour, were the two main thoughts that occupied my walk to my polling location, Houston Hall. Sure enough, I did not find a single person in line to vote. The polls opened soon enough, however, and it was a powerful feeling when I pressed the big green “vote” button. If the polls had closed at 7:01 this morning, I would have cast the sole ballot at Houston. Soon, the trickle of first-time voters began to increase as ballot after ballot was submitted. “There are a lot of very vitriolic opinions going back and forth … People are getting really competitive with each other, and I think it’s important that no matter how you feel, you participate in the process,” College sophomore Joe Sileo said. Other students who rose early agreed. “The energy today, I can already feel, is
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COURTESY OF GAGE SKIDMORE
Sen. Pat Toomey was re-elected in the Pennsylvania senatorial race, beating out challenger Katie McGinty.
a local Fox News affiliate after voting. “I really only came to this decision in the past couple of days,” Toomey said. “Like a lot of Pennsylvanians and a lot of Americans, I am very
How Penn Voted
Penn Rehab Clinton - 600 Trump - 76
Clinton: 3912 | Trump: 275 Civic House Clinton - 319 Trump - 28
Harrison Clinton - 337 Trump - 19
of winning the presidential election. Students on campus reacted with hesitancy and surprise. “I had to leave the watch party at Harvest. It was too much,” Co-President of Penn for Hillary Sam Iacobellis said. “Regardless of what happens, I am extraordinarily proud of the work that we SEE REACTIONS PAGE 2
PA RESULTS Senate Pat Toomey Republican
Attorney General Josh Shapiro Democrat
Auditor Eugene DePasquale Democrat
Treasurer Joe Torsella Democrat
State Rep. Brian Sims Democrat
ARCH Clinton - 550 Trump - 70
Harnwell Clinton - 405 Trump - 28
State Rep. James Roebuck
Vance Hall Clinton - 485 Trump - 33
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Democrat Houston Hall Clinton - 916 Trump - 121
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