American billionaires and businessman Donald Trump has been elected as 45th president of United States under the platform Republican Party.
The elected president Donald Trump, won the election in a hard fought battle against the Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton. He won the election in a margin cross of 270 electoral college votes needed for his victory.
The highly successful real estate mogul Donald Trump, receives most of his votes in the hands of evangelicals and working class Americans, while Hillary Clinton receives most of her votes from blacks, Latino, mexicans and few selected white people.
His victory is seen by analysts as a major surprise, having gone undetected by several major polls conducted in the country in the last days running to the election.
Mrs. Clinton, a former Secretary of State and wife of ex-President Bill Clinton, had managed to run a more disciplined campaign than Mr. Trump. Major opinion polls had predicted her victory.
She stayed away from addressing ers at her campaign headquarters on Wednesday morning.
Her campaign manager, John Podesta, indicated she would not give a speech until later in the day.
Despite running an ugly and vicious campaign, Mr. Trump gained early momentum by picking swing states like Florida and Ohio early in the night, sealing the victory with Pennsylvania.
The Republican Party also held on to the U.S. Congress with majority in both the House and Senate.
Mr. Trump has already given his victory speech. He itted that he received a congratulatory phone call from Hilary Clinton and congratulated her for running a though campaign. He also thanked her for her service to the U.S. and pledged to unite the country.
“I say it is time for us to come together as one united people,” he said.
“I pledge… that I will be president of all Americans,” he said, adding that “America will no longer settle for anything less than the best.”
