There is no thread on elections this year so I thought we could at least have a reaction thread. I wasn’t surprised about the results considering what polling had showed us leading up to election day. It’s just surprising that Trump was as competitive as he has been, when you consider how unpopular his first term as president was. His first term average approval ratings were the lowest by any president since they began keeping track of that data. You would think he would lose by landslides but I think it shows just how much he consolidated support among conservatives in the U.S. They support him no matter what. Also, Republicans have won majority in the Senate, and it is likely they will win majority in the House.
His party has powerful…
His party has powerful backers. Evidently, more powerful than the rival bourgeois faction's backers.
Stock capital markets reacted moderately positively to the result. Oil price is down on the day. Don't follow the price of gold.
Perhaps the American voting public (a minority of the population) are just simply racist? They don't want a Jew or an "Asian" as President. They prefer the orange man.