Donald Trump defied the pollsters, winning the national race to become the next President of the United States, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton. Adding to the surge, Republicans have kept majority control of the Senate and House. See the final US electoral map and rattled market reaction at the WSJ (subscription free today).
In Boston, Hillary Clinton took 81.7% of the vote versus 14.2% for Donald Trump, 2.6% for Gary Johnson and 1.5% for Jill Stein.
The ballot questions came out as follows:
- Slots Parlor, Question 1 failed 37% vs. 63%
- Charter School Expansion, Question 2 failed, 38% to 62%, keeping the State cap on charter schools in place.
- Caging Livestock Prevention, Question 3, passed with 81% voting yes.
- Marijuana Legalization, Question 4, passed with 62% voting yes.
- In Boston, Question 5 passed with 74% voting yes vs. 26% no, supporting a 1% property tax increase for affordable housing, park improvements and historic preservation.
For Suffolk County Register of Deeds, Stephen Murphy won with 73% of the vote over Margherita Ciampa-Coyne (12%), John Keith (8%) and Joseph Donnelly (7%).
For U.S. Representative, 8th District, Stephen Lynch was re-elected with 82% of the vote over competitor William Burke. Local State races were not competitive with no opposition for State Representative Aaron Michlewitz and State Senator Joseph Boncore. Both will serve another term at the State House for their districts that include the North End / Waterfront area.
All results are unofficial from Boston.gov, with 100% precincts reporting. NorthEndWaterfront.com will have North End / Waterfront precinct results when they become available.
PRAISE JESUS OUR PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED “DONALD TRUMP” IS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT
THE CHANGE WE ALL NEEDED
Joan of Arc shed blood! We shed the dirt!.
What bothers me most was THE MONEY SHE MADE ON OUR DIME!!
So, so much, . she left with a bundle in her coffers!!!
Well let me see. So it’s yes to dope, no to educate the dopes and yes to punish dopes who don’t know where the meat comes from. Looks like the dopes won!
t. Mobile I resent the remark about “dopes”. Trump supporters were called Deplorables by Hillary & now
we are going to deal with you saying Dopes won. By the way t.Mobile, wait until you see what happens
with Dopes that come in for the Marijuana. Colorado is having plenty of problems that the news does not
talk about.
80% for Clinton in Boston tells the story here. We live in a liberalist bubble. I for one am very happy with that. I fear for the rest of the country as the have no idea how bad things can get if trump doesn’t come through. At least we’ll have the marijuana.
Were going to need Xanax.
Not only that, but I can travel to Maine where I can buy a gun and a bong …. in the same place!
What’s a bong?
Crack pipe’s big brother.
A bong is a filtration device designed to smoke cannabis,tobacco,herbs or other products.
t, I’ll sick to my glass of red wine & an occasional shot of JD.
Michael once you have an edible brownie, you won’t want the wine or the J.D.
I ‘ll settle for a cannoli.