Posted on 11/28/2016 11:17:12 AM PST by Enlightened1
Donald Trump has officially won Michigan, the final state to be awarded and the capstone of Trump’s unlikely run of narrow victories in the Midwestern states that will deliver the first-time political candidate to the White House.
Michigan’s Board of Canvassers certified the results on Monday afternoon in Lansing. Trump won 2,279,543 votes (47.6 percent), according to the certified results — 10,704 more than Hillary Clinton’s 2,268,839 (47.4 percent).
Trump becomes the first Republican presidential candidate to carry Michigan since George H.W. Bush won it in 1988, breaking a six-cycle Democratic winning streak.
That adds Michigan’s 16 electoral votes to Trump’s already impressive tally of triumphs in the Midwest. Trump carried Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — states that had last voted Republican in 1988 and 1984, respectively — by margins only slightly larger than his advantage in Michigan.
Trump also easily flipped Iowa and Ohio — perennial battleground states that President Barack Obama had carried twice.
But like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, there are indications that Green Party nominee Jill Stein is planning to contest the results in Michigan. Stein — who won 51,463 votes (1.1 percent) in Michigan, according to the official canvass — has hired former state Democratic Party chairman Mark Brewer and has until Wednesday to request a formal recount, which is estimated to cost nearly $800,000.
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Congratulations on your LANDSLIDE electoral victory Mr Trump!
So recounts in WI and MI costs about $2 million. Stein got about $7 million so far.
@DrJillStein Democracy NOW! Open the donor lists. SHOW voters who is paying for the recounts.
Annette Hanshaw “Happy Days Are Here Again”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQLseI1yk3Y
And the NYT STILL hasn’t called MI for Trump!
Jill The Shill says “I’m gonna need more money, lemmings!” (and Georgie Soros)
Make Michigan great again
The vote has been certified. There will be no recount.
Good. The dems are melting in a steaming pool of fat.
>> So recounts in WI and MI costs about $2 million. Stein got about $7 million so far.
Graft.
I have seen this or a similar headline posted as a huge revelation at least seven different times. How many times must Trump ‘win Michigan?’
Hillary should be embarrassed she didn’t focus more on WI, MI, and PA as Bill Clinton suggested.
Truth is that Hillary didn’t campaign much at all. She expected the extremist left wing media to be able to do the job for her.
Yeah, my thought exactly. But at least this time, it does appear to be an official certification.
Hillary did not campaign much, because she was not able to campaign. Coughing, jerking, and falling interfered with her campaigning.
At this point Michigan is officially gone.
This should be an excellent opportunity for Trump to come out and make a statement. He can thank the people of Michigan. He would have the opportunity to make a statement on the integrity of the vote.
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