--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: 1. The 2016 Presidential Election aftermath image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b238bf7bd3303be/6988ae16656a3f32f6bcdd34/gettyimages-610600778.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 23, 2016 # 1\. The 2016 Presidential Election aftermath by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton arrive for the first presidential debate. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton arrive for the first presidential debate.JEWEL SAMAD—AFP/Getty Images After a [heated presidential election cycle](http://time.com/4560936/election-2016-europe-china-russia-middle-east/ "undefined"), Donald J. Trump’s victory set the Internet aflame with [hot takes](http://time.com/4564608/election-2016-best-memes/ "undefined"), emotional responses, and [lots and lots of opinions — both positive and negative](http://time.com/4564155/donald-trump-president-celebrity-advice/ "undefined") — from voters everywhere. While the entirety of the election was characterized by the use of social media ([who can forget those debate live-tweets?](http://time.com/4543898/hillary-clinton-millennial-voter-support/ "undefined")), the fever pitch was epitomized by the social media posts after the election results were released, announcing Trump as the President-elect despite Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote. Clinton supporters [adopted the hashtags #NotMyPresident and #ImStillWithHer](http://time.com/4565747/anti-trump-protests-cities-new-york-chicago-oakland/ "undefined"), while Trump supporters openly celebrated the GOP victory that they hope will make America great again. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4567131/the-aftermath-of-the-2016-presidential-election/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4567131/the-aftermath-of-the-2016-presidential-election/"},"headline":"1. The 2016 Presidential Election aftermath","datePublished":"2016-11-23T14:50:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:18:51.683Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4567131/the-aftermath-of-the-2016-presidential-election/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b238bf7bd3303be/6988ae16656a3f32f6bcdd34/gettyimages-610600778.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b238bf7bd3303be/6988ae16656a3f32f6bcdd34/gettyimages-610600778.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4567131/the-aftermath-of-the-2016-presidential-election/","name":"1. The 2016 Presidential Election aftermath"}}]}] ```