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| Glass ceiling watch: will America turn its back on electing its first woman president? | Glass ceiling watch: will America turn its back on electing its first woman president? |
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| 7.07am GMT | |
| 07:07 | |
| We won’t see Hillary Clinton tonight. | |
| Her campaign chairman, John Podesta, has just told supporters gathered at the Javits Center to go home and get some sleep: | |
| I know you’ve been here a long time. We’re still counting votes, and every vote should count. | |
| Several states are still close to call, so we’re not going to have anything more to say tonight. | |
| Everyone should head home. You should get some sleep. We’ll have more to say tomorrow. | |
| We are so proud of you, and we are so proud of her. She has done amazing things and she’s not done yet. | |
| So, no concession speech. But no party either. | |
| 6.53am GMT | |
| 06:53 | |
| Kamala Harris – who earlier won her own election to become the first black politician ever to represent California in the Senate – is not giving up: | |
| I intend to fight. I intend to fight against those naysayers who say there is no such thing as climate change. | |
| We must not despair. We must not be overwhelmed or throw up our hands. It is time to roll up our sleeves and fight for who we are! | |
| 5.42am GMT | 5.42am GMT |
| 05:42 | 05:42 |
| The election has yet to be called, but tears are starting to flow at the Javits Center: | The election has yet to be called, but tears are starting to flow at the Javits Center: |
| Little girl sobbing comforted by mother. Scene from @HillaryClinton event. 2 hours ago she said she cd b POTUS too pic.twitter.com/emHazkv1a0 | Little girl sobbing comforted by mother. Scene from @HillaryClinton event. 2 hours ago she said she cd b POTUS too pic.twitter.com/emHazkv1a0 |
| 5.14am GMT | 5.14am GMT |
| 05:14 | 05:14 |
| Catherine Cortez Masto has been declared the winner of the Senate race in Nevada by the AP. She will be the first woman to represent the state in the US Senate and the chamber’s first Latina. | Catherine Cortez Masto has been declared the winner of the Senate race in Nevada by the AP. She will be the first woman to represent the state in the US Senate and the chamber’s first Latina. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 5.15am GMT | at 5.15am GMT |
| 5.07am GMT | 5.07am GMT |
| 05:07 | 05:07 |
| Over at FiveThirtyEight, Clare Malone has an early breakdown of how white people voted based on their gender and their education. Of note: | Over at FiveThirtyEight, Clare Malone has an early breakdown of how white people voted based on their gender and their education. Of note: |
| College-educated white women voted for Clinton 51 percent to 45 percent, but non-college-educated white women voted for Trump 62 percent to 34 percent. That difference is nothing but stark and something we saw inklings of in October, when I wrote about how many Republican women were willing to overlook Trump’s history of sexual harassment allegations and derogatory comments about women. Partisanship is a hell of a drug. | College-educated white women voted for Clinton 51 percent to 45 percent, but non-college-educated white women voted for Trump 62 percent to 34 percent. That difference is nothing but stark and something we saw inklings of in October, when I wrote about how many Republican women were willing to overlook Trump’s history of sexual harassment allegations and derogatory comments about women. Partisanship is a hell of a drug. |
| 5.05am GMT | 5.05am GMT |
| 05:05 | 05:05 |
| 4.46am GMT | 4.46am GMT |
| 04:46 | 04:46 |
| Florida goes to Trump. Clinton wins Colorado. As the results keep on coming, keep up to date with our live blog. | Florida goes to Trump. Clinton wins Colorado. As the results keep on coming, keep up to date with our live blog. |
| 4.17am GMT | 4.17am GMT |
| 04:17 | 04:17 |
| Kamala Harris has been named the winner of the Senate race in California. She will be the fourth woman of color to serve in the US Senate, joining Illinois’ Tammy Duckworth, who won her race earlier tonight. | Kamala Harris has been named the winner of the Senate race in California. She will be the fourth woman of color to serve in the US Senate, joining Illinois’ Tammy Duckworth, who won her race earlier tonight. |
| Until tonight, only two women of color had ever been elected to the US Senate: Carol Moseley Braun, from Illinois, and Mazie Hirono, who still serves the state of Hawaii as Senator today. | Until tonight, only two women of color had ever been elected to the US Senate: Carol Moseley Braun, from Illinois, and Mazie Hirono, who still serves the state of Hawaii as Senator today. |
| 4.05am GMT | 4.05am GMT |
| 04:05 | 04:05 |
| Arwa Mahdawi | Arwa Mahdawi |
| ‘I want to ask Nate Silver why his methodology is so flawed’ | ‘I want to ask Nate Silver why his methodology is so flawed’ |
| I started the evening at an election watch party where the mood was jubilant; people were celebrating; Clinton was definitely going to win. A couple of hours later, things have swung steadily in Trump’s direction. I’m at a different watch party, at the Wing, an upscale women’s member club in Manhattan; it’s starting to feel less like a party and more like group therapy. Many of the well dressed women here seem to be in the process of biting their nails off. | I started the evening at an election watch party where the mood was jubilant; people were celebrating; Clinton was definitely going to win. A couple of hours later, things have swung steadily in Trump’s direction. I’m at a different watch party, at the Wing, an upscale women’s member club in Manhattan; it’s starting to feel less like a party and more like group therapy. Many of the well dressed women here seem to be in the process of biting their nails off. |
| “I don’t think I can eat or drink anything,” says one woman, flustered, standing in front of a slick bar covered in pizza slices and bottles of wine. “I’m too nervous.” | “I don’t think I can eat or drink anything,” says one woman, flustered, standing in front of a slick bar covered in pizza slices and bottles of wine. “I’m too nervous.” |
| “I want to ask Nate Silver, whose website I’ve been checking religiously, why his methodology is so flawed,” Audrey Gelman, co-founder of The Wing tells me. There’s a collective sense of incredulity, almost anger, that the polls were so wrong. | “I want to ask Nate Silver, whose website I’ve been checking religiously, why his methodology is so flawed,” Audrey Gelman, co-founder of The Wing tells me. There’s a collective sense of incredulity, almost anger, that the polls were so wrong. |
| Gelman says she’s “frightened” by the prospect of a Trump presidency, particularly considering the disturbing “levels of vitriol and misogyny in this campaign.” Still, she says, she’s comforted by the fact that she’s in this space, “surrounded by hundreds of women.” | Gelman says she’s “frightened” by the prospect of a Trump presidency, particularly considering the disturbing “levels of vitriol and misogyny in this campaign.” Still, she says, she’s comforted by the fact that she’s in this space, “surrounded by hundreds of women.” |
| If Hillary loses will it set women’s rights back? I ask Lauren Kassan, co-founder of the Wing. Kassan doesn’t think so; “women are going to come together more than ever and it’s why [women-only] spaces like this are even more important.” | If Hillary loses will it set women’s rights back? I ask Lauren Kassan, co-founder of the Wing. Kassan doesn’t think so; “women are going to come together more than ever and it’s why [women-only] spaces like this are even more important.” |
| The Virginia call comes in and, shortly after, it’s announced that Clinton is still projected to win. A big cheer goes up. You can practically feel the tension break. The volume in the room goes up. People start eating the pizza again. No one is getting too comfortable though. It’s very clear that if tonight ends in a victory for Hillary it’s going to have been a lot closer than anyone predicted. | The Virginia call comes in and, shortly after, it’s announced that Clinton is still projected to win. A big cheer goes up. You can practically feel the tension break. The volume in the room goes up. People start eating the pizza again. No one is getting too comfortable though. It’s very clear that if tonight ends in a victory for Hillary it’s going to have been a lot closer than anyone predicted. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.06am GMT | at 4.06am GMT |
| 3.57am GMT | 3.57am GMT |
| 03:57 | 03:57 |
| Results update: Ohio and Florida called for Trump. Colorado and Virginia called for Clinton. Follow the rest of the results on our politics live blog. | Results update: Ohio and Florida called for Trump. Colorado and Virginia called for Clinton. Follow the rest of the results on our politics live blog. |
| 3.42am GMT | 3.42am GMT |
| 03:42 | 03:42 |
| Anxiety builds inside the Javits Center: | Anxiety builds inside the Javits Center: |
| In the women's restroom at the Javits Center complete strangers are asking each other how they're holding up | In the women's restroom at the Javits Center complete strangers are asking each other how they're holding up |
| 3.34am GMT | 3.34am GMT |
| 03:34 | 03:34 |
| Results update: At this stage in the evening, our politics team is reporting that Clinton needs at least Michigan or Wisconsin to make it through, and she quite likely needs both. They’re counting hard now in the upper Midwest. | Results update: At this stage in the evening, our politics team is reporting that Clinton needs at least Michigan or Wisconsin to make it through, and she quite likely needs both. They’re counting hard now in the upper Midwest. |
| Obama won Michigan by 9.5% in 2012. He won Wisconsin by 6.7%. No such margins for Clinton tonight. | Obama won Michigan by 9.5% in 2012. He won Wisconsin by 6.7%. No such margins for Clinton tonight. |
| 3.25am GMT | 3.25am GMT |
| 03:25 | 03:25 |
| Here’s how hard it is to become president when you’re a (fictional) woman | Here’s how hard it is to become president when you’re a (fictional) woman |
| Turns out it’s pretty unusual for a woman to be president of the United States in the fictional world, too. There are only a handful of examples, and most of them involve exceptional circumstances. | Turns out it’s pretty unusual for a woman to be president of the United States in the fictional world, too. There are only a handful of examples, and most of them involve exceptional circumstances. |
| The most common reason in fiction a woman becomes president? The men have died. Here are a few standouts: | The most common reason in fiction a woman becomes president? The men have died. Here are a few standouts: |
| Mars Attacks! | Mars Attacks! |
| When this 1996 space invasion movie opens, Taffy, played by a 14-year-old Natalie Portman, is the president’s teenage daughter. Then, Mars attacks. By the time Earth defeats the aliens, the entire federal government is dead, and Taffy appears to be the president. Which, sure. That’s totally how that works. | When this 1996 space invasion movie opens, Taffy, played by a 14-year-old Natalie Portman, is the president’s teenage daughter. Then, Mars attacks. By the time Earth defeats the aliens, the entire federal government is dead, and Taffy appears to be the president. Which, sure. That’s totally how that works. |
| Commander in Chief | Commander in Chief |
| In this short-lived ABC series, America got its first female president when the sitting president, a dude, died of an aneurysm. Geena Davis played Vice President-turned-President Mackenzie Allen. | In this short-lived ABC series, America got its first female president when the sitting president, a dude, died of an aneurysm. Geena Davis played Vice President-turned-President Mackenzie Allen. |
| Battlestar Galactica | Battlestar Galactica |
| On a planet that looks a lot like Earth, in a country that seems a lot like the United States, Education Secretary Laura Roslin becomes president after an artificially intelligent species from outer space launches a surprise attack on humanity. (OK, so our worlds are slightly different.) | On a planet that looks a lot like Earth, in a country that seems a lot like the United States, Education Secretary Laura Roslin becomes president after an artificially intelligent species from outer space launches a surprise attack on humanity. (OK, so our worlds are slightly different.) |
| The attack kills off all but a few hundred humans, and Roslin, one of the few survivors from civilian government, becomes our first female space president. | The attack kills off all but a few hundred humans, and Roslin, one of the few survivors from civilian government, becomes our first female space president. |
| Y: The Last Man | Y: The Last Man |
| Sometimes, every man on the planet has to die before a woman can become the president of the United States. You know how it is. | Sometimes, every man on the planet has to die before a woman can become the president of the United States. You know how it is. |
| In this dystopian comic series by Brian K. Vaughan, Agriculture Secretary Margaret Valentine becomes the president after a mysterious force kills off almost every human with a Y-chromosome. The scourge places Valentine next in line for succession. Later in the series, Valentine wins reelection because Oprah wasn’t available. (Really.) | In this dystopian comic series by Brian K. Vaughan, Agriculture Secretary Margaret Valentine becomes the president after a mysterious force kills off almost every human with a Y-chromosome. The scourge places Valentine next in line for succession. Later in the series, Valentine wins reelection because Oprah wasn’t available. (Really.) |
| Honorable mention: Air Force One | Honorable mention: Air Force One |
| When Russian terrorists seize control the president’s plane and hold his family hostage, you would expect the vice president to take the wheel. Just for a few hours, so Harrison Ford has the space he needs to body-slam those terrorists off his plane. | When Russian terrorists seize control the president’s plane and hold his family hostage, you would expect the vice president to take the wheel. Just for a few hours, so Harrison Ford has the space he needs to body-slam those terrorists off his plane. |
| But in Air Force One, when members of the government urge Vice President Glenn Close to declare the president – WHO IS A HOSTAGE – unable to perform his duties, she refuses. | But in Air Force One, when members of the government urge Vice President Glenn Close to declare the president – WHO IS A HOSTAGE – unable to perform his duties, she refuses. |
| C’mon girl. | C’mon girl. |