A long and bitter 2016 presidential election season has finally come to a close with Donald Trump crossing the 270 electoral vote threshold at 2:31 a.m. ET this morning, officially winning as president-elect of the United States of America. AirTalk and Take Two join together to hear from listeners across Southern California on what this election outcome means for them, along with special analysis including the hurdles and failures of Hillary Clinton's candidacy, accuracy of media polls, the Paris Agreement on climate change, immigration reform and more.
AirTalk Special Election Coverage: Donald Trump officially declared president-elect of a future, but divided, America
A long and bitter 2016 presidential election season has finally come to a close with Donald Trump crossing the 270 electoral vote threshold at 2:31 a.m. ET this morning, officially winning as president-elect of the United States of America. AirTalk and Take Two join together to hear from listeners across Southern California on what this election outcome means for them, along with special analysis including the hurdles and failures of Hillary Clinton's candidacy, accuracy of media polls, the Paris Agreement on climate change, immigration reform and more.
Majority of women voters feeling the loss of Hillary Clinton's candidacy
The latest data shows Hillary Clinton won 54 percent of women voters, but only 41 percent of men - a 13-point gender gap, which is as large as it's been in decades.
(CBS News' exit polls show Trump beat Clinton among white, non-college-educated women.) Results from the majority of female voters appear to show both a a hope for the country's first female president and her policy priorities and a repudiation of Trump's numerous derogatory comments about women. Nevertheless, her historic candidacy failed to rouse the enthusiasm or emotion that drove President Barack Obama's coalition to the polls.
One Democratic voter Terry Lee, 68, told the Associated Press, "[I]t just makes sick to my stomach that my fellow Americans have that much hate and misogyny." While most political analysts say the election results are about more than gender, there is fear among some Americans that sexism against Clinton and strides in women’s equality was a significant factor. As Peter Beinart wrote in "The Atlantic" last month, "Hillary Clinton’s candidacy is sparking the kind of sexist backlash that decades of research would predict."
On AirTalk, we'll analyze the female factor in this race and American culture and politics.
Guest:
Debbie Walsh, Director of the Center for American Women and Politics, Rutgers University.
Trump win raises questions about US pledge in climate deal
The election of a US president who has called global warming a "hoax" alarmed environmentalists and climate scientists around the world, but heartened Republicans who think climate policies will do little more than harm the US economy.
Many people at United Nations climate talks in Morocco today said it's now up to the rest of the world to lead efforts to rein in greenhouse gas emissions. Others held out hope that Trump would change his stance and honor U.S. commitments under the Paris Agreement.
How might Republicans align in changing the Obama Administration's energy and climate policies? How would this contrast with California's direction?
With files from the Associated Press.
Guest:
Catherine Reheis-Boyd, President, the Western States Petroleum Association, a nonprofit trade group that represents oil producers in California and five other western states.
Ann Notthoff, California Advocacy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Pot legalized, death penalty preserved, and more winners and losers among CA ballot props
California voters joined five other states last night in approving marijuana reforms in what was the biggest legislative win for pot in recent history.
The Golden State approved prop 64 with 56 percent of voters saying ‘yes’ to legal weed. Advocates of the death penalty are also celebrating today as prop 62, which would have abolished the death penalty in California, failed. Meanwhile voters passed prop 66, the measure to speed up the death penalty appeals process. Plastic bags will stay banned after Prop 67, the veto referendum, failed, and voters also said no to the other bag initiative, Prop 65, which would have given proceeds collected from selling grocery bags to fund environmental projects like drought mitigation, recycling, and parks improvement. California voters also shot down Prop 60, which would have required condoms be used during the production of adult films, but approved a $2 per pack tax increase on cigarettes.
Today on AirTalk, we’ll go over the results of California’s ballot propositions and talk about the implications for the future.
Guest:
Laurel Rosenhall, reporter for CALmatters, a nonprofit journalistic venture focusing on California state politics