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Scanning of American election 2016

American election 2016 held on 8th November 2016 and American citizen has given power to Business tycoon Donald Trump. There was fierce political competition between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Trump surpassed Hillary Clinton and grab the position of big boss of America.

Official sources confirmed that Donald John Trump was selected the 45th president of the United States due to his polarizing and influential campaign that took persistent principles of American democracy.

When reviewing the biography of both leaders, it is said that Donald Trump belongs to Grand Old Party. Mr. Trump, 70 years old is a real estate developer and expanded his business around the globe. The Republicans are America's right-wing party. In their political party, they work on the principle of anti-gun control, anti-immigration, anti-abortion and anti-universal healthcare. But they are strong proponents of individual autonomy and small government. It was assessed that Republican candidates generally gain more votes in southern and rural states.

Trump said that if elected, he will hike the minimum wage paid to H-1B visa holders. This may lessen the job opportunity prospects for Indian IT professionals as higher-minimum wages may erode economic benefits of hiring H-1B visa holders for US companies. Donald Trump said that he will impose 35% tax on US companies that lay off workers while outsourcing their production to other countries at separate election rallies.

News report have indicated that in his electoral campaign, Donald trump addressed to people and revealed his statement about Indian. He stated in his speech that Indian professionals have grabbed American jobs.

Hillary Clinton is a giant political player of democratic political party. The Democrats are America's centre-left party. Democratic Party has made many political dogmas to attract voters such as this party use taxation to pay for big government projects and for wealth. Democratic Party strongly support the policies of pro-gun control, pro-choice and pro-universal healthcare. There were probabilities of winning of Democratic Party in the states of North, mainly on the coasts, and in metropolitan cities. Earlier American citizens have opinion that this party will take the charge of government but election results failed their thinking and scenario is changed now.

Trump voted in Manhattan at about 11 a.m.

With rising trends of votes in favour of Trump, supporters of Hillary Clinton gradually realised over night that the Presidency might be gliding from her grip. Statistics of American election’2016 is mentioned below:

Donald Trump grabbed 278 electoral votes though he needed 270 out of 538 for conquest for election. Republicans have kept control of both the Senate and House. Hillary Clinton won 218 seats in this election.

Hillary Clinton called Trump and congratulated him for winning election shortly after Wisconsin was called for the Republican candidate.

After winning election, Donald Trump addressed to people by thanking note and he also appreciated great efforts of Hillary Clinton in her political crusade. The gist of his speech was that he will take care of all communities and work together for the welfare of America. News reports indicated that he told to American public that "It is time for us to come together as one united people"

News reports revealed that political leaders and representatives around the globe congratulated Donald Trump for his astonishing win in presidential election. Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated him on phone for historical victory of U.S. presidency. He said that he put more emphasis on the China-U.S. relationship, and look forward to working with America to support the philosophies of non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect and collaboration.

According to Russia Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin also congratulated to gain supremacy in US presidential election and “expressed confidence that the discussion between Moscow and Washington, in keeping with each other’s views, meets the interests of both Russia and the US.

To congratulate Trump for his victory, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has offered Trump “close cooperation” on the basis of shared trans-Atlantic values.

On his victory, Indian prime Minister, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Republican leader, Donald Trump. He appreciated the "friendship" expressed by Trump towards India during his election crusades, PM Modi said that the government looks forward to working with him closely "to take India-US bilateral ties to a new height". News reports also indicated that Perhaps India will get some advantage from Trump’s presidency. Firstly, since Modi government is also Right wing party like Donald Trump, Indo-US relations could improve immensely. His firm stand against terrorism is what India needs right now considering the recent Uri attacks. He is going to support India against countries that weaken the social system of India. On the other hand Donald Trump has made it clear that there will be a tough time ahead for the countries who directly or indirectly support terrorism.

In the field of business and investment, he is going to bring in a lot of investment to India since he has mainly destroyed American ties with Mexico and China is already starting to loose investments because of increasing labour costs. It is possible that the new investment target might be India. If India wants to knock into the potential of Trump's pro-business model, Modi government should bring out business and investment improvements to entice more investment.

Business bulletins revealed that the Information Technology companies appraised about Donald Trump's triumph in the US presidential election will not affect the sector. IT professionals have opinion that after taking charge of presidency, Trump will espouse a sensible approach to high-skilled visas and contribution of India's IT sector to the US financial system.

Historic victory of Donald Trump is visualized as his political dogmas broadcasted during election campaign like he has projected substantial income tax cuts and deregulation consistent with conservative (Republican Party) guidelines, along with noteworthy infrastructure investment and shield for entitlements for the elderly. His political polices and pressing campaign facilitate him to won the presidential election 2016.