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2016 US presidential election

project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2016-11-09) · last mentioned: 2026-10-30

John reported the day after the 2016 US presidential election that Donald Trump won the Electoral College while more Americans voted for Hillary Clinton; later videos looked back at the election and Russian interference in it.

Parts: John: the US faces a tough time in its history after the 2016 election (2016)

Told alongside: John: the 2016 US presidential election will not be rigged (2016) · John: ignore the 2016 US presidential campaign until 100 days before Indiana's May 3 primary, then start caring (2015) · Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016)

About: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, United States Electoral College, United States presidential election

date event what video
2015-08-11 (said on 2015-08-10, implied) launched John's pledge: he will begin caring about the US presidential election 100 days before Indiana's May 3rd primary; if Donald Trump is still a candidate on January 23rd, 2016, he will think about Trump for the first time. 454 Days: Understanding America's Ridiculous Political Campaigns 00:03:03
2016-03-22 milestone John says that in Missouri's primaries last week (week of 14 March 2016) Trump beat Cruz statewide by about .19 percent and Clinton beat Sanders by a similar margin. Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party 00:00:21
2016-10-14 milestone Hank says he is voting for Hillary Clinton, not only because he thinks Trump treats the world as a game to win at any cost and would raise the (still low) odds of apocalypse, but because she has done much good and he relates to her. (hedged) Compassion, Weakness, and the 2016 Election video description
2016-10-25 milestone John says the US presidential election will not be rigged, any more than the 2004 one was. Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? 00:05:58
2016-11-09 outcome John says more Americans appear to have voted for Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump, but Trump won most Electoral College votes and is president-elect. (hedged) My Post-Election Thoughts 00:00:05
2016-11-11 looked back Hannah says some people voted for Donald Trump to be president, and moreover 46% of people didn't vote at all. The Trouble with Wishful Thinking 00:00:27
2017-09-26 looked back John looks back at the 2016 US election to set out what is known about the Russian government's interference and the Trump campaign's ties to it. Trump and Russia: An Introduction to What We Know (and What We Don't) 00:00:02
2018-04-27 looked back The study found that bedtime cortisol rose after the election in young people who didn't vote for Donald Trump, more so in women and non-dominant groups such as LGBT people and people of color. Finding Respite in 2018 00:00:54
2018-10-26 looked back President Trump doesn't talk like that: before the 2016 election he repeatedly said Democratic Party plots would deprive him of victory. The Rigged Election 00:01:23
2020-10-30 looked back Like Orin's head size, the laptop story had little data: the story was really our anxiety, and worry about the worry was legitimate, since it could lead people to faulty judgments lived with for years. Four Years Ago 00:01:56
2026-10-30 looked back Hank recalls Pizzagate, and Donald Trump being elected president just days after Hank's son was born, which he found weird. The Last Normal Year 00:01:30

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