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45th president stuns nation

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Republican Donald Trump winning the electoral vote and being named the 45th president of the United States of America has stunned the nation. He upset those who voted against him and surprised many who voted in his favor.

According to numerous national news outlets, Trump claimed victory with 276 votes to Democrat Hillary Clinton’s 218, with 44 votes still undecided.

In Wisconsin, 48 percent of voters, or 1,407,401 people, felt Trump is the man for the job, and 47 percent, or 1,380,512 people chose Clinton for president.

Once Crawford County’s results came in on election night, they showed that many of the townships and villages in the county supported Trump. The county’s final unofficial results depicted a decision for Trump with 3,844 votes over Clinton, who had 3,426 votes. Here’s the breakdown (Trump - T, Clinton - C):

City of Prairie du Chien
1st Ward—T 204, C 167
2nd & 7th Wards—T 209, C 223
3rd Ward—T 155, C 149
4th Ward—T 191, C 161
5th Ward—T 178, C 214
6th Ward—T 188, C 229

Townships
Bridgeport—T 295, C 220
Clayton—T 198, C 231
Eastman—T 238, C 141
Freeman—T 206, C 185
Haney—T 72, C 83
Marietta—T 156, C 87
Prairie du Chien—T 269, C 179
Scott—T 113, C 114
Seneca—T 241, C 191
Utica—T 135, C 174
Wauzeka—T 119, C 72

Villages
Bell Center—T 19, C 16
De Soto—T 18, C 29
Eastman—T 111, C 55
Ferryville—T 52, C 70
Gays Mills—T 95, C 119
Lynxville—T 43, C 28
Mt. Sterling—T 33, C 47
Soldiers Grove—T 114, C 117
Steuben—T 34, C 16
Wauzeka—T 158, C 109

U.S. SENATE RACE
The race for Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate seat was a bit of an astonishment as well, as pre-election polls were showing challenger Russ Feingold (D) was leading incumbent Ron Johnson (R). However, after 99 percent of the precincts came in on election night, Johnson had earned 50.2 percent of the vote, or 1,474,345 votes, compared to Feingold’s 46.8 percent, or 1,375,992 votes.

Crawford County bucked the state’s trend and sided with Feingold, 3,708 votes to Johnson’s 3,671, according to the county clerk’s office’s final unofficial results.

Numbers released by the Crawford County Clerk’s Office show that 7,696 of the county’s 9,140 registered voters cast a ballot in this presidential race, which equates to an 84 percent voter turnout.

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