12 Nov 2016

US Election 2016 – our 10 best reads

10:01 am on 23 February 2023

Still putting the pieces together? Make sure you didn't miss any RNZ coverage and analysis as the week unfolded.

Trump and Key: At least they have golf

Donald Trump and John Key

Donald Trump and John Key Photo: AFP / RNZ

Jaws and currencies dropped as Trump won the vote, so what will be the effects on New Zealand and our relationship with the US, asks Jane Patterson.

We're all poorer for political pundits' patchy predictions

Scottish 'psychic' goat Boots was said to have predicted the outcome of the US presidential race.

Scottish 'psychic' goat Boots was said to have predicted the outcome of the US presidential race. Photo: YouTube / SWNS TV

If you have tears of sympathy to spare in the wake of Donald Trump's victory, spare a few for Boots the fortune-telling goat, writes David Cohen.

Donald the Wolf? Not so much ...

An illustration of Donald Trump at the Desert Trip festival in California last month.

An illustration of Donald Trump at the Desert Trip festival in California last month. Photo: AFP

Support for Donald Trump has been based on a cultural revolt and, in part, a demand for respect, writes Rob Hosking.

Women voted for Trump. Oh my God and WTAF?

53 percent of white women voted for Donald Trump.

53 percent of white women voted for Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

Felicity Monk asks how 53 percent of white women could have voted for a man who has called females "disgusting animals" and bragged about grabbing them by the genitals.

Reporting the Trumpocalypse

'Trump Triumphs' headline

Photo: Screenshot / YouTube

The pollsters didn’t predict it, and most in the media didn’t see it coming either. Election night was a historic upset in more ways than one, writes Colin Peacock.

Who's who in the new first family?

Donald Trump, supported by his family, makes his acceptance speech after winning the US presidential election.

Donald Trump, supported by his family, makes his acceptance speech after winning the US presidential election. Photo: AFP

US President-elect Donald Trump gave his victory speech at a New York hotel ballroom flanked by his wife and extended family. So who are the new first family of the United States? (BBC)

What will President Trump do first?

Donald Trump

Donald Trump in the White House after winning the 2016 Presidential Election. Photo: AFP

Donald Trump gets set for his first daily presidential briefings and meeting incumbent Barack Obama to discuss the hand over of power. (BBC)

World reacts to #Trumpaggedon

Marta Lunez, supporter of US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, reacts to elections results during election night at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York on November 8, 2016. AFP / DON EMMERT

Photo: AFP

While many US voters are tonight celebrating a Donald Trump presidential victory, the election results have sent shockwaves across much of the rest of the world.

Donald Trump wins historic US election: 'I will be president for all Americans'

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gives the thumbs-up after he and his wife Melania (R) submitted their ballots at a polling station in a school during the 2016 presidential elections on November 8, 2016 in New York.

Photo: AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN

Donald Trump has won the race to the White House in a boilover after a dramatic day at the polls. (RNZ / Reuters / BBC)

How the election aftermath unfolded

Demonstrators rally outside Los Angeles City Hall to protest Donald Trump winning the White House.

Demonstrators rally outside Los Angeles City Hall to protest Donald Trump winning the White House. Photo: AFP

World markets reacted, protests began and Barack Obama pledged to work for a smooth transition of power after Donald Trump won the US presidential election. This is how the morning after the election unfolded.

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