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    US Presidential Election
    Two women watch US Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on a mobile phone as she addresses supporters and staff after her defeat to Republican Party nominee Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election across the street from the New Yorker Hotel in New York, New York, USA, 09 November 2016. President-elect Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States of America to serve from 2017 through 2020. EPA/JUSTIN LANE
    By Kofie Yeboah Rhiannon Walker Aaron Dodson

    After two exceptionally long years of generally knowing who ran for president, on Tuesday America finally decided who its 45th president was going to be between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump.

    From early Tuesday morning to well into the night, we stayed up early into Wednesday morning to keep tabs on some of the big-name athletes and celebrities following the election as it ebbed and flowed throughout the day.

    Ultimately, Trump was announced as the winner of the election almost three hours into Wednesday. Here’s the breakdown of how the day moved over 24 hours.

    THE MORNING OF ELECTION DAY

    Everything was all good at the start of the day. Most celebrities and socialites were just telling their followers to get out and vote. Whether they encouraged them by showing their fans that they, too, had gone out to vote or made jokes (such as the fact that two astronauts voted from space) to rally their support. There was a great deal of optimism on both sides.

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    The AFTERNOON PUSH

    The afternoon brought a little more of the same as celebrities continued to prompt their followers to get out and vote. Some asked their constituencies to send them posts on social media to share, while others took advantage of social trends to boost morale. Before the first numbers came in, people started shifting to encouraging voters to stand in line, even if the polls were on the verge of closing.

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    THE EVENING BRINGS FIRST SET OF RESULTS

    At 6 p.m. EST, Indiana and Kentucky were the first states to wrap up polling, meaning the nationwide counting had started. Soon, the polls in other states in the Midwest, the South and on the East Coast would also come to a close. The most nerve-racking hours in American politics were about to begin. Even our friends up north took a jab at what they were witnessing with our election.

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    a new president is named

    As more polls closed, “too close to call” became the frequently used phrase in election coverage. The race was tight and would come down to a handful of states that could swing the election in either direction. But as the results kept rolling past midnight, a Republican victory became imminent. By 3 a.m. EST, President Barack Obama had extended his congratulations, Clinton conceded, and Trump was named the 45th president of the United States.

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    Kofie Yeboah asks for Sweet Tea at every restaurant and recites approximately 2.5 Spongebob lines per hour.

    Rhiannon Walker is an associate editor at The Undefeated. She is a drinker of Sassy Cow Creamery chocolate milk, an owner of an extensive Disney VHS collection, and she might have a heart attack if Frank Ocean doesn't drop his second album.

    Aaron Dodson is a sports and culture writer at Andscape. He primarily writes on sneakers/apparel and hosts the platform’s Sneaker Box video series. During Michael Jordan’s two seasons playing for the Washington Wizards in the early 2000s, the “Flint” Air Jordan 9s sparked his passion for kicks.

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