Illinois is President Obama's adopted home state, and voters there backed Hillary Clinton. We pay a visit to Lou Mitchell's restaurant to talk to voters.
Renee Montagne talks to Ahmed Rehab, the executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who says he couldn't believe that Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton.
Jonah Goldberg of the National Review and GOP pollster John Feehery discuss Trump's win. NPR's Scott Detrow reports on rural voters, and NPR's John Ydstie has more on financial market uncertainty.
Reaction in the Middle East to the news that Donald Trump would be the next U.S. president, ranged from celebrations to dismay. Trump inherits the fight to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
Immigration was a big issue in the presidential race. Now that Donald Trump has been elected, will he carry through with promises? And, financial markets began the day lower on news Trump would win.
Morning Edition hears from Democratic pollster Margie Omero and Jonah Goldberg of the conservative publication the National Review on election results. NPR's John Ydstie monitors financial markets.
In Massachusetts, students, staff and alumni at Hillary Clinton's alma mater of Wellesley College gathered to watch election returns. Clinton was unable to pull out a win over Donald Trump.
Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Scott Detrow and J.D. Vance, the author of one of the most revealing books of the presidential campaign, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis.
The morning after Election Day, David Greene talks to African-American novelist Attica Locke, author of three novels and a writer for the TV series Empire, for some perspective on the results.
Democrat Paul Penzone, a former sergeant with the Phoenix Police Department, defeated the controversial Arizona lawman by nearly 10 percentage points after building a substantial lead in the polls.