Trump victory a surprise to most: what’s next?

on delmarva and across the nation. election day. beginning tonight with the historic election upset — donald trump defeating hillary clinton in the race for the white house last night. political experts — admitting they’re shocked — after months of polling predicted a clinton victory. 47 a-b-c’s lili zheng sat down with a local expert — diving into what the polls could have missed. and what sort of changes in policies — may be in the foreseeable future. track 1 a victorious moment celebrated by supporters of donald trump tuesday night — is what some other voters call an unbelievable result in the race for president — 06:12:38 very surprised. i just thought that hillary had the momentum 43 06:13:25 it’s kind of upsetting to me as a young woman here in the united states 28 track 2 — dr. adam hoffman calls it surprising but not completely unrealistic. a great majority of polls had predicted hillary clinton would defeat president-elect donald trump soundly. however dr. hoffman — associate professor and chair of the political science department at salisbury university — admits polls are an inaccurate science — as they always have been. and — there may not have been a proper sampling of voters in states like michigan and wisconsin. 06:17:40 they assumed those states had gone blue for such a long time. a lot of polling just didn’t happen in those areas. the highly polled states were the ones that trump ended up winning but they were neck and neck — in florida, ohio, virginia, north carolina…55 track 3 interactive map according to the associated press — every county on delmarva voted red — despite falling in blue states. dr. hoffman says — this is typical — with many working class white voters seeing trump as a candidate for change. a similar sentiment — from house speaker paul ryan — who says trump heard a voice in the country — and responded. 06 he connected in ways with people no one else did. he turned politics on its head”14 track 4 and with an administration under trump — it’s very possible changes will be made to policies like obamacare and immigration. but it’s going to be challenging for the new president. 06:22:08 the question is…you know, how well will trump be able to work with speaker ryan or senate majority leader mitch mcconnell? and how effective might the minority democrats be at obstructing radical changes 24 track 5 lili zheng, 47 a-b-c it’s been an election unlike any seen before. emotions running high — up to and beyond