After a long and intense 2016 Presidential Election, Donald Trump will most likely become the 45th President of the United States. As of writing this, Trump is projected to have won 290 Electoral Votes (20 more than the required total to win of 270), and his opponent, Hillary Clinton, has been projected to have won 228 Electoral Votes. Also notably, the Republican Party has kept control of both the Senate and House of Representatives, so it seems clear that our Federal Government will be quite productive, at least until the Mid-term Elections.

The news of Donald Trump’s victory has been met with a lot of controversy. A lot of that controversy is because his opponent, Clinton, won the popular vote by almost 2 million votes (according to reports). This is not the first time that the President-Elect has not won the popular vote (most recently in 2000), but many are outraged, as they do not feel that a President Trump is the will of the people. From that group, a movement has formed to abolish the Electoral College.

Through the dissatisfaction of a decent portion of Clinton’s supporters, it has been made clear, especially on social media, that the Electoral College does not actually cast their votes until December 19th. Several petitions have been formed to try to convince the representatives of Trump-voting states to actually cast their Electoral Votes for Clinton. The representatives are not actually legally required to vote for the candidate that won the popular vote in their state, but it is customary, and the Electoral Votes from a state have never dissented from the winner of the state’s popular vote before.

Trump’s victory has also given rise to several protests on social media, and in the real world. Hashtags like #NotMyPresident and #StillWithHer have popped up, and protests have been taking place in almost every major city in the country, like Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City.

Despite all of the backlash, it seems likely that Donald Trump will take the Oath of Office at the Capitol on January 20th at noon, and indeed become the President of the United States.