Donald Trump wins US election: Pre-class activities

In short, every state gets a certain number of electoral votes, which roughly correspond with the size of their population.
All in all, this is looking like a pretty catastrophic night for the Democrats, who will doubtless spend the next few months, if not years, blaming each other and arguing over how to best diagnose this loss.
It might be that, like his first term, Trump’s second term ends up being a bit underwhelming and nowhere near as catastrophic as the liberal-leaning parts of the American media often suggest.