November 8th has come and gone, but it will have some lasting impacts. For better or worse, we have a new President. As two political science majors, both with differing viewpoints, we have decided to take a look at the now infamous election night and try to piece together what happened and what will happen.

So, what happened?

We both agree that we didn't expect Donald Trump to become president. As two moderates, one on the liberal side and the other on the conservative side, we both expected Hillary Clinton to become the 45th President of the United States. We both agree that she is a qualified individual, and we knew that she appealed to moderate voters.

As political scientists, we had also studied polls and listened to pundits. Both claimed that Clinton was a surefire victor.

However, she lost.

A lot of it had to do with the fact that people did not turn up in the states that mattered. Those who had thought that Clinton was sure to win and was a supporter of her probably believed that she would win anyways because of the polls and the media, so there was no point in voting for her to them.

There was also the issue of the Clinton's campaign heavy reliance on minorities, cities, and assuredness of the blue belt states in the northeast. Little did they know that Trump's message was permeating those areas.

What now?

Now, we have two months left of an Obama presidency. We will see what he manages to do in his "lame duck" period.

In terms of Trump? Well, we have to wait a little bit longer for that.

We can watch what he does in the meantime.

What will he look like as the President? Only time can tell. He has a lot of work to do in uniting the GOP. He is fortunate enough to have a Republican Congress to work with.

It'll take some time to heal the wounds in the party, and it'll take even more time for people to truly be okay with this election.