November 8th

In the hours leading up to Donald Trumps unexpected victory on Election Day 2016 a crosssection of Americans go about their radically different lives in Washington DC Hillary Clintons Director of Video giddily anticipates a clean victory in Massachusetts a married couple who own a small business spar over how quickly Trump would be able to make America great again in Utah a Mormon mother canvases for a third party candidate in West Virginia a coal miner worries that the election could lead to the loss of his industry in San Jose a Mexican American Dreamer worries that the election could lead to deportation in Alabama a recently exonerated death row inmate celebrates his first time voting in over 30 years and in Philadelphia NPRs Dave Davies follows the news of the day as it unfolds As the country braces itself for a surprising turn of events what emerges is a portrait of American democracy in all its chaotic glory