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Notable Numbers

15 to 25 -- Estimate of what the percentage drop in the stock market would be the day after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential race

256 -- Number of points the Dow industrials increased on that day

4,900 -- Number of votes by which Roy Cooper led Gov. Pat McCrory in the North Carolina governor’s race

10,000 -- Number of votes difference in the race, or fewer, that could trigger a recount

71.4 -- Nate Silver’s percentage estimate of Hillary Clinton’s chance of winning the presidency on the eve of the election

28.6 -- Nate Silver’s percentage estimate of Donald Trump’s chance of winning the presidency on the eve of the election

228 -- Hillary Clinton’s total in the Electoral College

279 -- Donald Trump’s total

59,626,052 -- Hillary Clinton’s popular vote as of 2 p.m. the day after the election

59,427,652 -- Donald Trump’s popular vote at that time

49.9 -- Trump’s percentage of the vote in North Carolina

46.1 -- Clinton’s percentage in the state she was supposed to win

70 -- Donald Trump’s age on Election Day, making him the oldest elected president in history

42 -- Age of Theodore Roosevelt, the youngest president at the time of his swearing in, in history

6’3” -- Height of Donald Trump

5’10” -- Height of Theodore Roosevelt

This story was originally published November 11, 2016 at 6:48 PM with the headline "Notable Numbers."

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