Effects of Tuesday's elections:

Winners: President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence; The desire for change; Republicans in both houses of Congress; governors in 12 states; Fox News, the stock market, the Investors Daily poll.

Losers: Hillary Clinton and Tim Kane; President Obama; The Establishment; The status quo; The New York Times; The Washington Post and other newspapers that forecast a Clinton victory, liberal TV show hosts, pollsters.

Unaffected: Dwellers on a remote desert island.