“I’m sorry,” Stone said.
She gasped, drawing in a deep breath, and made a visible effort to calm herself. “The polls were wrong. I won forty-one states, an estimated sixty-seven percent of the vote.”
Stone smiled and raised his glass. “Madam President,” he said.
They watched the pandemonium on television until nearly midnight, then she changed into something more presidential-elect and went down to the ballroom for Kate to speak to her country and the world.