Did this newspaper prematurely declare the new president of the United States?

Yes, it did:




The circumstances are similar to the famous Chicago Daily Tribune blunder in the Dewey-Truman presidential contest:




In the present case, the issue is not that the media made its call after the polls had closed and before all the votes were tallied. Rather, the issue seems to be that the story went to print while people were still voting, because it had been assumed that the American people were too committed to the socio-political agenda associated with Hillary to not vote her in. Clearly, that was not the case. God bless America.