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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Announced:
Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, TEXAS, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Missouri, Ohio
Vermont, Massachussetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, Rhode Island, Illinois, New York, Connecticut, New Mexico
Leading:
Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Michigan, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Arizona, Florida
- Florida: (47.7:49.2) — >99% reporting
- Bay County 1 precinct not reporting
- Miami-Dade 9 precincts not reporting
- Broward County 13 precincts not reporting
- Palm Beach 27 precincts not reporting
- Monroe County 1 precinct not reporting
Pennsylvania, Maine, Colorado, Minnesota, Iowa, Virginia
- VA: 48:47, DC suburbs, Montgomery, not reporting — 94% reporting
Other:
Florida , Ohio , North Carolina, Virginia
- Removing Democratic strongholds, Trump would need 28 States.
- North Carolina extending voting time in 8 precincts
- New Jersey announced Democrat as soon as voting closed, as votes are being counted it currently stands Republican lead [1]
- Voting concludes. Democrat win in NJ.
- One person dies after being shot on their way to a polling place in Los Angeles.
- DOW Jones Futures down 300
- Senate: +1 -1
- House: +2 -2
Electoral College:
Clinton 109 | 168 Trump
edited 8th Nov '16 7:25:40 PM by lakingsif
OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!NBC Calls: OH to Trump
- Clinton (109): CT, DE, DC, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NM, NY, RI, VT
- Trump (168): AL, AR, IN, KS, KY, LA, MS, MO, MT, ND, OH, OK, SC, SD, TX, WV, WY
- Too early/close: AZ, CO, FL, GA, IA, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OH, PA, UT, VA, WI
Senate:
- Called for Democrat: CO (Bennet), CT (Blumenthal), IL (Duckworth - GAIN), MD (Van Hollen), NY (Schumer), VT (Leahy)
- Called for Republican: AL (Shelby), AR (Boozman), AZ (McCain), FL (Rubio), GA (Isakson), IA (Grassley), KS (Moran), KY (Paul), NC (Burr), ND (Hoeven), OH (Portman), OK (Lankford), SC (Scott), SD (Thune), UT (Lee)
- Too early/Too close: NH, LA, MO, PA, WI
edited 8th Nov '16 7:25:02 PM by megarockman
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