The latest news & results from the 2016 US election campaign
Hillary Clinton has won Nevada state with six electoral votes, 2.2% of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election. Hillary Clinton had been narrowly predicted to win Nevada’s six electoral votes with 48.9% to Trump’s 45% and historically Nevada has supported Democratic candidates for president slightly more often than Republican candidates.
Donald Trump has won Iowa state with six electoral votes, 2.2% of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election. With 84% of the votes cast Trump won with 52.4%. Between 1900 and 2012, Iowa has cast votes for the winning presidential candidate over 75 percent of the time, traditionally supporting Republican candidates more often than Democratic…
Donald Trump has won Ohio state with 18 electoral votes, 6.6% of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election. The North Eastern state has only supported the losing candidate once since the Second World War, meaning it is normally a good indicator as to the outcome of the election. Historically, Ohio has supported Republican candidates for…
Current forecasts at FiveThirtyEight show Trump as the more likely victor of Iowa state, with a 69.8% chance of winning Iowa’s six electoral votes to Clinton’s 30.2%. Iowa is considered to be a key swing state in this election. A Midwestern US state with a largely rural white population, Iowa has historically leaned Republican. Between 1900…
