The latest news & results from the 2016 US election campaign
The results have been calculated for North Carolina and predictions of a Hillary Clinton victory have been blown out the water as Donald Trump has clinched the 15 electoral votes which were on offer. We are reporting this with 92% of the votes recorded with 51.1% going to Trump. North Carolina was considered to be…
Florida was a tight race with Trump leading with 49.2% to Clinton’s 47.7%. The Republicans have taken 16 seats in the house compared to the Democrats 11. This is the state that Trump has referred to as crucial to his campaign, relying on the positive result from this state to have a chance at the…
We are calling a Donald Trump victory in Louisiana with 8 electoral votes. Trump has claimed 62.5 percent of the vote beating off Clinton’s 35 percent. The Republican was heavily favoured in the state, which has gone for the GOP in seven of the past 10 presidential elections. Democrat Jimmy Carter previously won Louisiana in 1976, where as…
We are calling a Republican win in North Dakota. Donald Trump has won North Dakota’s 3 electoral votes with a landslide of 66.5% with 59% of votes reported. Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton has picked up just 25.4% of votes in the polls and now trails Trump by a predicted 36 overall votes, according to The New…
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…
