The latest news & results from the 2016 US election campaign
The 20 electoral votes of Pennsylvania have been swept up by Donald Trump meaning that he has all but been elected as The President of the United States of America, beating Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton. The north eastern state had previously been a Democrat stronghold but Trump has left an impression on the electorate. This…
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.
The southern state of Texas has voted Republican for the tenth election in a row. It was widely expected that Trump would pick up the 38 electoral votes on offer here.
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…
The election is now in full swing, with results being counted and final scores released at 0500 (GMT). But who is old news? However, it cannot go unnoticed that what could be considered as some of the most reliable news outlets releasing different results. People have taken to platforms such as Facebook to express their…
