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…
The Western desert state of Nevada has been a boom and bust territory from the very beginning. Its geography is described by Las Vegas art critic Dave Hickey. “A gigantic, post-oceanic ditch between the Rockies and the Sierras, filled with rough, secondary mountain ranges that stack and twine across the naked landscape.” Nevada is very…
Pennsylvania is considered another key state in this year’s US election as it is among the top 10 states with the most electors. The so called ‘swing state’ has 20 electoral votes to its name and both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be hoping to claim victory. Still a ‘swing state?’ However, in recent years, it hasn’t…
