The latest news & results from the 2016 US election campaign
Sand filled sanitation trucks have been parked outside Trump Tower by authorities to serve as a protective barrier to the building. Fears over a possible terror incident on election night have lead the New York Department of Sanitation to leave the vehicles outside the presidential candidate’s home to protect the building in case of an…
A Trump supporter has been taken into custody after pulling a gun out on another voter at a polling location in Fort Worth, Florida. The victim says that the man was attempting to get him to vote for Trump which started an argument leading to a firearm being withdrawn. Officials on site managed to defuse…
With exit polls coming in 57% of voters believe that Clinton is not trustworthy whilst 37% of Americans are scared of a Trump presidency. Alongside this black and white voters in America have gone down in this year’s election, whilst the percentage of Latino and Asian voters have risen. Exit polls show a two per…
The 15 electoral college votes on offer from North Carolina has been hotly tipped to play a pivotal role in the outcome of this election. Clinton and Trump look to the east coast state hoping to have galvanised their core vote. The North Carolina electorate boast a sharply contrasted demographic with large rural and urban…
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…
