Battleground states down to wire as results come in for U.S. vote
Published Nov 08, 2016 09:32PM ET
U.S. presidential race close
Investing.com - Voting outcomes in key states of Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Virginia remained too close to call, U.S. television networks said Tuesday evening, with exit polls and early trend results filtering in and leading to volatile markets Wednesday in the Asian time zone.
The bitter race between Democrat Hillary Clinton, 69 and Republican Donald Trump, 70, has the potential to spill over into control of at least the U.S. Senate and into economic policies on trade and taxes that will affect the global economy.
Initial trends and results showed Trump is leading Clinton by 21 Electoral College votes. Clinton has 104 Electoral College votes; Trump has won 125 votes. There are 538 Electoral College votes allotted to the 50 states and the District of Columbia. It takes 270 votes to win.
Twenty-four states have been called so far. Clinton has won 10 states to Trump's 14.
Early projections also showed Republicans holding onto the majority in the U.S. House of representatives. Control of the Senate was leaning to the Republicans to keep, but some analysts have suggested the 100-seat body could be split 50/50 after the polls, leaving a tie breaking vote to the eventual vice president, either Republican Mike Pence or Democrat Tim Kaine.
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