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U.S. election: Trump inches ahead of Clinton in tight race

At 6.08am CET, US TV networks call Utah for Donald Trump, bringing the total electoral college votes secured so far to Republicans 244 and Democrats 215

Last updated on 9 November 2016, 7:11am
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At 7.08 am CET, TV networks project Donald Trump will win Utah

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 244 - Democrats 215 (270 needed to win election)

At 6.34 am CET, TV networks call Nevada for Hillary Clinton

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 238 - Democrats 215 (270 needed to win election)

At 6.08 am CET, TV networks project Donald Trump will win Iowa

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 238 - Democrats 209 (270 needed to win election)

At 5.48am CET, TV networks project Donald Trump will win Georgia

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 232 - Democrats 209 (270 needed to win election)

At 5.40am CET, TV networks project Hillary Clinton will carry Washington State

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 216 - Democrats 209 (270 needed to win election)

At 5.35am CET, TV networks project Donald Trump will win Florida

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 216 - Democrats 197 (270 needed to win election)

At 5.15am CET, TV networks project Hillary Clinton winning Oregon with Donald Trump claiming another vote in Nebraska

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 187 - Democrats 197 (270 needed to win election)

At 5.08am CET, TV networks call North Carolina for Donald Trump

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 186 - Democrats 190 (270 needed to win election)

At 5am CET, TV networks project Hillary Clinton will win California and Hawaii and Donald Trump will win Idaho

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 171 - Democrats 190 (270 needed to win election)

At 4.50am CET, TV networks project Hillary Clinton will win Colorado

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 167 - Democrats 131 (270 needed to win election)

At 4.40am CET, TV networks project Hillary Clinton will win the Commonwealth of Virginia

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 167 - Democrats 122 (270 needed to win election)

At 4.15am CET, TV networks project Hillary Clinton will win New Mexico and Donald Trump will win Missouri

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 149 - Democrats 109 (270 needed to win election)

At 4am CET, TV networks project Donald Trump will win Montana

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 139 - Democrats 104 (270 needed to win election)

At 3.40am CET, TV networks project Donald Trump will win Louisiana, with Hillary Clinton winning Connecticut

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 136 - Democrats 104 (270 needed to win election)

At 3.10am CET, TV networks project Donald Trump will win Texas and Arkansas.

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 128 - Democrats 97 (270 needed to win election)

At 3am CET, TV networks project Hillary Clinton will win New York with Donald Trump projected to win Kansas, Wyoming and North Dakota.

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 84 - Democrats 97 (270 needed to win election)

At 2.30am CET, Donald Trump was projected to win Alabama and South Carolina, declaring Arkansas too early to call.

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 66 - Democrats 68 (270 needed to win election)

At 2am CET, polling closed in 16 states, including Florida and Pennsylvania. TV networks projected Trump had won Mississippi, Tennessee and Oklahoma, with Clinton winning New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware, District of Columbia. TV networks deemed Florida, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania too early too call

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 48 - Democrats 68 (270 needed to win election)

At 1.30am CET, TV networks projected Trump had won West Virginia, claiming it was too early to call Ohio and North Carolina.

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 24 - Democrats 3 (270 needed to win election)

At 1am CET on Wednesday, with the first round of results returned after polls started closing, US TV networks projected that Republican candidate Donald Trump had won the states of Indiana and Kentucky, while Democrat Hillary Clinton was projected to have won Vermont.

They were still awaiting further results from Georgia, Virginia and South Carolina before projecting the winner in those three states.

  • Electoral College votes so far: Republicans 19 - Democrats 3 (270 needed to win election)

Exit Polls

At 11pm CET, the first exit polls released by a number of news networks, including CNN, showed that Americans voted in this historic election with their mind set on who they would be voting: the exit polls, which are preliminary and likely to change, showed that 62% had made up their mind on their candidate of choice before September.

Determining their vote, 38% said they wanted a candidate that can bring change; 22% said they want a candidate with the right experience and 22% voted for a candidate with good judgement.

At midnight – Malta time – the polls close in the first of America’s 50 seats.

A very competitive race, the initial findings show that 42% of voters said they strongly favoured their candidates, whilst only 25% said they were making their choice because they disliked their opponents.

46% said they were dissatisfied with the federal government and 23% said they were angry.

Asked about Barack Obama, 54% said they approved him as President, and 45% expressed their disapproval. Asked about continuation of his policies, 29% supported a continuity whilst 46% said policies should be more conservative and 18% said they should be more liberal, effectively showing a divided country.

The racial makeup of the electorate, from the first exit polls, was split as follows: 70% white; 12% black, 11% Latino, 4% Asian and 3% other race.

“While exit polls are not the best at measuring the racial composition of the electorate, it does seem that minority turnout is way up in Florida. In the preliminary exit polls, 39 percent of voters were people of color. That compares to just 33 percent in 2012,” Fivethirtyeight.com reported.

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