US election: Results roll in as polls close in Trump-Harris race
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The first results are coming in for the US presidential election with Republican leader Donald Trump projected to notch up wins in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Florida, Arkansas and Vice President Kamala Harris set to emerge victorious in Vermont, Delaware and New Jersey.
As per latest trends on ‘CNN’ at 7:50 am IST, Harris is winning 53 electoral college votes and Trump 154. 270 electoral college votes are required to win the race. A bomb threat prompted the evacuation of a government building in Pennsylvania's West Chester where voting services are located.
This was just one of a string of reported bomb threats in multiple swing states on Election Day. Georgia and Arizona have also reported non-credible bomb threats, with officials there saying they suspect the threats originated from Russia. Most polling places have closed in the battlegrounds of Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona. Nevada’s polls close at 10 pm Eastern time.
'CNN' notes that it’s too early to call the battleground states which are seen as pivotal to the candidates’ path to victory. According to ‘New York Times’ Trump is a narrow but clear favourite to win Georgia and North Carolina. If he does carry those states, Harris would probably need to sweep Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to win.
As per latest trends on ‘CNN’ at 7:50 am IST, Harris is winning 53 electoral college votes and Trump 154. 270 electoral college votes are required to win the race. A bomb threat prompted the evacuation of a government building in Pennsylvania's West Chester where voting services are located.
This was just one of a string of reported bomb threats in multiple swing states on Election Day. Georgia and Arizona have also reported non-credible bomb threats, with officials there saying they suspect the threats originated from Russia. Most polling places have closed in the battlegrounds of Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona. Nevada’s polls close at 10 pm Eastern time.
'CNN' notes that it’s too early to call the battleground states which are seen as pivotal to the candidates’ path to victory. According to ‘New York Times’ Trump is a narrow but clear favourite to win Georgia and North Carolina. If he does carry those states, Harris would probably need to sweep Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to win.