Polls in New York close

Record ID: 79434

  • Title: Polls in New York close
  • Date: 9th November 2016
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 8, 2016) (REUTERS) PAN OF WORKERS SHORTLY AFTER POLLING STATION CLOSES VARIOUS OF WORKERS PACKING UP WORKER CUTTING POSTER DOWN VARIOUS OF WORKERS PACKING UP WORKER WHEELING AND STACKING PRIVACY BOOTHS VARIOUS OF WORKERS AT VOTING MACHINE PAN OF WORKERS PACKING UP
  • Embargoed: 24th November 2016 02:29
  • Keywords: polls close New York NY Hillary Clinton Donald Trump
  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA00157Q19HJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A polling station in New York City closed its doors just after 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT) on Tuesday (November 8).
    Republican Donald Trump held slight leads in the vital battleground states of Florida, Virginia and Ohio on Tuesday, clinging to a narrow advantage over Democrat Hillary Clinton in key states that could decide their race for the White House.
    With voting completed in more than two-thirds of the 50 U.S. states, the race was too close to call in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Virginia, states that could be vital to deciding which contender wins the presidency.
    Both candidates scored victories in states where they were expected to win. Trump captured conservative states in the South and Midwest, while Clinton swept several states on the East Coast and Illinois in the Midwest.
    But Trump's slight edge in Florida, Virginia and Ohio gave him an early advantage in the state-by-state fight for 270 Electoral College votes needed to win.
    Clinton had more options to reach 270, with Trump needing a virtual sweep of about six toss-up states to win. But a Trump win in Florida, Ohio and Virginia would put intense pressure on Clinton to win every other battleground state.
    With 91 percent of the vote counted in Florida, Trump led Clinton by about 140,000 votes out of 8.6 million cast.
    As of 9:15 p.m. EST, Trump had 125 electoral votes to Clinton's 104, with U.S. television networks projecting the winner in 24 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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