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Trump, Harris rack up early wins as America awaits battleground results
Voters were deciding whether to send Republican Donald Trump back to the White House or elevate Vice President Kamala Harris to the Oval Office. As the first polls began to close in parts of Kentucky and Indiana, tens of millions of Americans added their ballots to the 84 million cast early as they chose between two candidates with drastically different temperaments and visions for the country.
The economy and immigration are the top issues facing the country, voters said, but the future of democracy was also a leading motivator for many Americans casting a ballot in Tuesday’s presidential election. AP Vote Cast, an expansive survey of more than 110,000 voters nationwide, found a country mired in negativity and desperate for change.
- November 06, 2024 08:41 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins ColoradoKamala Harris won Colorado on Tuesday, picking up the state’s 10 electoral votes. Colorado was once a purple state, flipping between Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, but it has shifted blue in the past two decades. The last Republican presidential candidate to snag Colorado’s electoral votes was George W. Bush in 2004. Since then, it’s backed Democratic presidential candidates, with Joe Biden winning it handily in 2020. Colorado gained its 10th electoral vote after the 2020 census, attributed to population growth around Denver. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 10:08 p.m. EST.-AP
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November 06, 2024 08:33AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins UtahDonald Trump won Utah and its six electoral votes on Tuesday. The Mountain West state is a rare Republican stronghold that has in past elections only half-heartedly supported Trump, whose brash style and comments about immigrants do not sit right with some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Latter-day Saints, commonly known as Mormons, make up about half of Utah’s 3.4 million residents. A Democratic presidential candidate has not won in Utah since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Voters have historically favored moderate Republicans in statewide elections. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 10:00 p.m. EST.-AP - wonNovember 06, 2024 08:33 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins MontanaFormer President Donald Trump won Montana for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, adding four electoral votes to his tally. Montana has one more electoral vote this cycle than it did in the previous two, as the state received an additional congressional seat following the 2020 census. Montana has gone to the Republican nominee for president in all but one election going back to 1968. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 10:00 p.m. EST.-AP
- November 06, 2024 08:31 Abortion is a top issue for some voters, mostly those who back HarrisAbortion policy remains central to some voters’ decision-making, and majorities support access to legal abortion in at least most cases. But that may have limits.Florida voters on Tuesday rejected an attempt to repeal the state’s strict six-week abortion ban. The ballot measure had a big hurdle to clear, needing robust support — 60% of voters — in order to pass. It didn’t register as hugely important to a majority of voters; just over half said the outcome of the ballot initiative was very important to them, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 4,700 voters in Florida.Nationally, about 1 in 10 voters — including 2 in 10 Harris voters — said they see abortion as the top issue facing the country, an issue that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris made a central focus of her campaign.-AP
- wonNovember 06, 2024 08:27 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins MissouriRepublican Donald Trump won the reliably conservative state of Missouri on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Kamala Harris. Missouri voters overwhelmingly favored Trump over Democrats in the 2016 and 2020 elections, and he was favored to win again this year. In the past decade, the GOP has become increasingly dominant in Missouri, and Republicans now hold all statewide political offices. Republicans also hold large majorities in both legislative chambers. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:49 p.m. EST.-AP
- U.S. Election Day unfolds relatively smoothly, even as Trump makes claims of wrongdoingElection Day in the U.S. unfolded relatively smoothly on November 5, 2024, as voters across the country faced only scattered disruptions and delays despite concerns about disinformation, foreign influence and threats to election workers and voting systems.A series of bomb threats turned out to be hoaxes in parts of Georgia and Arizona, two presidential battleground States, and federal officials warned that Russia was seeking to sow chaos and uncertainty into America’s vote for president.
- November 06, 2024 08:08Hours extended at 9 precincts in eastern Arizona countyA judge has ordered polling places to remain open two extra hours in nine precincts in an eastern Arizona county following a rocky start to Election Day that included malfunctioning equipment and a lack of printed ballots.Apache County Superior Court Judge Michael Latham agreed to keep the polls open at the request of the Navajo Nation, which filed a lawsuit asking for extended hours due to the problems.Meanwhile, bomb threats to polling places at schools in neighboring Navajo County prompted some to close momentarily and one to evacuate and send students home for the day.Authorities said they received email bomb threats at four locations in Navajo County, including at least three polling sites. They determined the threats were not credible.-AP
- No surprises as polls close. Eyes now turn to Eastern battlegroundsThere has been little surprise in results so far with polls across most of the country having closed.Trump won Republican-leaning states including Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, while Harris won a swath of New England and the Northeast including New Jersey and New York.Meanwhile, attention is gravitating toward the Eastern battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.- AP
- wonNovember 06, 2024 08:00 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins the 3rd Congressional District in Nebraska and one electoral voteRepublican Donald Trump won the electoral vote tied to Nebraska’s vast, rural 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday. The former president easily defeated Democratic candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris in the state’s most conservative of its three districts, covering 80 counties and two time zones. The district is also one of the most conservative in the country and supported Trump by about 3-to-1 in both 2016 and 2020. The last time the district voted for a Democrat to represent it in the U.S. House was in 1958. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:25 p.m. EST.-AP
- November 06, 2024 08:00 Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz urges voters to stay in line
- November 06, 2024 07:49AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins TexasFormer President Donald Trump won Texas for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, adding 40 electoral votes to his tally. Texas gained two more electoral votes this cycle after the 2020 census. The Republican nominee for president has won Texas for nearly 50 years since Democrat Jimmy Carter carried the state in 1976. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:12 p.m. EST.- AP
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November 06, 2024 07:48 Donald Trump extends lead over Kamala HarrisWith polling now closed in over 40 States, Donald Trump has maintained his lead in electoral college votes, as per race calls made by news agencies. The former President is leading with 177 electoral votes, over Kamala Harris who has gathered 99 electoral votes)Former President Donald Trump opened his accounts with projected wins in Indiana and Kentucky. As more polls closed, he was projected to win West Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Arkansas, Wyoming, Louisiana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, and Texas.Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris trailed as she was projected to win the following States: Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, New York, Delaware. - WonNovember 06, 2024 07:39 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Ohio Republican Donald Trump carried Ohio for a third time on Tuesday, defeating Democratic nominee Kamala Harris to capture the state’s 17 electoral votes. Support for the former president helped turn Ohio from a presidential bellwether to reliably Republican in recent years. Ohio voters supported him by wide margins in 2016 and 2020, and they delivered for him again this year. No Republican has reached the White House without carrying Ohio. In 2020, Joe Biden became the first Democrat to win the presidency without winning Ohio since John F. Kennedy in 1960. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:08 p.m. EST.- AP
- WonNovember 06, 2024 07:34 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins the statewide vote in Nebraska and two electoral votesRepublican Donald Trump won the statewide popular vote in Nebraska for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, receiving two electoral college votes. Nebraska is one of two states that divide electoral votes with two votes going to the statewide winner and one apiece to the winner of each congressional district. Trump won Nebraska by 25 percentage points in 2016 and by 19 points four years later. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win the statewide popular vote in Nebraska was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. The AP declared Trump the winner at 9:00 p.m. EST.- AP
- WonNovember 06, 2024 07:33 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins New YorkVice President Kamala Harris won New York’s presidential contest on Tuesday, picking up the state’s 28 electoral votes. New York has now voted for the Democrat in every presidential contest since giving Ronald Reagan the nod in his landslide 1984 election. Former President Donald Trump has consistently struggled to gain traction in his home state, losing New York in each of his three runs for the White House. New York’s electoral vote haul is the fourth richest, after California, Texas and Florida, but has one fewer vote than it did four years ago due to population shifts. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 9:00 p.m. EST.- AP
- WonNovember 06, 2024 07:33 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins North DakotaFormer President Donald Trump won North Dakota’s three electoral votes on Tuesday. His victory continues a decadeslong streak of Republican presidential wins in the conservative state known for its agriculture and energy production. The last Democratic presidential candidate to win the state was President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. North Dakota has about 784,000 residents. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:00 p.m. EST.- AP
- WonNovember 06, 2024 07:33 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins South DakotaFormer President Donald Trump won South Dakota’s three electoral votes for president Tuesday. The Republican nominee had been expected to prevail comfortably in a state where GOP voters outnumber Democrats by more than 2-to-1. No Democratic nominee has carried South Dakota since President Lyndon Johnson won in 1964. Trump received nearly 62% of the vote in each of his previous runs for president, and both times his margin was more than 26 percentage points. Almost 51% of the state’s 616,000 registered voters are Republicans, while fewer than 24% are Democrats. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:00 p.m. EST.- AP
- WonNovember 06, 2024 07:32 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins LouisianaFormer President Donald Trump won Louisiana on Tuesday for the third consecutive presidential election, increasing his electoral vote tally by eight. In addition to voter support, Trump has various powerful political allies in and from the Bayou State, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Gov. Jeff Landry. In Louisiana, where the GOP currently holds each statewide elected office and controls the legislature, the Republican nominee for president has won every election since 1996. Trump won Louisiana with about 58% of the vote in both 2016 and 2020. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:00 p.m. EST.- AP
- WonNovember 06, 2024 07:32 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins WyomingFormer President Donald Trump beat Vice President Kamala Harris in deep-red Wyoming to win the least-populated state’s three electoral votes on Tuesday. One of the most Republican states by almost any measure, Wyoming gave Trump his widest margins of victory in any state in the 2020 and 2016 elections. Trump made at least one fundraising visit to Wyoming in 2024 but did not campaign in the state. He focused instead on states less certain to deliver him wins. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 9:00 p.m. EST.- AP
- November 06, 2024 07:22 Oil prices fall on stronger dollar as polls start closing in U.S. electionOil prices fell on Wednesday as early poll results in the U.S. election showed Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a tight race for the presidency.U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude lost 27 cents, or 0.4%, to trade at $71.72 per barrel, and Brent crude oil futures lost 0.35 cents, or 0.46%, to trade at $75.18 per barrel at 0132 GMT.Trump won eight states in Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election while Harris captured three states and Washington, D.C., Edison Research projected, but the outcome of the race remained uncertain with critical battleground states unlikely to be called for hours or even days.- Reuters
- November 06, 2024 07:14 Almost every region of Florida shifted to the rightIn comparison to 2020, nearly all of Florida has moved right during this presidential election cycle.Miami-Dade County saw the greatest increase, with an 18 percentage point shift right. It was enough to move the county from the Democrats’ column in 2020 to the Republicans’ this year.- AP
- Won AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins IllinoisVice President Kamala Harris won Illinois on Tuesday, claiming the state’s 19 electoral votes for Democrats. The reliably blue state, the home of former President Barack Obama, has supported Democratic presidential candidates since 1992. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 8:38 p.m. EST.- AP
- November 06, 2024 07:0 6AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins DelawareDemocrat Kamala Harris won Delaware’s presidential contest Tuesday, easily defeating Republican Donald Trump. Harris’ victory in solid-blue Delaware was a foregone conclusion, given the stranglehold Democrats have held on the state’s three electoral votes for decades. The last Republican presidential candidate to win in Delaware was George H.W. Bush in 1988. That’s also the last time Delaware voters elected a Republican governor. Delaware’s congressional delegation for years has been composed entirely of Democrats, who also control both chambers of the state legislature. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 8:34 p.m. EST.- AP
- WonNovember 06, 2024 07:02 AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins ArkansasFormer President Donald Trump secured Arkansas’ six electoral votes on Tuesday, winning the heavily Republican state for the third presidential election in a row. Trump had the backing of the state’s top Republican figures, including Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Sanders, who had served as Trump’s White House press secretary, endorsed the former president’s bid and campaigned for him. Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson ran unsuccessfully for the GOP nomination and declined to endorse Trump’s reelection. Democrats have not won a presidential election in Arkansas since 1996, when native son Bill Clinton won reelection. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 8:30 p.m. EST.- AP
- WonNovember 06, 2024 07:02 AP Race Call: Kamala Harris wins New JerseyVice President Kamala Harris won New Jersey’s 14 electoral votes on Tuesday. Harris’ victory over Republican Donald Trump continues Democrats’ dominance in the state, which has gone with the Democratic candidate for president in every election since 1988. New Jersey Democrats have nearly 1 million more registered voters than Republicans. Trump has ties to New Jersey, including golf clubs across the state. He also operated casinos in the shore resort of Atlantic City, but they ended in bankruptcy. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 8:30 p.m. EST.- AP
- November 06, 2024 06:58 Senator Bernie Sanders wins a fourth term representing VermontBernie Sanders, the Vermont independent beloved by progressives, won re-election to a fourth six-year term in the U.S. Senate.Mr. Sanders defeated Republican Gerald Malloy, a U.S. Army veteran and businessman. Also on the ballot were independent candidate Steve Berry, as well as minor party candidates Mark Stewart Greenstein, Matt Hill and Justin Schoville.
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