How the US election unfolded and Trump was elected president

By Web Desk
November 09, 2016

Donald Trump elected US President

What we know

BREAKING:Donald Trump Elected US President

Trump addresses supporters:

"I pledge I will be president for all of America"

"To all Republicans and Democrats, it's time for us to come together as one nation. I pledge I will be the president of all America"

"It’s been very, very special. Our campaign included people from all backgrounds, religions. We will all work together to make America great again"

US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS

12:11- Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta says her campaign will have nothing to say tonight about state of race. “Several states are too close to call…we’ll have more to say tomorrow,” Podesta says. Hillary Clinton will not address her supporters tonight.

11:00 - Jubilation prevails in Trump camp as the Republican nominee leads the race to the White House so far. Clinton supporters, in stark contrast, track election results anxiously as their candidate continues to lag behind Trump in electoral votes.

10:30 - Clinton wins in Nevada. Trump ahead with 254 electoral votes, Clinton lags with 218.

10:15 -Citizenship and Immigration Canada's website crashed as many in the US apparently started considering moving to Canada in the event ofa Trump presidency. Trump is currently leading the race with 254 electoral votes, short of only 16 electoral votes to get to the White House. Clinton lags with 215.

10:00 - Trump wins Georgia with 16 electoral votes.

09:30 -Trump leads with 254 electoral votes, Clinton lags with 209: US media.

09:30 - Clinton projected to winWashington with 12 electoral votes.

09:00 - Trump wins the swing state of North Carolina which carries 15 electoral votes.

09:00 - Trump projected to win Idaho with 4 electoral votes.

09:00 - Clinton projected to win California with 55 electoral votes.

08:55 - Donald Trump winsthe swing state of Florida which carries 29 electoral votes.

08:50 - Hillary Clinton will win the key battleground state of Colorado, which has 9 electoral votes, CNN projects.

08:40 - Hillary Clinton will win Virginia, CNN projects. Virginia carries 13 electoral votes. Trump leads with 167 electoral votes, Clinton has 131.

08:26 - Republican Donald Trump wins key state of Ohio, which carries 18 votes in the electoral college. According to projections, Trump now leads with 167 total electoral votes, compared to 109 for Democrat Hillary Clinton.

07:20 - Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are running neck and neck in early results as both are credited with eight states each, with voting over in a handful of states and Americans still lining up to cast their ballots farther west.


Supporters of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton watch results at her election night rally in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 8, 2016.

06:30 - With voting over in a handful of states and Americans queueing to cast their ballots farther west, television networks call Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia for the Republican Trump, and Vermont for the veteran Democrat Hillary.

04:54 - A shooting incident in Azusa, California leaves one man dead and wounds three others, prompting placement of a nearby school and two polling places on lockdown.

03:34- Campaign manager for Donald Trump tells CNN we can win without Ohio, Florida and North Carolina which are key battleground states.

03:00- Donald Trump cake arrives at Trump Tower

02:15- Donald Trump will watch results from Trump Tower

01:50- “We’re going to see how things play out,” Trump tells Fox News when asked if he will accept results of the election.

01:28- Lady Gaga urges people to go out and vote

01:15- 100-year-old Grace Bell Hardison casts her vote

01:00-A Nevada judge rejected a request by Donald Trump´s presidential campaign for an immediate order to be issued in its lawsuit over concerns about voting at a polling place in Las Vegas that remained open late last week.

00:30- Clark County statement on Trump lawsuit

00:14- Bernie Sanders votes for Clinton

23:55- Reports of voting machine issues in Pennsylvania

23:48- Bilawal tweet on US election

23:45- Two election clerks have been fired in Florida after not working to the level of integrity they were trained to.

23:34- Election about insider vs. outsider, says Donald Trump Jr.

23:30- Trump campaign sues registrar of voters in Clark County, Nevada over closing time of polling place last week in Nevada. Lawsuit says Clark County election officials coordinated with Democratic activists to skew vote

23:15- Chelsea Clinton tweets voting for mother

23:10 Donald Trump's message for votes

23:00- Picture of Eric Trump seeing who wife voted for surfaces on social media

22:37- Donald Trump Jr casts his vote

22:20- Twitter pokes fun at Trump checking wife's vote

22:15- Green party candidate urges people to go out and vote

22:08- US president Obama goes to play basketball with friends as America decides

21:59- Swing states to watch in US election

21:50- In pictures: Americans head to the voting booths to elect a president

21:00- Republican nominee Donald Trumpcasts his vote at Manhattan polling station

20:51- Long line seen at a polling station in Jackson Heights, NYC

20:30- How the world is searching for Donald Trump

20:16- Donald Trump Jr. said his father will work to unite the country whether he wins or loses. Appearing on ‘Good Morning America’, Trump Jr. encouraged people to go out and vote.

20:09- Remember the times Donald Trump appeared on TV

19:58- Donald Trump comments on the possibility of losing the election. The Republican candidate says he will consider it a tremendous waste of time, energy and money.

19:40- Whose winning on Youtube?

19:36- Some funny tweets from the US elections

18:41- US Vice President Joe Biden votes in Delaware

18:32: Republican nominee Donald Trump will cast his vote in Manhattan, New York

18:20- “So many people are counting on the outcome of this election,” says Hillary Clinton

18:00- Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton cast vote in Chappaqua, New York

17:57- This is how America looks like right now in Google search

17:38- Eric Trump votes for father

17:28-Democratic US vice presidential candidate Senator Tim Kaine arrives to cast his ballot accompanied by his wife Anne Holton at the Hermitage Methodist Home polling station in Richmond, Virginia.

17:23- Donald Trump says he is doing very well in North Carolina and Florida. Both states are critical for Trump to win presidency.


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