Tag: #NationDecides

Clinton wins western state of Nevada: US networks

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democrat Hillary Clinton kept alive her hopes of being elected president, winning the western state of Nevada, US networks projected on Tuesday. Nevada has six Electoral College votes, allowing Clinton to make up a little of her deficit to Republican Donald Trump, who has a substantial lead. The first candidate to 270 Electoral College votes wins the White House. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse

Trump wins Iowa, edging closer to White House: media

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Republican billionaire Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the state of Iowa Tuesday, inching closer to winning the White House in a shock upset, television networks projected. The midwestern US state has six Electoral College votes, moving the Manhattan property mogul closer to the total of 270 needed to claim the US presidency. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse

US Election Night: Electoral college count

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The following is a running tally of states claimed by presidential hopefuls Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday in their race for the White House, according to network projections. Candidates are racing to hit the magic number of 270 electoral votes, an absolute majority of the 538 members of the electoral college, with the number from each state based on its population size. A state has one […]

US Election Night: Electoral college count

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The following is a running tally of states claimed by presidential hopefuls Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday in their race for the White House, according to network projections. Candidates are racing to hit the magic number of 270 electoral votes, an absolute majority of the 538 members of the electoral college, with the number from each state based on its population size. A state has one […]

US Election Night: Electoral college count

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The following is a running tally of states claimed by presidential hopefuls Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday in their race for the White House, according to network projections. Candidates are racing to hit the magic number of 270 electoral votes, an absolute majority of the 538 members of the electoral college, with the number from each state based on its population size. A state has […]

Clinton or Trump? America waits as suspense builds

by Jennie MATTHEW / With Dave Clark in Washington NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were locked in a dead heat Tuesday in their historic clash for White House, as the world waited anxiously for results from the key battleground states that will decide the winner. A deeply divided electorate of about 200 million Americans were asked to make a momentous choice between electing the nation’s first woman president, or […]

US Election Night: Electoral college count

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The following is a running tally of states claimed by presidential hopefuls Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday in their race for the White House. Candidates are racing to hit the magic number of 270 electoral votes, an absolute majority of the 538 members of the electoral college, with the number from each state based on its population size. A state has one elector for each of […]

US Election Night: Electoral college count

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The following is a running tally of states claimed by presidential hopefuls Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday in their race for the White House. Candidates are racing to hit the magic number of 270 electoral votes, an absolute majority of the 538 members of the electoral college, with the number from each state based on its population size. A state has one elector for each of […]

Florida Republican Rubio re-elected to US Senate: networks

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Republican US Senator Marco Rubio, once a rival to Donald Trump for the party’s presidential nomination, won his bid for re-election in Florida, a state disappointed Democrats had hoped to reclaim, networks projected Tuesday. The 45-year-old Rubio beat back a challenge from Democrat Patrick Murphy to hold onto his US Senate seat and win a second term. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse

George W Bush votes ‘none of the above’ in US election

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — George W. Bush cast a protest vote of sorts in the US election, with an aide saying Tuesday the former president chose “none of the above” rather than fellow Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton. Bush had previously signaled that he intended to sit out the race, after his younger brother Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, was defeated in the 2016 Republican Party primary. “President and Mrs. […]

Clinton, Trump notch early wins as US polls start closing

by Jennie MATTHEW / With Dave Clark in Washington NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump locked up their first state wins Tuesday as polling stations closed in the eastern United States, with the world waiting anxiously to see who will head to the White House. Some 200 million Americans were asked to make a historic choice — between electing the nation’s first woman president, or handing the reins of power […]

In Paris, ‘almost’ foolproof Harry’s Bar votes Hillary

by Gina DOGGETT PARIS, France (AFP) — Hillary Clinton scored a landslide victory Tuesday in a traditional Harry’s Bar “straw poll”, garnering 513 votes to 188 for Donald Trump at the legendary Paris watering hole. “Harry’s Bar never fails” to pick the winner, the owner Isabelle MacElhone told AFP before adding: “Well, hardly ever.” In fact, Harry’s has missed the mark only twice in nine decades — first when Democrat Jimmy Carter won in 1976 […]