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| Election results timeline: how the night unfolded | |
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| 7.05pm (ET)/12.05am (GMT) The first projections are called by the Associated Press, and they follow the form guide. Trump wins Indiana and Kentucky, while Clinton takes Vermont. Vermont has voted solidly Democratic in every presidential election since 1988 and Kentucky similarly Republican since 1996. | 7.05pm (ET)/12.05am (GMT) The first projections are called by the Associated Press, and they follow the form guide. Trump wins Indiana and Kentucky, while Clinton takes Vermont. Vermont has voted solidly Democratic in every presidential election since 1988 and Kentucky similarly Republican since 1996. |
| 10.39pm/3.39am A big win for Trump as he takes Ohio, the first swing state to be declared for the Republicans. He had led in the polls all along but Democrats made much in the final weeks of a possible victory. Voters in the state have correctly picked every single US president since 1964. | 10.39pm/3.39am A big win for Trump as he takes Ohio, the first swing state to be declared for the Republicans. He had led in the polls all along but Democrats made much in the final weeks of a possible victory. Voters in the state have correctly picked every single US president since 1964. |
| 10.53pm/3.53am Trump’s path to the White House suddenly becomes a lot clearer, and Clinton’s a lot harder, as he takes the key battleground state of Florida and its 29 electoral votes. | 10.53pm/3.53am Trump’s path to the White House suddenly becomes a lot clearer, and Clinton’s a lot harder, as he takes the key battleground state of Florida and its 29 electoral votes. |
| 11.14pm/4.14am Trump wins North Carolina, dealing another blow to Clinton, who had looked strong in polling. The battleground state voted Democrat in 2008 and Republican in 2012. The Clinton camp now pins its fading hopes on claiming something from Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. | 11.14pm/4.14am Trump wins North Carolina, dealing another blow to Clinton, who had looked strong in polling. The battleground state voted Democrat in 2008 and Republican in 2012. The Clinton camp now pins its fading hopes on claiming something from Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. |
| 11.56pm/4.56am Trump’s apparent march towards the White House continues with victory in Utah. Ten minutes later he follows up by taking Iowa. | 11.56pm/4.56am Trump’s apparent march towards the White House continues with victory in Utah. Ten minutes later he follows up by taking Iowa. |
| 1.35am/6.35am Trump finally clinches Pennsylvania, another key battleground state, making his lead virtually unassailable. Clinton long viewed the state as a key part of her “firewall” and had held a rally Philadelphia with Barack Obama on Monday night. Trump is now at 264 electoral votes and ahead in counting in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Arizona, any of which makes him president. | 1.35am/6.35am Trump finally clinches Pennsylvania, another key battleground state, making his lead virtually unassailable. Clinton long viewed the state as a key part of her “firewall” and had held a rally Philadelphia with Barack Obama on Monday night. Trump is now at 264 electoral votes and ahead in counting in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Arizona, any of which makes him president. |
| 2.07am/7.07am Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager John Podesta refuses to concede defeat, telling supporters in New York: “Let’s get these votes counted and let’s bring this home.” But Trump’s victory is all but certain. | 2.07am/7.07am Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager John Podesta refuses to concede defeat, telling supporters in New York: “Let’s get these votes counted and let’s bring this home.” But Trump’s victory is all but certain. |
| 2.30am/7.30am This is the moment: Trump captures Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes, putting him over the 270 threshold. | 2.30am/7.30am This is the moment: Trump captures Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes, putting him over the 270 threshold. |
| 2.35am/7.35am US TV networks report that Hillary Clinton has rung Donald Trump to concede defeat. “They had maybe a one minute conversation, very gracious very warm, he commended her for being smart and tough and running a hard fought campaign,” Trump’s campaign manger Kellyanne Conway later explained. | 2.35am/7.35am US TV networks report that Hillary Clinton has rung Donald Trump to concede defeat. “They had maybe a one minute conversation, very gracious very warm, he commended her for being smart and tough and running a hard fought campaign,” Trump’s campaign manger Kellyanne Conway later explained. |
| 2.50am/7.50am Trump takes to the stage in front of his jubilant supporters in New York. “Sorry to keep you waiting, complicated business,” he says. “Thank you very much.” He congratulates Clinton on a hard-fought campaign and pledges to be “a president for all Americans”. | 2.50am/7.50am Trump takes to the stage in front of his jubilant supporters in New York. “Sorry to keep you waiting, complicated business,” he says. “Thank you very much.” He congratulates Clinton on a hard-fought campaign and pledges to be “a president for all Americans”. |
| 7.20am/12.20pm Clinton may have lost the presidency, but she is ahead in the national popular vote at this stage, by 59,059,121 votes to Trump’s 58,935,231. The last person to win the popular vote but not the presidency was Al Gore in the 2000 election. | 7.20am/12.20pm Clinton may have lost the presidency, but she is ahead in the national popular vote at this stage, by 59,059,121 votes to Trump’s 58,935,231. The last person to win the popular vote but not the presidency was Al Gore in the 2000 election. |
| 11.40am/4.40pm Clinton makes her concession speech at a Manhattan hotel. She tells her supporters: “We must accept this result ... Donald Trump is going to be our president ... we owe him an open mind and a chance to lead.” | 11.40am/4.40pm Clinton makes her concession speech at a Manhattan hotel. She tells her supporters: “We must accept this result ... Donald Trump is going to be our president ... we owe him an open mind and a chance to lead.” |
| 12.19pm/5.19pm Barack Obama speaks. “It’s no secret the president-elect and I have some pretty significant differences,” he says. Nevertheless, he adds, we are all rooting for Trump to succeed. | 12.19pm/5.19pm Barack Obama speaks. “It’s no secret the president-elect and I have some pretty significant differences,” he says. Nevertheless, he adds, we are all rooting for Trump to succeed. |