Excerpt: | Hillary Clinton has swept to victory in Washington, Oregon, and California, as well as Hawaii, news networks are projecting. That gives her an estimated 209 electoral votes. She would need several dozen electoral votes more to win, however. None of these outcomes are a surprise. The Left Coast has been solidly Democratic for many, many […] |
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Published at: | 8:07 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | US-Pres |
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Daily Archives: November 8th, 2016
Networks call Left Coast for Clinton: She easily wins Washington, Oregon, California
No Senate upsets behind Trump’s southern firewall
Excerpt: | As anticipated going into Election Day, many of the Senate seats up for reelection were expected to be Safe Republican. Out of a total of 34 seats, 24 are held by Republicans. This might seem like a big opportunity for Democrats interested in having a Congress sympathetic to the potential Clinton agenda, but many of […] |
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Published at: | 8:02 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 |
Written by: | Greg Evans |
Categories: | Live Coverage |
Tags: | NC-Sen |
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Battleground states still close, dependable blue and red states called
Excerpt: | As the night stretches on, more and more states are being colored in and added to the map. Hillary Clinton is projected to win in New York, the New England states of Maine, Massachusetts, Delaware, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, plus Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, while Trump has added states like Texas, Arkansas, […] |
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Published at: | 6:24 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | FL-Sen, IL-Sen, US-Pres |
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More state projections: Trump takes West Virginia, South Carolina; Ohio too close to call
Excerpt: | The minutes continue to tick by and the projections continue to roll in. Sort of. News networks tend to be skittish about calling a state for a candidate when there isn’t enough data to definitely indicate which way the vote is going to go, so many of the projections so far have really been non-projections — […] |
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Published at: | 4:56 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | FL-Sen, OH-Sen, US-Pres |
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First state projections: Trump wins Indiana and Kentucky; Clinton takes Vermont
Excerpt: | Polls have closed in several states in the Eastern timezone, and the first state projections are in. News networks are calling Bernie Sanders’ home state of Vermont for Hillary Clinton (3 electoral votes), while Indiana and Kentucky have landed in the Trump column. Georgia and Virginia are considered too close to call. Exit polling suggests that […] |
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Published at: | 4:06 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | US-Pres |
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Heads up: King County Elections will be counting ballots *around the clock* this year
Excerpt: | Since the advent of vote by mail in Washington State’s largest county several years ago, journalists, activists, and citizens around these parts have become accustomed to a King County Elections results schedule that looks like this: Election Night: 8:15 PM results drop Subsequent days: Additional results posted around 4 or 4:30 PM But this year, things are […] |
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Published at: | 12:38 PM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Voter Turnout |
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Today is General Election Day 2016. Haven’t voted yet? It’s time to get that ballot in!
Excerpt: | Today is General Election Day in Washington State and across the United States. Much is at stake. The presidency, four hundred and thirty five seats in the U.S. House, and a third of the seats in the Senate are all on the line. And that’s just the federal level positions. Nine statewide executive department positions, […] |
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Published at: | 8:00 AM on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 |
Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
Categories: | Elections |
Tags: | Reminder to Vote |
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30th Legislative District celebrates Democratic swing