Categories: Elections

First state projections: Trump wins Indiana and Kentucky; Clinton takes Vermont

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 the Geor­gia elec­torate has become more diverse since the last pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, which may pro­duce some inter­est­ing results.

The night is only just begin­ning. There are many, many more pro­jec­tions to come.

Andrew Villeneuve

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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