Republican candidate Donald Trump has gained the
edge over Hillary Clinton in the race for the key swing
states that will decide the White House election.
He has won Florida, Ohio and North Carolina, while
Democratic nominee Mrs Clinton took Virginia, ABC
projects. Pennsylvania is too close to call.
The race is deadlocked in Michigan, which has not
voted for a Republican White House candidate since
1988.
Markets lurched as Mrs Clinton's path to victory
seemed less assured.Mr Trump's Ohio win was a big
boost to him, as no Republican has ever taken the
White House without winning the Midwestern
bellwether.
He also won Iowa, which last voted for a Republican
in 2004. The Republican nominee also racked up wins
in the Midwest and South, while Mrs Clinton swept
the Northeast, ABC News projects.
As expected, he has also been victorious in the
Republican strongholds of Utah, Alabama, Kentucky,
South Carolina, Nebraska, Indiana, West Virginia,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Texas, ABC
projects.
And he is forecast to win Missouri, Montana,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Idaho and Wyoming - all solidly conservative
states. Mrs Clinton won the Democratic heartlands of
California, Oregon, New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Vermont,
Delaware, Illinois, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Washington
and District of Columbia, as well as New Mexico and
Colorado.
A candidate must secure 270 of the 538 electoral
college votes to declare victory.
Voting has now ended everywhere but Alaska, and
full results are expected imminently. More details
later....
Source: BBC
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