Trump was elected president: as America voted

Today US citizens vote for the new president of the country. The ForumDaily online broadcast of the New York time offers its readers all the most complete, timely and important information about the voting process and its results.

ForumDaily publishes election results. Updated.

2.46 Clinton called Trump and recognized his victory.

2.45 Trump won the election.

2.20 Clinton will not speak today. The head of her headquarters John Podesta told the assembled people to disperse. Some leave in tears.

1.12 Donald Trump went around Hillary Clinton in Utah

00.27 Hillary Clinton won in Nevada, but that's just 6 electoral votes

Photo: twitter.com/hashtag/ElectionNight

00.10 Donald Trump Won In Iowa

23.20 Hillary Clinton wins in Oregon, but in Nebraska the majority of voters cast their ballots for Donald Trump

23.15 For more than two hours, votes were counted in Florida. It has just become known that the majority of residents of this state supported Donald Trump.

Photo: twitter.com/hashtag/ElectionNight

23.10 Donald Trump Wins North Carolina

23.00 55 electoral votes received Hillary Clinton. She won in california

22.55 Republicans retained majority in the House of Representatives

22.50 Against the background of Donald Trump's leadership, the Dow Jones index dropped to 730 points. Oil is getting cheaper (price dropped by about 4%).

22.40 Virginia residents voted for Clinton

22.30 Trump received an 18 electoral vote by winning in Ohio

22.26. Influential Edition nytimes.com predicts the victory of Donald Trump. 80% voters can vote for him.

22.18 In New York, many voters are watching the vote count live outdoors. There are those who can hardly hold back their tears... Hillary Clinton won in New Mexico, and Donald Trump won in Louisiana

Photo: twitter.com/hashtag/ElectionNight

22.02 Trump wins in Montana

21.32 A picture from the headquarters of Donald Trump appeared on social networks. The presidential candidate monitors the counting of votes with his family.

Photo: twitter.com/IvankaTrump

21.25 TV channel RTVi lively discusses the first results of the US presidential election.

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21.17 In New York, she won Hillary Clinton, and Texas residents voted for Donald Trump

21.06 Trump voted North Dakota, South Dakota, Woyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma

21.00 New York police report that in the city, Department employees are working intensively. The atmosphere is calm. Major incidents were not recorded.

Photo: twitter.com/hashtag/Election2016

20.55 Hillary Clinton posted on her page in Facebook photo with a girl. Hillary thanks all the voters who voted for the Democratic candidate.

Photo: facebook.com/hillaryclinton/

20.50 At 21, the hour will begin counting votes in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

20.43 In Florida, it is still unclear who will win. The gap between the voices is very small.

20.30 Katie Parry is ready to sing the US national anthem in New York in honor of the victory of Hillary Clinton

Katy Perry. Photo: twitter.com/musicnews_facts

20.25 November 8 in 9pm New York time TV channel RTVi begins to sum up the US presidential election. The first exit polls, candidate headquarters reactions, expert opinions, expectations of Moscow, London, Berlin and Jerusalem. Big political marathon live. Presenters - Ekaterina Kotrikadze and Tikhon Dzyadko.

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20.15 Illinois, Vermont, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia voted for Hillary Clinton. For Donald Trump - Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Oklahoma.

48 electoral votes went to Trump, 68 from Hillary Clinton.

The leader in Florida is Trump again.

20.00 The counting of votes began in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Washington DC area of ​​the District of Columbia, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, DC

19.51 In Florida, the leader has changed from 65% of the processed votes to Hillary Clinton is now leading. Trump still wins in Virginia, Georgia, Ohio and North Carolina.

19:44 In the 20 hours of closed areas in 21-th state: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Washington, DC (Columbia region).

In Florida, almost half of the votes are processed, Trump is leading.

19.30 Polling stations are closed in North Carolina and Ohio, important battleground states. In Florida, about 30% of the votes have been processed, with Clinton leading by a small margin.

19.00 Polling stations closed in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Partly in Florida.

18.00 In Kentucky and Indiana, part of the polling stations closed. The first results point to trump's advantage.

17.15 CNN channel announced the first results exit polls (polls at the exit of the sites). According to the preliminary data of the channel, 54% of respondents positively evaluate the work of Barack Obama as president, but 69% are dissatisfied with the actions of the federal government.

The channel also asked voters what candidate qualities were important for making a decision:

• 38% said this is a candidate “who can bring change”
• 22% - “correct experience” of the candidate
• 22% - “correct assessments” of the candidate

It is also interesting that the majority of respondents (62%) decided who to vote for before September, and only 7% of respondents were determined in the last few days.

16.30 Social networks diverge photos of Donald Trump, spying on voting spouse.

Slate screenshot

Well, after the vote, he had a not very warm meeting with voters.

16.00 Russian-speaking US citizens will also vote for one of the candidates today. A few days before the elections, ForumDaily found out the mood in the “Russian” area of ​​New York. Read about them in the material Brighton Beach elects president. And also watch the telethon on coverage of the elections on the Russian-speaking American TV channel RTVi c 21.00.

15:30 Flash mob in support of Hillary Clinton staged her voter. Following the example of a presidential candidate, they go to vote in trouser suits. AT Instagram already more 20 thousands of photos with a hashtag #pantsuitnation.

15.00 The Los Angeles Times published the results of its sociological research. The newspaper indicates that as of today, Donald Trump is ahead of Hillary Clinton by about three points, but both candidates are in an area of ​​uncertainty. This is the most “fresh” study released on Election Day.

14.15 Billionaire Warren Buffett said that he already personally drove over a dozen people to polling stations and intends to conduct a campaign to deliver voters to the voters throughout the day in Omaha, in Nebraska, the city newspaper reports Omaha World-Herald.

13.30 Site FiveThirtyEight, named after the number of members of the electoral college, predicts victory for the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Over the past 8 years, the FiveThirtyEight election predictions have been considered the most authoritative. ForumDaily on the eve of election day reviewed the results of polls and early voting. Read here.

12.40 Donald Trump's son, Eric, violated the law of the State of New York by publishing a photo of his ballot with a vote for the father. A few hours after publication, he deleted the photo, but it managed to scatter on social networks, reports NBC. ForumDaily писал that a selfie with a ballot paper could lead to arrest.

12.00 According to the US Federal Election Commission, since the beginning of the election campaign, the Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton spent $ 897,7 million on it, which exceeded the costs of her opponent Donald Trump 2,1 times (Republican candidate Donald Trump spent $ 429,5 million on the campaign). Read Details: how much money and what Clinton and Trump spent.

11.45 President Barack Obama urged Americans not to ignore the elections, but to go and vote and make sure that the friends did the same. Barack Obama himself ahead of schedule voted in his hometown of Chicago, and today, by a good tradition, he played basketball. ForumDaily recalls the brightest moments of his presidency in photo report of his personal photographer.

Photo twitter.com/POTUS

11.00 Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have already voted in the presidential election. Donald Trump voted at a polling station in New York, reports CNN.

JUST IN: Donald Trump arrives at polling https://t.co/9yiYZXJT2E #ElectionDay #CNNElection https://t.co/Q1XNqdOJFg

- CNN (@CNN) November 8, 2016

Clinton came to one of the polling stations in New York with her husband, and reported on her Twitter that she had fulfilled her civic duty. How many people prepared this message, we will probably find out sometime: how I told ForumDaily, jokes and messages on behalf of Clinton come up with a big team.

Photo twitter.com/hillaryclinton

10.45 Queues formed at polling stations. Users in social networks publish photos and report that the queues stretch so far that residents are forced to stand around the buildings where polling stations are located. ForumDaily I told, why elections are held today, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

photo by Denis Cheredov

10.30 A team of presidential candidates is not always public, it is always influential. Who is behind the backs of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump? Who is likely to take important posts in the White House after the victory of one of the candidates? Read in our the material.

10.10 Some polls show that candidates can get quite similar voting results. And not always in the United States, the candidate who received the most votes became the President. How history has judged candidates with similar results and possible ways to resolve the situation in our material.

9.45 At the polling station, where Donald Trump will vote, two topless activists came calling to not vote for him. Both were detained by police-campaigning on the sites prohibited.

9.30 Remember, at the polling stations, campaigning is prohibited (that is, a Donald Trump cap or a Go Hillary T-shirt is best left at home). Bulletin selfies are also illegal in many states, including New York. You can clarify the rules about your state here.

9.20 Today, in the United States, not only the presidential elections are held, there are also a lot of local initiatives at stake. For example, in California will be asked to vote for a number of legislative initiatives, and exactly 17: additional funding for high schools, an obligation to publish a draft law on the Internet 2 days before the vote, an increase in taxes on cigarettes, mandatory use of condoms by actors in porn films during filming, and even the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes. To decide on the last question, read “Grass in the law: how smoking marijuana affects your body«.

In florida state residents will be asked to vote “for” or “against” amendments to the Florida Constitution. In particular, questions on the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes, tax breaks on real estate for the elderly, and the use of alternative energy were put to the polls.

9.10 Why do US voters not elect a president directly?

The electoral system in the country is so complicated that even among Americans, not everyone understands it.

Presidential elections in America are indirect. Each state is awarded a certain number of electors. It is equal to the number of state representatives in Congress and is determined by the principle: the more people live in the state, the more electors are assigned to it. For example, most electors in California are 55, and all in all are 538 electors, all together they make up the Electoral College. On election day, voters tick one of the presidential candidates, but, in fact, vote for the electors. How does it work in practice? Read in our material Why is the US president chosen by electors, not voters.

9.00 Lady Gaga and Jon Bon Jovi spoke late last night in North Carolina at the last rally in support of Hillary Clinton. Free concerts of Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, Madonna and other artists became a bright part of the election campaign.

8.50 Before voting, ForumDaily suggests once again recalling and comparing candidates' programs in the areas of economic development, taxes, social policy, international relations, education and emigration. Read: What the candidates promise: a comparison of the Clinton and Trump election programs.

8.40 convenient map with the time of the polling stations by state. A source: Bloomberg.

8.20 In the village of Dixville Notch in New Hampshire, the first polling station opened at midnight, The Washington Post reports. Under state law, localities with up to 100 residents can open voting at midnight. Although only 7 people voted there, the village is called “the first polling station in the country.” The votes have already been counted - 4 people voted for Hillary Clinton, 2 for Donald Trump and 1 for Harry Johnson.

But as a result of voting at 3 polling stations in the state of New Hampshire, US presidential candidate from the Republican Party Donald Trump received more votes than his rival Hillary Clinton on 7, according to an ABC News report.

8.15 Before the official start of voting on November 8, 43,2 million people voted early in the United States. The Associated Press reports this. The largest number of those who exercised their right to vote early were in Florida - 6,4 million people. There was also record turnout in 23 states and the District of Columbia.

8.10 What are the positions of the candidates at the beginning of the vote?

The Washington Post provided the results of the latest election forecasts for the states on the eve of elections.

According to the latest data, Hillary Clinton is still leading. For her, 275 votes are ready to cast electors, which is 5 votes more than necessary to win the election.

Even if Trump wins in all 3 states that are currently undecided, he still will not have enough 7 electoral votes for the threshold of 270 votes.

According to CNN, Hillary Clinton is also in the lead, but she hasn’t gotten the votes of the electors before the necessary 270.

But we remember that the only poll that matters is the one that takes place on Election Day.

Read more about the latest polling data and states that could determine the fate of the election in our material The finish line: the results of polls and early voting in the presidential election.

8.00 Even if you do not participate in the US presidential election, you can take part in the ForumDaily survey. Who will win the election? Will Republicans or Democrats decide how America will live in the coming 4 of the year? You can vote and share your arguments in the comments.

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