Florida voters have chosen Trump. The southeastern state is a prize big enough to tip an election, with a whopping 29 electoral votes. One of the swingiest of swing states, it has 4.4 million registered Republicans, 4.6 million registered Democrats and 3 million independent voters. Florida held the nation in suspense over the 2000 contest between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore, with the vote count so close it went to the U.S. Supreme Court for a decision. In 2012, Obama won Florida by less than 1 percent of the vote.
Clinton wins Colorado's 9 electoral votes.
Trump’s win in the Buckeye State is noteworthy: Since 1964, as Ohio goes, so goes the nation. The candidate who won there has gone on to claim the presidency. In 1960, Republican Richard Nixon won Ohio, but lost the election to Democrat John Kennedy. It adds 18 electoral votes to Trump’s tally.
Texas’ Rio Grande Valley may be along the proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall, but those voters are definitely not on the fence about this election.
The New York Times’ results show a blue sweep across the state’s southern border counties: Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Webb, Zapata and Maverick. Those counties are demographically Hispanic and traditionally skew Democratic.
Elsewhere in bright-red Texas, the metropolises of Houston, Dallas and Austin also voted Democrat.