The 2016 presidential chase is advancing to an end on Tuesday as millions of Americans arch to the acclamation beyond the country in what has been one of the wildest elections in U.S. history.
The acceptable applicant will charge to defended 270 balloter votes out of a accessible 538 votes in the balloter academy to become the 45th president.
Hillary Clinton, who could become the aboriginal changeable admiral if elected, holds a slight advance over GOP applicant Donald Trump, according to assorted acclamation arch up to Tuesday. Additionally on the presidential acclamation are complete candidates Gary Johnson (Libertarian) and Jill Stein (Green Party).
The aboriginal after-effects are accepted at 3 p.m. PT/6 p.m. ET on Tuesday aback acclamation alpha to abutting in Indiana. At 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m. ET, polling stations will abutting in Florida, Georgia, Indiana (complete), New Hampshire, South Carolina and Virginia.
See the abounding annual of poll closing times below.
Stay acquainted for alive updates appropriate actuality on Variety.com.
1 a.m PT. Chris Evans, “Captain America.”
12:49 am PT. Madonna.
12:48 am PT. Carl Reiner.
12:25 am PT. Trump’s mission. What was arresting about his acknowledgment accent was that the focus was on a behemothic basement program, to put Americans to work. That angle has been adjourned out in Congress throughout the Obama administration, and could actual able-bodied be a flashpoint with budgetary conservatives.
12:18 am PT. Katy Perry.
11:43 pm PT. Trump will allege soon. Trump is accepted to allege to his celebrating supporters in a bit, as the army there is abashed by his agitated win.
11:41 pm PT. Clinton concedes. Hillary Clinton alleged Trump this atramentous to accept the election, according to CNN. The Trump anniversary erupts in loud acclaim as the annual is flashed at Trump headquarters.
11:29 pm PT. Trump wins Wisconsin. He surprises by acceptable the state, one that the Clinton attack anticipation they had in the bag. He additionally won Maine’s 2nd aldermanic commune — alike as Clinton won the blow of the state.
11:22 pm PT. Stars at Clinton rally. Cher and Lady Gaga are at the Clinton accident at the Javits Center, but are backstage crying, according to NBC News’ Kasie Hunt.
11:17 pm PT. Admonishing signs. Michael Moore, who has been admonishing that Michigan was not the agreement that Democrats anticipation it was.
11:03 pm PT. John Podesta. “It has been a continued time, and it has been a continued campaign. But I should say we can delay a little longer.” He tells anybody to arch home and “we will accept added to say tomorrow.” So Clinton will not accept tonight, but I doubtable Trump will speak.
11:01 pm PT. ‘Lock her up.’ The army at the Trump achievement affair at the Hilton is now chanting “lock her up, lock her up.”
10:48 pm PT. ‘Deplorables.’ There will be a lot of analytic of what went amiss for Clinton, but her annual that bisected of his supporters could be put into a “basket of deplorables.” It was at a fundraiser for her attack on Sept. 9, with Barbra Streisand as the entertainment.
10:40 pm PT. AP calls Pennsylvania. The Associated Press aloof alleged Pennsylvania for Trump, a above firewall for Clinton. The chase is about absent for the Democrats. EV total: Trump 264, Clinton 215.
10:34 pm PT. Judd Apatow.
10:22 pm PT. California initiatives. In accession to recreational marijuana use, California voted to extend assets taxes for the wealthy, repealed a ban on bilingual apprenticeship and accustomed accomplishments checks for armament purchases,
10:10 pm PT. Rob Lowe. He addendum the cardinal of bodies from brawl who vowed to move to addition country if this moment that looks about to arise absolutely happens.
9:51 pm PT. Evan McMullin. “Tonight there are millions of Americans who, I am sad to say, abhorrence their liberties will be challenged by a Trump administration,” he said. He appropriate that he will try afresh in 2020. Trump is projected to win the state.
9:45 pm PT. Van Jones. On CNN, Van Jones congratulated common CNN analyst Jeffrey Lord, a Trump backer, on the atheism amid abounding who did not vote for Trump. “This was a whitelash adjoin a alteration country. This was a blanch adjoin a atramentous president,” he said, abacus that he’s heard from Muslims allurement if they should leave the country.
“You got a lot of bodies who feel that we are not represented able-bodied either,” Jones said, calling a “deeply aching moment tonight.”
9:39 pm PT. Added from Seth.
9:34 pm PT. Clinton wins Nevada. She needs to win it. Abounding bodies from brawl trekked there on the cerebration that it would be a make-or-break beat state. As it turns out, it was Wisconsin and Michigan. EV count: Trump 244, Clinton 215.
9:30 pm PT. Added pessimism. Aloof chatted with a Clinton bundler, who says that the atmosphere is acutely downcast. Hopes for a achievement are actual slim. There is complete shock.
9:04 pm PT. Accident achievement in Clinton camp. From Brent Lang: Atheism has blanketed the Javits Center. What was a celebratory affection alone a few hours afore grew bleak, with a few assemblage affronted aback tears as after-effects ticked in that seemed to announce that Trump was assertive to abduction the White House.
8:48 pm PT. Trump wins Georgia. Trump runs up the score, capturing a accompaniment that looked to be in comedy at one point for Democrats. Trump, 232; Clinton, 209.
8:39 pm PT. Trump wins Iowa. Trump assets addition accompaniment that Democrats accept claimed the aftermost two cycles. EV count: Trump, 216; Clinton, 209.
8:31 pm PT. Kamala Harris wins. In California, accompaniment Attorney Accepted Kamala Harris has won a chase to accomplish Sen. Barbara Boxer in the Senate. Harris was able-bodied advanced of her challenger, addition Democrat, Loretta Sanchez. But Democrats arise to accept absent their affairs to booty a majority in the Senate.
8:29 pm PT. Marijuana legalization. Californians are projected to accept an action legalizing recreational marijuana use. A few bodies out actuality may charge it.
8:24 pm PT. Florida for Trump. Florida is alleged by several annual outlets, already afresh advocacy his prospects. This was a accompaniment in which Clinton supporters had a lot of aplomb of winning.
8:18 pm PT. The path. Overconfidence about Wisconsin may about-face into the Clinton campaign’s better miscalculation. It has been a reliable Democratic state, as accept added Rust Belt states. CNN’s Jake Tapper calls it “less apparent by the hour.”
8:10 pm PT. The affection turns. Brent Lang, at the Javits Center. “I feel sick,” one adherent says as she watches ABC blab Trumps accessible aisle to victory. Bodies are starting to bark abroad from the event. It’s a crawl but the affection has shifted.
8:06 pm PT. North Carolina for Trump. Clinton loses a above battlefield state, according to a cardinal of projections. A Clinton win is attractive added unlikely, accustomed the huge margins that Trump has racked up in rural areas in Wisconsin and Michigan. EV count: Clinton, 190; Trump, 186.
8:00 pm PT. California for Clinton. No surprise, but Clinton wins the Golden State. It’s the better balloter prize, but has been cautiously dejected back 1992. EV count: Clinton, 190; Trump 171.
7:52 pm PT. All-overs at the Javits Center. From Brent Lang: “Lots of afraid buzz calls and accounting into smartphones as attendees try to bold out altered balloter scenarios. Great all-overs over Michigan.”
7:46 pm PT. Cher. The accompanist campaigned for Clinton, and additionally has been one of her best abrupt of celebrity activists.
Her affection tonight:
7:40 pm PT. Clinton wins Colorado. She needs this accompaniment — she needs every accompaniment now — so this is a cogent victory. But Trump is beauteous with his achievement beyond the high Midwest, including Wisconsin and Michigan.
7:26 pm PT. Trump wins Ohio. Trump is projected to win in Ohio, the aboriginal battlefield accompaniment to be called. Several annual outlets accept alleged Virginia for Clinton, which generates some acclaim at the Javits Center. But it is baby solace. EV count: Trump 167, Clinton 122.
7:13 pm PT. New Mexico and Missouri. Clinton is projected to get New Mexico, and that Donald Trump will win Missouri. EV count: Trump. 149, Clinton, 109.
7:05 pm PT. The markets. A lot of jitters. The Financial Times letters that the Mexican peso has apparent its steepest dive in added than 20 years. Dow futures are bottomward 400. EV count: Clinton, 104, Trump 140.
7:01 pm PT. Added projections. Trump wins in Montana, but so far no battlefield states called. High all-overs amid the Clinton team.
A sample, from one of her attack bundlers.
6:54 pm PT. Blow of relief. From Variety’s Brent Lang: At the Javits Center, there is a blow of abatement as CNN shows Clinton demography a advance in Virginia. But it may be baby solace, as she was anticipation to be in a prime position to accept a advantageous advance there.
6:45 pm PT. Trump wins Lousiana. Again, no surprise. But it was a accompaniment that went Democratic for governor aloof aftermost year. So far, Trump appears to be over assuming by cutting up ample margins in rural areas — conceivably giving some acceptance to the missing alive chic vote. EV count: Trump, 136, Clinton, 104.
6:40 pm PT. Pollsters. They already are adage that the polling industry is in for an upheaval, accustomed that Trump is already are over performing. “We are seeing a aboveboard aisle for Donald Trump to the White House,” says Jake Tapper of CNN.
6:34 pm PT. Shocker? The New York Times is now forecasting a Trump win.
6:26 pm PT. Clinton Wins Connecticut. Hey, it’s something. EV count: Trump, 128, Clinton 97.
6:21 p.m. PT. From the Javits Center. Tension has absorbed the Javits Center as aboriginal allotment appearance Trump arch in Virginia, Florida and added battlefield states
6:15 p.m. PT. Trump’s affairs brighten. It is starting to attending like a better-than-expected night for Trump, with Florida now attractive added alien for Clinton. A continued night, added acceptable than not. Trump wins Texas, which additionally was expected, but added to their favor is an accidentally abutting assuming so far in Virginia. EV count: Trump, 128, Clinton, 97.
6 p.m. PT. Added projections. Clinton wins New York (her home state, but additionally Trump’s), Trump wins Kansas, Nebraska (3 of 5 balloter votes), North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. As of yet, no beat states are actuality called. EV count: Clinton, 97, Trump 84.
5:48 pm PT. Sunshine Accompaniment anytime so close. Some anguish in the Clinton attack over Florida, obviously, as Trump holds a 112,000 vote lead. EV count: Clinton, 68; Trump, 66.
5:40 p.m. PT. Former DNC chair. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who accommodated as the armchair of the Democratic National Committee, accustomed at the Clinton accident at the Javits Center in New York. She told reporters that a Clinton admiral would bottle the accomplishments of the Obama administration, admiration she would “build on the success that we achieved.”
The congresswoman said she hoped Democrats would accomplish assets in the House and balance the Senate.
“We absolutely achievement that Republicans won’t put obstruction at the top of their agenda,” she said, abacus “The brawl is in their court.”
5:28 pm PT. Manhattan’s night. Variety’s Oriana Schwindt letters from alfresco the Trump tower.
“Just afore 7 p.m. ET, and there are aloof three Trump supporters in a barricaded pen on the far ancillary of Fifth Avenue. Gawkers stop for photos. No one yells annihilation atrocious or affronted on either side.”
5:26 pm PT. The Senate. Democrats aces up one bench as Tammy Duckworth defeats bounden Mark Kirk in Illinois. But they arise to be accident accessible pickups in Indiana, and Marco Rubio is the projected champ in Florida. The chase for ascendancy of the Senate is acceptable to be tight.
5:15 pm PT. Florida. Deja vu? The accompaniment may be the attach biter of the night, as Clinton holds a 1,600 vote advance over Trump.
Mood at Clinton accident in NY: “High energy,” letters one attack bundler.
5 p.m. PT Polls close. Voting ends in a bulk of states. Illinois. New Jersey. Massachusetts. Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Washington DC go for Clinton. Trump wins Oklahoma, Tennessee and Mississippi. Beat states Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Georgia and Virginia still too aboriginal to call. EV tally: Clinton 68, Trump, 48.
Illinois was accepted for Clinton, but it additionally is her built-in state.
4:44 p.m. PT. At the Clinton event. Variety’s Brent Lang, at the Clinton accident at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan, letters that a loud acclamation went up aback CNN alleged Vermont for Clinton. “It’s a landslide,” said one supporter, to a access of laughter. (Vermont was never in question).
Among those spotted: Dustin Lance Atramentous and Tom Daley, Chris Colfer and Christine Quinn.
Clinton supporters began lining up to get in the accident about apex on Tuesday, with some women in white pantsuits and others cutting T-shirts that apprehend “Madam President” and “Nasty Woman.” The achievement affair is bathed in dejected light, beneath a bottle beam — which is one of abounding metaphors that accept been spotted on Tuesday.
Trump, meanwhile, is projected to win South Carolina, which he was accepted to win.
4:30 p.m. PT. North Carolina and Ohio. Acclamation accept bankrupt in two added battlefield states — and they are too aboriginal to call. Trump is projected to win West Virginia, as expected. Florida is a attach biter. EV tally: Trump 24, Clinton 3.
4 p.m. PT. And we’re off. States are starting to aeon in, and CNN has alleged Kentucky and Indiana for Donald Trump, and Vermont for Hillary Clinton. No abruptness there. Virginia, Georgia and South Carolina are too aboriginal to call. EV tally: Trump, 19, Clinton, 3.
3:37 pm PT. Area the Candidates Are. No amount who wins tonight, the abutting admiral will be the aboriginal to appear from New York back Franklin Roosevelt. So it is a bit of an anomaly that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are aloof blocks abroad from anniversary other. Clinton has accustomed at the Peninsula Hotel, area she will watch the results, while Trump is at Trump Tower. Their ” victory” parties additionally are in the aforementioned city: Clinton’s is at the Jacob Javits Center, while Trump’s is at the abundant abate New York Hilton.
Here’s one highlight of what was activity on at the Trump Tower.
3:30 pm PT. George W. Bush. The above president’s agent has told assorted annual outlets that he and his wife Laura didn’t vote for either applicant for admiral this year. That’s appealing extraordinary, afterwards letters aftermost ages that Bush’s father, George H.W. Bush, planned to vote for Clinton. It’s not surprising, though, accustomed that Donald Trump bashed the adolescent Bush in a presidential debate, blaming him not aloof for the Iraq war but for 9/11.
2:45 pm PT. Norman Lear. The architect of “All in the Family” and so abounding added archetypal TV shows of the 70s and 80s was in Broward County, Fla., on Tuesday, campaigning and thanking voters at a polling place. Lear, 94, is for Clinton, which is no surprise, as he has been one of the brawl industry’s allegorical longtime political activists. In fact, he appealing abundant authentic the way that entertainers and added industry abstracts appoint in the political action — which is a admixture of activism, fundraising and agreeable creation. He’s been appealing abrupt this aeon about how Trump resembles his best acclaimed character, Archie Bunker, but Lear is additionally amid the abounding in showbiz admonishing about a achievement for the Republican nominee. In added words, it’s no bedlam matter.
2:27 pm PT. The aboriginal avenue polls. Some numbers are in — but they are far from an indicator of who will win and who will not. In fact, the avenue acclamation assume to alone reinforce the abstraction that the electorate is divided. The antecedent avenue poll data, according to CNN, shows that four in ten voters are not aflame about their presidential prospects. Some 38% told pollsters their antecedence in a applicant is addition who could accompany about change — which is acceptable or bad for Clinton depending on how you adapt it. The bad: That was the absolute affair amid a advantage of the electorate. The good: Addition advantage said that they capital a applicant who had acquaintance and judgment, factors that evidently would assume to favor Clinton.
The caveat: The avenue poll abstracts changes throughout the evening, as acclamation accept not bankrupt in any arena of the country. In fact, the annual networks accept said they will not absolution any advice that sheds ablaze on who is acceptable until the acclamation abutting in a accurate state. CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox and the Associated Press participate in the National Acclamation Pool, which gathers the avenue poll data. But it was abandoned until 5 p.m. ET, at which time alone accepted information, like top issues and the architecture of the electorate, is released.
A chat of warning: There has been a CNN Politics Twitter annual advertisement inaccurate information, like a Trump advance in Florida. The annual has been taken down.
Closing Times for U.S. Polls
3:00 p.m. PTIndiana (11) – Select counties
4:00 p.m. PTGeorgia (16 Balloter votes)Indiana (11) – blow of stateKentucky (8)South Carolina (9)Vermont (3)Virginia (13)
4:30 p.m. PTNorth Carolina (15 Balloter votes)Ohio (18)West Virginia (5)
5:00 p.m. PTAlabama (9 Balloter Votes)Connecticut (7)Delaware (3)DC (3)Florida (29)Illinois (20)Maine (4)Maryland (10)Massachusetts (11)Mississippi (6)Missouri (10)New Hampshire (4)New Jersey (14)Oklahoma (7)Pennsylvania (20)Rhode Island (4)Tennessee (11)
5:30 p.m. PTArkansas (6 Balloter votes)
6:00 p.m. PTArizona (11 Balloter votes)Colorado (9)Kansas (6)Louisiana (8)Michigan (16)Minnesota (10)Nebraska (5)New Mexico (5)New York (29)North Dakota (3)South Dakota (3)Texas (38)Wisconsin (10)Wyoming (3)
7:00 p.m. PTIowa (6)Montana (3)Nevada (6)Utah (6)
8:00 p.m. PTCalifornia (55 Balloter votes)Hawaii (4)Idaho (4)Oregon (7)Washington (12)
10:00 p.m. PTAlaska (3)
