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Trump Elected US President

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Here's a recap of VOA's live coverage of the historic 2016 election.

19:39 8.11.2016

This election is full of surprises, with both Virginia and Georgia polls closing with results too close to call, reports the AP.

The wire service reports that results in those states are falling along ethnic and racial lines.

In Georgia, normally a Republican stronghold, "large majorities of whites with and without college degrees" backed Trump.

But in Virginia, whites without college degrees voted Trump, while those with a degree split their votes between Trump and Hillary Clinton.

19:40 8.11.2016

Ohio Republican Rob Portman wins re-election the U.S. Senate, defeating Democrat Ted Strickland.

19:41 8.11.2016

19:42 8.11.2016

VOA's Katherine Gypson reports from Philadelphia:

In Holmes Circle - a northern suburb of Philadelphia - a steady stream of voters came in and out of polling places in the final hours of Election Day. Many of them expressed relief that the long campaign season and ever-present campaign ads that run on TV here in this battleground state would finally be over. Asked to list qualities they look for in a leader, a broad range of voters said they were looking for a trustworthy person, with character and an ability to engage in civil dialogue. Several voters pointed to the debates as a turning point in their understanding of both candidates. Like voters in downtown Philadelphia, many of the suburban voters declined to say who they had chosen for President - except for one voter in his 50s who said he had voted for Trump because Clinton "is a criminal who would be in jail soon."

Polls in Pennsylvania close in minutes.

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