For all of the ways the 2016 presidential election was extraordinary - particularly Donald Trump’s repeated assertion that the vote was being “rigged” - the actual balloting on Tuesday was largely without serious incident.
Nov 08

By Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas, Associated Press
Anxious aides to Democrat Hillary Clinton watched key swing states Ohio and Florida go for Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday night, and they kept a close eye on Michigan and Wisconsin — two states that had seemed like safe bets…
Nov 08

By Julie Pace and Robert Furlow, Associated Press
Donald Trump captured crucial victories over Hillary Clinton Tuesday night in Florida, Ohio and North Carolina, showing remarkable strength in three of the nation's most fiercely fought battleground states in an unexpectedly tight race for the presidency.
Nov 08

By Erica Werner, Associated Press
Democrats' chances of retaking the Senate majority were slipping away early Wednesday as Republicans hung onto key seats in Wisconsin, North Carolina, Indiana and Florida. Democrats kept their seat in Nevada, where Catherine Cortez Masto's win will make her the…
Nov 08

By Robin Fields, ProPublica
If you’re on line at a polling place at the time it’s supposed to close on Election Day, you get to vote. Doesn’t matter how long it takes. Doesn’t matter how long the line is.
Nov 08

By Jill Colvin and Steve Peoples, Associated Press
Donald Trump scored victories in the nation's premier battleground states — and threatened even more in the industrial Midwest — as his White House prospects improved early Wednesday with a handful of battleground states still too close to call.
Nov 08

By Robin Fields, ProPublica
On Election Day, reports from polling places across America reveal how it is playing out in real time.
Nov 08

By PBS NewsHour
As election results near, syndicated columnist Mark Shields, New York Times columnist David Brooks, Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report, Democratic strategist Cornell Belcher, Republican strategist Stuart Stevens and Andra Gillespie of Emory University join Judy Woodruff and Hari…
Nov 08

By PBS NewsHour
As the first polls begin to close, we get predictions from both sides of the aisle. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Sean Spicer, chief strategist for the Republican National Committee, about a last-minute advertising blitz, outreach to minority voters and what…
Nov 08

By PBS NewsHour
The integrity of the election has been a major theme this election season. William Brangham speaks with Jessica Huseman of ProPublica about lines and security at the polls, what we are seeing in terms of voter intimidation, who’s allowed to…
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