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People dance in front of a huge stage installation in the IICON area of the Glastonbury Festival of Music and Performing Arts on Worthy Farm near the village of Pilton in Somerset, South West England.

Trump Elected US President

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

22:45 8.11.2016

Clinton wins Colorado's 9 electoral votes.

22:42 8.11.2016

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.

22:39 8.11.2016

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.

22:38 8.11.2016

Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan optimistic about national vote as he gives acceptance speech:

PAUL RYAN: Being Eager to Get Back to Work and Watching the Polls
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