Blitzer: "It's now
8 PM and we can make some projections.
Alright, we can project that Hillary Clinton will win the state of
Illinois and its 20 electoral votes. Illinois is the home-state of President Obama and it will be won by Hillary Clinton with a minor margin than 2012, but still won by the democratic nominee.
✔ Hillary Clinton 54.9%
Scott Walker 43.1%
New Jersey we can project. We project that the Garden state will be in the Hillary Clinton's column tonight. Not a great surprise here. New Jersey and its 14 electoral votes for Clinton.
✔ Hillary Clinton 56.5%
Scott Walker 42.7%
No surprise in
Massachusetts. We can project that Hillary Clinton will win the 11 electoral votes awarded from the state of Massachusetts. It's a traditional democratic state.
✔ Hillary Clinton 60.2%
Scott Walker 38.5%
No surprise in
Tennessee. A republican stronghold. Governor Scott Walker will win the state of Tennessee and its 11 electoral votes. Not a real surprise.
✔ Scott Walker 60.5%
Hillary Clinton 38.7%
And now we move to
Maryland, another democratic states. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will win the Maryland's 10 electoral votes.
✔ Hillary Clinton 59.9%
Scott Walker 37.9%
We can project another state for Scott Walker. We are projecting that the Wisconsin Governor, when all the votes will be counted, will win the state of
Alabama and its 9 electoral votes.
✔ Scott Walker 62.7%
Hillary Clinton 37.1%
Another solid republican state for Scott Walker. It's
Oklahoma. Oklahoma's 7 electoral votes will be won by the republican nominee by a very big margin. Not a surprise here.
✔ Scott Walker 66.5%
Hillary Clinton 33.5%
No surprise in the state of
Mississippi. We can project that the republican nominee will win this state and its 6 electoral votes. Mississippi goes for Walker.
✔ Scott Walker 59.8%
Hillary Clinton 40.1%
Let's go to New England again. The state of
Connecticut and its 7 electoral votes will be won by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Not a huge surprise in Connecticut.
✔ Hillary Clinton 56.7%
Scott Walker 42.5%
Delaware we can project. The home state of the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, will go to the democrats. Hillary Clinton will win the 3 electoral votes awarded from the state of Delaware.
✔ Hillary Clinton 56.2%
Scott Walker 42.4%
Maine splits electoral votes. 2 electoral votes are allocated to the statewide winner and 2 electoral votes are allocated to the winners in the 2 congressional districts of the state. We can now project that Hillary Clinton will win the 2 statewide votes and the electoral vote from the 1st congressional district of Maine. We are not able to project a winner in the 2nd congressional district at this hour. ¾ for the democrats.
✔ Hillary Clinton 55.6%
Scott Walker 43.7%
Another democratic state that we can now project is Rhode Island.
Rhode Island and its 4 electoral votes will go to the democratic nominee tonight.
✔ Hillary Clinton 61.9%
Scott Walker 36.3%
And finally, we can project the most democratic territory in the county, the
District of Columbia, for Hillary Clinton. The former Secretary will win 3 electoral votes of Washington, DC.
✔ Hillary Clinton 90.1%
Scott Walker 9.1%
We are not able to project a winner in the following states:
Florida,
Pennsylvania,
Missouri,
New Hampshire and in the
2nd congressional district of Maine.
Let's take a look at the electoral map. Right now, Hillary Clinton has a lead in the electoral college, but it's still too early.
Hillary Clinton 78 (47.4% of popular vote)Scott Walker 66 (51.7%)No Projection 126 We can take a look at our exit polls from the states that we have not projected. Remember, these are only exit polls.
Florida
Hillary Clinton 50%
Scott Walker 50%
Pennsylvania
Hillary Clinton 51%
Scott Walker 48%
Missouri
Scott Walker 51%
Hillary Clinton 47%
New Hampshire
Hillary Clinton 51%
Scott Walker 48%
Now, let's go to the Magic Wall with John King."
King: "Yes Wolf. We can start with the state of
Florida. Almost half of precints have reported, but the 3 most populated counties of the state, that are traditional democratic counties, are behind traditional republican counties in the scrutiny. These counties are Palm Beach County, Broward County and Miami-Dade County.
Florida - 46% reported.
Scott Walker 52.1%
Hillary Clinton 47.5%
Miami-Dade County. Only 23% reported, Clinton is leading 61-39. Four years ago, President Obama won this county 62-38. So, as you can see, there is a Walker improvement. But this improvement can be registered in another important county. Monroe County. This county is a lot less populated than Miami-Dade, yes, but Obama won this county 49.6-49.1 in 2012. This county was the closest county in the state of Florida and the closest to the statewide result, as Obama won 49.9-49 over Romney. Now, with 38% reported, Walker is leading 50-49. A good sign for the republicans, but Hillary will recover in the state, because the most democratic counties are behind. We'll see if it will be enough to win for Clinton. It won't be easy, because don't forget that there are some republican counties in Norhtwest Florida that haven't started reporting their votes.
Now, let's go to
Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has a democratic counting bias, as the most democratic counties are reporting their votes first.
Pennsylvania - 5% reported.
Hillary Clinton 64.2%
Scott Walker 36.6%
Philadelphia County, the most democratic county in Pennsylvania. Obama won it 85-14 in 2012. Now, with 36% reported, Hillary Clinton is winning this county 83-15. A Walker improvement here, as in another democratic county. Allegheny County. 38% reported. Obama won this county 57-42. Hillary Clinton is now winning this county 55-44. An interesting county is Bucks County. The President has won this county 50-49. Now, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is winning this county 51-48. When votes from republican counties will come in, Walker will recover here. If these county numbers will be the same at the end of the voting counts, there will be a swing of 3-4 points toward the Republicans. A big swing, yes, but not enough for Governor Walker to win the state. We'll see. If Walker will do better than expected in the GOP counties, it will be a different story.
We have not numbers from the state of Missouri, but we can take a look at another state with a democratic counting bias,
New Hampshire.
New Hampshire - 4% reported.
Hillary Clinton 62.6%
Scott Walker 36.3%
Democratic counties have started to report first. Rockingham County, Carroll County and Belknap County, the counties won by Mitt Romney in 2012, have not reported yet. But there is a good news for the Republicans. Hillsborough County. President Obama won this county 50-49 in 2012. Now, with 8% reported, Governor Walker is winning this county 51-49. An improvement, as expected, for the Republicans in New Hampshire. We have not enough informations in New Hampshire, so we'll see what happens during the night."
