Presidential MapHillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 268 EVsDonald J. Trump/Mike Pence 249 EVsIn a major surprise, Republican candidate Donald J. Trump greatly overperformed expectations. Taking swing states like North Carolina and Florida by reasonably comfortable margins, he also made inroads into the Democratic-leaning Rust Belt. He won Iowa and Ohio by 7 points and 4 points, respectively, and at press time has a small lead in Wisconsin. Other Rust Belt states, like Michigan and Pennsylvania, just barely went to the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. If he can hold on in Arizona (he has a lead of 4 points there) and Wisconsin, he will do what pundits thought impossible and win the presidential election.
Senate MapDemocratic Party 53 seats (+7)Republican Party 45 seats (-9)Too Close to Call 1 seat (+1)Runoff in December 1 seat (+1)Contrary to Trump's surprisingly strong performance, which pundits believe was caused by FBI Director Comey's decision to reopen the Hillary Clinton email investigation, Democrats managed to slightly outperform expectations in the Senate. DOA Republican candidates Mark Kirk, Pat Toomey, and Ron Johnson were handily defeated by their Democratic opponents. In New Hampshire, Maggie Hassan won a fairly comfortable victory over Kelly Ayotte. In North Carolina, former senator Kay Hagan narrowly unseated Richard Burr. Lastly, the Democrats won two upset victories in Indiana and Missouri. Florida's race between Marco Rubio and Patrick Murphy was too close to call at press time, and in Louisiana a runoff between John Neely Kennedy and Mitch Landrieu will occur on December 10.
