Clinton Takes Massachusetts, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia

Clinton Takes Massachusetts, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia
McCracken County residents vote at the Robert Cherry Civic Center in Paducah, Ky., on Nov. 8, 2016. (Ryan Hermens/The Paducah Sun via AP)
The Associated Press
11/8/2016
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11/8/2016

Democrat Hillary Clinton has won Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and the District of Columbia while Republican Donald Trump has captured Oklahoma.

Clinton was awarded Massachusetts’ 11 electoral votes, 10 from Maryland, 14 from New Jersey and three each from Delaware and the nation’s capital, giving her 44 for the night. Trump picked up seven from Oklahoma, giving him 31.

The results Tuesday were not surprising. Massachusetts and the District of Columbia are two of the nation’s safest Democratic strongholds.

The last time Oklahoma went for a Democrat was 1964, when it voted for Lyndon Johnson. Maryland last went for the GOP in 1988.

New Jersey has been a safe Democratic state for 20 years. Its governor, Chris Christie, is a close Trump ally but is saddled with low approval numbers.