Exit Polls: Connecticut, Louisiana, Arkansas

Exit Polls: Connecticut, Louisiana, Arkansas
Susan Varn, far left, and Ed Cunningham, far right, hold campaign signs as others chat, across from a polling place in Kensington, N.H., on Nov. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
The Associated Press
11/8/2016
Updated:
11/8/2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Election Day 2016 (all times EST):

9:28 p.m.

Donald Trump has won Louisiana and its eight electoral votes. 

That extends his Electoral College total in Tuesday’s elections to 137, compared with Hillary Clinton’s 104.

History was on Donald Trump’s side in the state. Louisiana hasn’t given its electoral votes to a Democrat since Bill Clinton won 52 percent of the vote two decades ago.

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9:26 p.m.

Hillary Clinton has won Connecticut.

The Democratic nominee on Tuesday was awarded Connecticut’s seven electoral votes.

The result was not a surprise, as Connecticut was considered a safely Democratic state.

Clinton now has 104 electoral votes. Her Republican opponent Donald Trump has 129.

 

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9:08 p.m.

Republican Donald Trump has won Arkansas and its six electoral votes.

That brings his electoral vote total in Tuesday’s election to 129. Democrat Hillary Clinton has 97.

It takes 270 votes to win the presidency.

The result was expected. Earlier polling showed Trump leading Clinton by double digits in the state where she served as first lady for 12 years while her husband was the governor.

The once reliably blue state has turned red in recent years. Republicans now control all of Arkansas’ statewide and federal offices, as well as a majority of seats in both chambers of the state legislature.

Arkansas has backed the Republican candidate for the White House in every election since 1980 — except for years when Bill Clinton was running for president.