5:06: Claims of rigging seem a distant memory
Donald Trump spent much of the end of his campaign claiming the election would be rigged – but at the moment, the New York Times is predicting he has a better chance of winning than his rival. It also suggests the Republican could win enough electoral college votes to become president but lose the popular vote.
It would be a supreme irony if the candidate warning the election would be rigged wins the electoral college while losing the popular vote.— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) November 9, 2016
5:04 Trending emojis tell the story of upset Clinton supporters
Emojipedia, the “emoji search engine”, is tracking all the emojis that have been trending tonight. The pistol emoji has just started trending in the past 30 minutes.
The Canadian flag has been trending as well as a variety of facial expressions, which have been growing increasingly dire in recent minutes.
???? ???? Loudly Crying Face is now trending on Emojipedia https://t.co/MixgVVXTmc— Emojipedia ???? (@Emojipedia) November 9, 2016
???? ???? Loudly Crying Face is now trending on Emojipedia https://t.co/MixgVVXTmc— Emojipedia ???? (@Emojipedia) November 9, 2016
5:02 Could third-party voters have swung Florida for Clinton?
According to the latest reports, Trump won the state of Florida by about 130,000 votes. At the same time, votes for third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein topped 260,000.
It’s impossible to say how those voters might have cast their ballot were Johnson and Stein not in the race, but some “protest voters” might be questioning their choices now – just as thousands of Brexit voters did.
Had my first Jill Stein supporter tell me he regrets his vote. Anyone else?— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) November 9, 2016
4:56 Clinton ‘the devil you know’, Trump ‘the great unknown’
The BBC’s Asia Business Correspondent Karishma Vaswani says:
“A Clinton victory is seen as broadly positive for Asia because, as one trader told me, it’s very much the case of ‘the devil that you know’. As secretary of state she has travelled out here before. Meanwhile Trump is the great unknown, prompting great uncertainty with moves such as calling for a tariff on Chinese imports. That has concerned Asian investors.”
4:53 America reacts to Florida Trump projection
Florida being called for Trump just took the air out of this bar in downtown Tampa. Some ironic clapping and a lot of silence. pic.twitter.com/RYfpGEaIpY— Franz Strasser (@franzstrasser) November 9, 2016
4:51 Georgia goes to Trump – ABC projects
Georgia has voted Republican since 1996, but the party has seen its margin of victory eroded in recent elections so Trump will be happy with this win.
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