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US elections: Trump wins battleground states, set to become President

In Florida, which has 29 electoral college votes, Trump has taken a lead of about 77,000.

By :  sadhguru jaggi vasudev
Update: 2016-11-09 03:03 GMT
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were locked in a dead heat Tuesday in their historic clash for White House, as the world waited anxiously for results from the key battleground states that will decide the winner. (Photo: AP)
Democrats react to numbers for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Arizona Democratic Party's election night bash at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel.
Democrats cheer that Hillary Clinton won the state of Colorado on Election Day at the Denver Westin Downtown.
Donald Trump has won Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Kansas and Nebraska while Hillary Clinton has won New York and Illinois.
Clinton wins Connecticut. 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.
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.
A deeply divided electorate of about 200 million Americans were asked to make a momentous choice between electing the nation's first woman president, or handing the reins of power to a billionaire populist who has upended US politics with his improbable outsider campaign.
In Florida, which has 29 electoral college votes, Trump has taken a lead of about 77,000.

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