A young visitor takes a photo of a giant cutout of Republican candidate for president Donald Trump in front of the Trump House owned by Lisa Rossi in Youngstown, Pa, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
So the first projections are in.
Donald Trump 19, Hilary Clinton 3.
Of course, it is important to remember that the early predictions usually favour the Republicans.
Rural, solidly conservative seats are easy to call for the Red column, so it is no surprise Indiana and Kentucky have gone for Trump early on.
As results from more densely populated, urban areas begin to come in shortly, expect Clinton to pick up support.
But what of the swing states – the areas that will decide the result?
Both camps clearly remain buoyant. The Democrats have made 13million phone calls over the weekend and you can guarantee the taxis and buses will still be ferrying voters to the polls as we speak.
But the Republicans are confident too. Trump’s strategy has focused heavily on getting the non-voters to make an exception and come out and back him. A high turnout could be a sign that this strategy has worked.
For the moment, however, it looks like Trump has a tough route to White House. Without Florida, it is almost impossible.
A shock win in somewhere like Virginia though could open the race right up.
