People wait outside to cast their ballots at the Pleasant Ridge Community Center in Cincinnati, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 (Photo: AP)
So far Republican challenger Mitt Romney is leading with 88 out of the 270 electoral college votes needed to win, as US networks project he will pick up traditional Republican strongholds mainly in the south.
Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama is ahead in safe states on the East Coast and has 79 electoral college votes. But many of the vote-rich states such as Florida have yet to be called.
RESULTS SO FAR
OBAMA
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Connecticut 7
Delaware 3
Illinois 20
Maine 4
Maryland 10
Massachusetts 11
New Jersey 14
Rhode Island 4
Vermont 3
Washington, DC 3
ROMNEY
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Alabama 9
Arkansas 6
Georgia 16
Indiana 11
Kentucky 8
Mississippi 6
Oklahoma 7
South Carolina 9
Tennessee 11
West Virginia 5
TOTAL
Romney -- 88
Obama -- 79
RESULTS STILL PENDING
Toss-Up States
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Colorado 9
Florida 29
Iowa 6
Michigan 16
Minnesota 10
Missouri 10
Nevada 6
New Hampshire 4
New Mexico 5
North Carolina 15
Ohio 18
Pennsylvania 20
Virginia 13
Wisconsin 10
Projected Republican
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Arizona 11
Alaska 3
Idaho 4
Kansas 6
Louisiana 8
Montana 3
Nebraska 5
North Dakota 3
South Dakota 3
Texas 38
Utah 6
Wyoming 3
Projected Democratic
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California 55
Hawaii 4
New York 29
Oregon 7
Washington 12
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