US election: First results from Kentucky and Indiana suggest Donald Trump support is still strong

Both of the earliest states are strongly Republican, but the vote shares offer an early insight into how votes are working out

US election night: Everything you need to know

The first results from the US election are showing that Donald Trump's support is staying strong.

Initial indications from Kentucky show that the Republican candidate is dominating the voting in that state, with 79 per cent of the ballots yet counted.

Only 1 per cent of the vote is in so far, and the state was always likely to support Donald Trump. But the results show that Mr Trump's support is still holding strong.

Kentucky was one of the first states to close at 6pm eastern time and is likely to be one of the first to declare its results. It is almost certain that voters there will back Donald Trump, but the margin of victory might prove a useful way of understanding the support he is generating across the country.

The results may change over time, since so small a proportion of the electorate has voted so far.

Similar results were seen in Indiana, with early votes showing strong results for Mr Trump. But that state too was always expected to be won by the Republicans – not only has it historically supported the party, it is the home state of Mike Pence, Mr Trump's running mate and Indiana's governor.

[7 November 2016 17:57 · Feliks Garcia]

President Obama is campaigning for Clinton in Michigan right now. 

[7 November 2016 18:02 · Feliks Garcia]

The Trump campaign sent out an email asking for pizza money for his volunteers

[7 November 2016 18:20 · Feliks Garcia]

Donald Trump told his supporters in Sarasota that firefighters are being shot, although did not cite specific incidents. 

"The firemen have big a big problem going on, they have a shooting problem, where they're being shot at as they're going to fires," he said. "This is a new phenomena – people don't even know about it. They're being shot at as they go to fires, they're being shot at as they put out fires, is that so?"

[7 November 2016 18:21 · Feliks Garcia]

[7 November 2016 18:29 · Feliks Garcia]

It's looking really close according to some of these swing state polls. 

[7 November 2016 18:42 · Feliks Garcia]

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[7 November 2016 19:17 · Justin Carissimo]

Ken Bone, the blood-red, sweater fanatic and famous undecided voter of presidential debate fame, will be featured as a Twitter emoji ahead of Election Day.

— Justin Carissimo

[7 November 2016 19:20 · Justin Carissimo]

Hillary Clinton has canceled her celebratory fireworks for election night, the New York Police Department officials announced on Monday afternoon. 

"They do have a permit for fireworks but at this point, we believe fireworks is canceled," NYPD Chief of Intelligence Tommy Galati told reporters at a press conference.

—JC

[7 November 2016 19:26 · Justin Carissimo]

Wisconsin just set new early voting record, recording roughly 800,000 voters, the state Elections Commission announced on Monday. Approximately 797,740 people turned out, breaking the previous record of 664,597 voters. 

—JC