Tonight, we are covering the polling results of the U.S. election.  Voting will go on until 8 pm today (local time EST). The article will be updated throughout the night when results will be announced; we plan to provide comments and links to the more notable articles from all major news media, in real time, the most recent first.  And here, the Impakter team will share news as it develops with you – be sure to come back for our wrap-up note and assessment once the vote is known. 

• 02:50 AM EST: Donald Trump has been elected president and gives speech.
  

  Watch live: Donald Trump's speech on election results #ElectionNight https://t.co/aHRgj9sgtx

  — TIME (@TIME) November 9, 2016

• 02:45 AM EST: Vice President Elect, Mike Pence addresses Trump victory party.
• 02:41 AM EST: Hillary Clinton has conceded the U.S. Presidential race to Donald Trump.
  

  You didn't think it would happen, but it just did. https://t.co/wPny2kDMAk pic.twitter.com/FOk6Rcn1Sp

  — Mic (@mic) November 9, 2016

• 02:04 AM EST: Campaign chair at Clinton headquarters addressed  crowd at Javits Center in New York. Hillary Clinton will not speak tonight. Source: CNN
• 02:00 AM EST: Clinton wins Maine.
  

  Latest US election result: Hillary Clinton has won Maine https://t.co/6VVCQRzhBJ pic.twitter.com/wCd72vDzah

  — Financial Times (@FT) November 9, 2016

• 01:44 AM EST: Electoral vote reaches 264 for Trump with Hillary still at 215.
  

  The latest 2016 election results https://t.co/Kir4tzdGWF pic.twitter.com/Tr9Ba1ajAS

  — The New York Times (@nytimes) November 9, 2016

• 01:26 AM EST: Republicans claim the Senate in an unexpected victory.
• 01:08 AM EST: Trump wins Pennsylvania:
  

  BREAKING: Trump wins Pennsylvania. @AP race call at 1:36 a.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall pic.twitter.com/QkIQdGS24O

  — The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2016

• 01:08 AM EST: Clinton remains behind Trump in electoral votes: Clinton – 215 , Trump – 240.

• WATCH LIVE: See how Trump's path to the White House is opening up with @ReutersGraphics map. https://t.co/hDDCBZWalL pic.twitter.com/xT5T1ik1ZV

  — Reuters Live (@ReutersLive) November 9, 2016

• 12:21 AM EST: Clinton wins Nevada:

• BREAKING: Clinton wins Nevada. @AP race call at 12:21 a.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall pic.twitter.com/ogujFEIJCl

  — The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2016

• 12:03 AM EST: The race is tight for Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania:
  

  All eyes are on Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania right now. Here's the latest https://t.co/nkwSmMYJny #ElectionNight pic.twitter.com/W9Dr8BVyoo

  — Bloomberg (@business) November 9, 2016

• 11:52 PM EST: Trump leads the electoral vote with 216 votes and Clinton with 209:
  

  Explore election results by county here: https://t.co/dm3t32Bsup pic.twitter.com/oBY4BDDqdd

  — NYT Graphics (@nytgraphics) November 9, 2016

• 11:50 PM EST: Trump wins Iowa and Georgia:
  

  .@realDonaldTrump wins Georgia, Iowa https://t.co/usys7DCP89 | Getty pic.twitter.com/9V8E2qJeyk

  — POLITICO (@politico) November 9, 2016

• 11:40 PM EST: Global markets react to a Trump win:

• See how global markets are reacting to the rising odds of a Trump win: https://t.co/lLBeYfiMXZ.. More here: https://t.co/eX3NJeQFGr pic.twitter.com/fLOSUnRg8B

  — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 9, 2016

• 11:35 PM EST: Trump sweeps Florida.
• 11:03 PM EST: Clinton leads with 197 electoral votes, Trump with 187.
• 10:40 PM EST: Trump wins Ohio, Clinton wins Virginia.
• 10:25 PM EST: Michigan and Wisconsin remain battleground states.
• 10:01 PM EST: Projected that Donald Trump will take Montana with 3 electoral votes. Source: CNN.
• 9:57 PM EST: The vote is close in New Hampshire:
  

  Clinton and Trump are neck-and-neck in New Hampshire — live analysis: https://t.co/0reR6lRDgl 🔓 pic.twitter.com/qNb67CvhH6

  — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) November 9, 2016

• 9:54 PM EST: Clinton now leads in Virgina. Source: FiveThirtyEight.
• 9:51 PM EST: Clinton has 136 electoral votes, Trump has 104.
  

  Live forecast: Donald Trump has a 55% chance of becoming president, as of 9:40 p.m. ET https://t.co/Yd2Xl2a502 pic.twitter.com/5RCGguZ01N

  — The New York Times (@nytimes) November 9, 2016

• 9:46 PM EST: Clinton wins Connecticut, Trump wins Louisana:
  

  BREAKING: Clinton wins Connecticut. @AP race call at 9:26 p.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall pic.twitter.com/X32kfpDi4Z

  — The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2016

• 9:36 PM EST: Clinton has 97 electoral votes, Trump has 128. Souce: CNN
• 9:30 PM EST: Donald Trump is ahead in Virgina and North Carolina (76 percent of the vote is in North Carolina). Source: CNN
• 9:15 PM EST: Models from FiveThirtyEight predict Clinton’s chances at 73 percent, sliding down from her originally predicted win at 78 percent. Markets have fallen sharply over the past few minutes.
  

  S&P 500 futures are sliding along with the Mexican peso https://t.co/3pexgcZWr7 #ElectionNight pic.twitter.com/eEtcBZUiZX

  — Bloomberg (@business) November 9, 2016

• 9:06 PM EST: Donald Trump wins Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming.
• 9:05 PM EST: Hillary Clinton wins New York:
  

  .@HillaryClinton wins New York https://t.co/6DecmuEkLL | AP Photo pic.twitter.com/XiuA9TwHii

  — POLITICO (@politico) November 9, 2016

• 8:45 PM EST: Hillary Clinton wins Rhode Island giving Clinton 48 electoral votes. Trump has 60. Source: Associated Press
  

  BREAKING: Clinton wins Rhode Island. @AP race call at 8:40 p.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall pic.twitter.com/atEBZ1MmE0

  — The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2016

• 8: 36 PM EST: Florida too close to call. Source: CNN News
  

  Races too close to call: FL (pictured below), NC, NH, OH, PA and VA https://t.co/tlDCvOP2TE #CNNElection pic.twitter.com/y4TlvWNbz2

  — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) November 9, 2016

• 8:33 PM EST: Tammy Duckworth will take U.S. Senate seat in Illinois. Source: CNN.
• 8: 31 PM EST: Next polls project Trump will win Alabama and South Carolina. Source: CBS News.
• 8:27 PM EST: Source (CBS News)
  

  JUST IN: Donald Trump wins Alabama, CBS News projects #CBSElection #Election2016 https://t.co/H9n7JKbYS7 pic.twitter.com/v2IsEyASOv

  — CBS News (@CBSNews) November 9, 2016

• 8:21 PM EST: Hillary Clinton has 68 electoral votes, Trump has 66. 270 needed to win.
• 8:17 PM EST: Hillary Clinton has 68 electoral votes, Trump has 57. Source: ABC News.
• 8:15 PM EST – 86% of the vote in Florida, 59.4% reporting. Votes within 4,280.
• 8:11 PM EST – Clinton 44 electoral votes, Trump 31
• 8:00 PM EST – Donald Trump has won South Carolina’s 9 electoral votes
• 7:47 PM EST –  Trump wins Kentucky and Indiana; Clinton wins Vermont
• 7:30 PM EST – Trump has won West Virginia’s 5 Electoral College votes
• 7:30 PM EST – Polls close in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana
• 6:30 PM EST – Trump leads in Kentucky