Washington: Donald Trump was on the cusp of creating history as he inched closer to clinching the US presidency with a strong showing in battleground states helping him trump Hillary Clinton in the knife-edge race.
Major US news networks projected Republican candidate Trump to have won the crucial battleground states of Florida, Ohio and North Carolina.
Clinton, 69, who grabbed the traditional Democratic strongholds of California and Virginia, was now facing a tough challenge from the 70-year-old real estate billionaire, who joined politics only 18 months ago.
“Trump moves closer to White House,” said Politico as Trump’s total of electoral college votes — as per CNN projections — touched 232, against Clinton’s 209.
To win the presidential election, a candidate needs 270 of the 538 electoral college votes.
The New York Times said there is an increasing chance of Trump being elected as the next president of the United States.
