Investing.com - Voting outcomes in key states of Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Virginia remained too close to call, U.S. television networks said Tuesday evening, with exit polls and early trend results filtering in and leading to volatile markets Wednesday in the Asian time zone on Wednesday.
The bitter race between Democrat Hillary Clinton, 69 and Republican Donald Trump, 70, has the potential to spill over into control of at least the U.S. Senate and into economic policies on trade and taxes that will affect the global economy.
Initial trends and results showed Clinton had 68 electoral votes to Trump’s 57, with U.S. television networks projecting the winner in 15 of the 50 states.
Early projections also showed Republicans holding onto the majority in the U.S. House of representatives. Control of the Senate was leaning to the Republicans to keep, but some analysts have suggested the 100-seat body could be split 50/50 after the polls, leaving a tie breaking vote to the eventual vice president, either Republican Mike Pence or Democrat Tim Kaine.