As of about 6:10 p.m., results continued to flood in and key battleground states remained up in the air.
CNN is projecting that Mitt Romney will carry Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, South Carolina and West Virginia, for a total of 152 electoral votes.
They project that President Barack Obama will carry Connecticut, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont, for a total of 123 electoral votes.
So far, Romney carries 51 percent of the popular vote while Barack Obama carries 48 percent, according to CNN.
The battleground states of New Hampshire, Colorado, Wisconsin, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Florida remain too close to call.