Romney ahead with 50 percent, CNN says
6:50 p.m. update: President Barack Obama is projected to win Pennsylvania, according to major networks. Florida remains a dead heat.
Presidential race update
Romney ahead with 50 percent, CNN says
6:50 p.m. update: President Barack Obama is projected to win Pennsylvania, according to major networks. Florida remains a dead heat.
Ohio leans toward Obama while Virginia leans toward Mitt Romney, but the race in those states remains too close to call.
As results continue to flood in from across the nation, key battleground states remain up in the air. Both candidates are fighting closely for the 270 electoral votes needed to cinch the presidency.
CNN is projecting that Romney will carry Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska (3), 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 Obama will carry Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware, Washington, D.C, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont, for a total of 143 electoral votes.
So far, Romney carries 50 percent of the popular vote while Obama carries 48 percent, according to CNN.
The battleground states of New Hampshire, North Carolina, Colorado, Wisconsin, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Florida remain too close to call.
