Donald Trump takes Iowa

Trump wins Iowa, Kansas
Donald Trump has won the midwestern states of Iowa and Kansas, the Associated Press reports, picking up a combined 12 electoral votes.

His victory in Kansas was expected, as was Iowa – until Saturday, when the state’s foremost pollster Ann Selzer found Harris leading by a small amount that was within the survey’s margin of error. It was a surprising finding, given that the state has grown markedly Republican in recent elections, after Barack Obama won it twice.

The finding was viewed as a potential sign of strength for Harris in nearby Wisconsin and Michigan, two swing states that are demographically similar to Iowa. The Trump campaign decried Selzer’s poll as an outlier, and that turned out to be the case.
Colorado adopts abortion rights ballot measure

Colorado has passed a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution.

The measure, which needed to secure 55% of the vote to pass, blocks Colorado’s state government from denying, impeding or discriminating against individuals’ “right to abortion”.

There is currently no gestational limit on the right to abortion in deep-blue Colorado, which has become a sanctuary for people fleeing abortion bans.

A total of 10 states are also voting on abortion ballot measures on Tuesday. Maryland and New York passed measures to expand protections for abortion rights while Florida’s measure fell short of the 60% supermajority it needed to pass. Had it succeeded, the Florida initiative would have paved the way for the state to overturn its six-week abortion ban.

Four other states still have the chance to vote to overturn abortion bans. Results are forthcoming.

Harris wins California and Washington, Trump carries Idaho
Kamala Harris has won her home state of California, as well as Washington state, while Donald Trump has picked up Idaho, the Associated Press reports.

The two states give Harris a combined 66 electoral votes, while Idaho gives Trump four electoral votes. Oregon, the other state where polls just closed, has not yet been called.

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