Obama declared projected winner of New York state
A line forms in Bird Library Tuesday as students and community members gather to vote. Luke Rafferty | Design Editor
President Barack Obama has been projected as the winner for New York state, The New York Times reported just after 9 p.m. Tuesday.
New York’s 29 electoral votes will be going to the Democratic candidate. The polls closed for the state at 9 p.m., and the projected winner was declared right after the polls closed.
The Democratic candidate has carried New York state in the last seven presidential elections.
Florida, a swing state which also has 29 electoral votes, is tied between Obama and Romney with 53 percent of the total vote counted as of 9:05 p.m.
