New York: Millions of Americans voted Tuesday for their new leader in a historic election that will either elevate Democrat Hillary Clinton as their first woman president or hand power to maverick populist Donald Trump. While Clinton has a slim lead in polls, no one was ruling out a victory by her Republican rival Trump – with the winner’s name not expected to be known before 0300 GMT Wednesday. “Hillary, she has a history,” said Charmaine Smith, 50, an African-American retail manager as she cast her ballot in Harlem. “Trump would be a great president,” he said. A polling average by tracker site RealClearPolitics gave Clinton a 3.3-percentage point national lead, but Trump is closer or even has the advantage in several of the swing states that he must conquer to pull off an upset.

Source: New Strait Times November 08, 2016 23:16 UTC