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10:00 PM
BREAKING: ABC NEWS PROJECTS GOVERNOR REAGAN WINS MOUNTAIN STATES; VICE PRESIDENT CARTER WINS IOWA (8 ELECTORAL VOTES), MINNESOTA (10 ELECTORAL VOTES), WISCONSIN (11 ELECTORAL VOTES)
Frank Reynolds: "Checking the clock and its Ten o'clock. We're getting new projections coming in from more states. Ted, you've got more updates for us?"
Ted Koppel: "I in fact do, Frank. As a couple of more states closed their polls, we've got a bunch of major calls to make: ABC News projects that the state of Minnesota (and its 10 electoral votes) will indeed go to Vice President Jimmy Carter. The Land of 10,000 Lakes is also the home state of former US Secretary of State Walter Mondale. We can also project that Vice President Carter is the winner in Iowa and its 8 electoral votes including Wisconsin and its 11 electoral votes, putting a blockade defense of the Midwest, or what's left of it since Illinois still hasn't been called for either Governor Reagan nor Vice President Carter at this moment due to some controversy regarding polling station closures. Nonetheless, we can also make some calls for Governor Ronald Reagan, although these states reward fewer electoral votes: Wyoming (3 electoral votes), Montana (4 electoral votes), New Mexico (4 electoral votes), Utah (4 electoral votes), Idaho (4 electoral votes) and Arizona (6 electoral votes), giving him 214 electoral college votes while Vice President Carter has 186 electoral votes. We cannot make a projection in Colorado right now because we cannot determine whether it's too close to call."
10:25 PM
BREAKING: ABC NEWS PROJECTS GOVERNOR REAGAN WINS NEVADA (3 ELECTORAL VOTES) & HOME STATE OF CALIFORNIA (45 ELECTORAL VOTES), potentially getting him closer to 270 electoral votes of winning the Presidency
Ted Koppel: "I apologize everyone. Hold on just for a couple of seconds because I'm just hearing we've got two major calls to make: ABC News projects that Governor Ronald Reagan is the winner in Nevada and its 3 electoral votes and his home state of California with 45 electoral votes, the biggest prize of all. These calls put Governor Reagan at 262 electoral votes, just eight votes away from surpassing the necessary 270 electoral votes of winning the 1980 presidential election. It appears that Governor Reagan wins both Nevada and California very handily by double digits. However, we don't have any calls coming out of Oregon, Washington State, Alaska and Hawaii."
BREAKING: ABC NEWS PROJECTS PUERTO RICO (5 ELECTORAL VOTES) GOES TO VICE PRESIDENT CARTER, GIVING HIM 191 ELECTORAL VOTES
Frank Reynolds: "I've got more updates. ABC News can project that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 51st state of the United States, which was admitted to the Union in 1977, will be going to Vice President Jimmy Carter and giving the Democratic ticket to 191 electoral votes. According to the reports coming out of Puerto Rico, Vice President Carter had held a double digit lead of 24 percentage points which dwindled and dwindled non-stop as the night went on due to surprise surges of support for Governor Reagan, but Carter held onto winning the Commonwealth by less than 1 percentage point. Is this a cause of concern for the Carter campaign, Ted?"
Ted Koppel: "This has to be some sort of concern for the Carter campaign considering that the Democratic Party National Convention was held in San Juan during the late Summer, which had engulfed into utter chaos as violent brawls ensued between Carter supporters and supporters of former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards escalated on live television during the battle for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, which narrowly went to Vice President Carter."
BREAKING: ABC NEWS PROJECTS GOVERNOR REAGAN WINS MOUNTAIN STATES; VICE PRESIDENT CARTER WINS IOWA (8 ELECTORAL VOTES), MINNESOTA (10 ELECTORAL VOTES), WISCONSIN (11 ELECTORAL VOTES)
Frank Reynolds: "Checking the clock and its Ten o'clock. We're getting new projections coming in from more states. Ted, you've got more updates for us?"
Ted Koppel: "I in fact do, Frank. As a couple of more states closed their polls, we've got a bunch of major calls to make: ABC News projects that the state of Minnesota (and its 10 electoral votes) will indeed go to Vice President Jimmy Carter. The Land of 10,000 Lakes is also the home state of former US Secretary of State Walter Mondale. We can also project that Vice President Carter is the winner in Iowa and its 8 electoral votes including Wisconsin and its 11 electoral votes, putting a blockade defense of the Midwest, or what's left of it since Illinois still hasn't been called for either Governor Reagan nor Vice President Carter at this moment due to some controversy regarding polling station closures. Nonetheless, we can also make some calls for Governor Ronald Reagan, although these states reward fewer electoral votes: Wyoming (3 electoral votes), Montana (4 electoral votes), New Mexico (4 electoral votes), Utah (4 electoral votes), Idaho (4 electoral votes) and Arizona (6 electoral votes), giving him 214 electoral college votes while Vice President Carter has 186 electoral votes. We cannot make a projection in Colorado right now because we cannot determine whether it's too close to call."
10:25 PM
BREAKING: ABC NEWS PROJECTS GOVERNOR REAGAN WINS NEVADA (3 ELECTORAL VOTES) & HOME STATE OF CALIFORNIA (45 ELECTORAL VOTES), potentially getting him closer to 270 electoral votes of winning the Presidency
Ted Koppel: "I apologize everyone. Hold on just for a couple of seconds because I'm just hearing we've got two major calls to make: ABC News projects that Governor Ronald Reagan is the winner in Nevada and its 3 electoral votes and his home state of California with 45 electoral votes, the biggest prize of all. These calls put Governor Reagan at 262 electoral votes, just eight votes away from surpassing the necessary 270 electoral votes of winning the 1980 presidential election. It appears that Governor Reagan wins both Nevada and California very handily by double digits. However, we don't have any calls coming out of Oregon, Washington State, Alaska and Hawaii."
BREAKING: ABC NEWS PROJECTS PUERTO RICO (5 ELECTORAL VOTES) GOES TO VICE PRESIDENT CARTER, GIVING HIM 191 ELECTORAL VOTES
Frank Reynolds: "I've got more updates. ABC News can project that the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 51st state of the United States, which was admitted to the Union in 1977, will be going to Vice President Jimmy Carter and giving the Democratic ticket to 191 electoral votes. According to the reports coming out of Puerto Rico, Vice President Carter had held a double digit lead of 24 percentage points which dwindled and dwindled non-stop as the night went on due to surprise surges of support for Governor Reagan, but Carter held onto winning the Commonwealth by less than 1 percentage point. Is this a cause of concern for the Carter campaign, Ted?"
Ted Koppel: "This has to be some sort of concern for the Carter campaign considering that the Democratic Party National Convention was held in San Juan during the late Summer, which had engulfed into utter chaos as violent brawls ensued between Carter supporters and supporters of former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards escalated on live television during the battle for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, which narrowly went to Vice President Carter."
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