Latest nationwide vote returns for US presidential election
3/11/2004 15:23
With 80 percent of the nation's precincts reporting, Democratic candidate
John Kerry has won 46,563,241 votes, or 48 percent, while George W. Bush has
claimed 49,881,878 votes, or 51 percent, showed the latest nationwide election
returns reported by the Associated Press.
According to the tally, Kerry has won 221 electoral votes from 17 states,
including the District of Columbia, compared with 249 electoral votes from 27
states for Bush. To win the presidency, 270 of the 538 electoral votes are
needed.
Xinhua
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