U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Obama wins Vermont, U.S. media projects

Source: Xinhua | 11-05-2008 08:42

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Republican presidential hopeful John McCain and his Democratic rival Barack Obama split the first batch of electoral votes as projected election results came out from Kentucky and Vermont on Tuesday night.

McCain took away the 8 electoral votes in Kentucky while Obama carried the 3 votes in Vermont. There is no surprise in the outcome because Kentucky is a solid red state while Vermont a traditional blue.

More results are expected to pour in as the day-long marathon balloting are closing across the nation.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei