Republican Donald Trump has been named the next president of the US, according to AP.
The projection follows a series of polls through the campaign that largely tilted towards a Clinton win.
On Election Day, states that were predicted to fall in Clinton’s favour instead landed with Trump, including the battleground states of Florida and Ohio, Iowa and North Carolina.
While the presidency won’t be decided until December when the Electoral College will vote for either Clinton or Trump – where 270 of 538 votes are needed to win – networks have been forecasting Trump surpassed that number.
Clinton needed Arizona and Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan to be able to pull forward.
Earlier in the night Melbourne University American politics lecturer George Rennie told SBS News Clinton was unlikely to be able to win.
“Wisconsin has just been declared for Trump, Michigan is going to go to Trump – Clinton is gone, she’s lost," he said.
“I can’t see her pegging back Michigan. She was making a bit of a resurgence, but the counties that are yet to be counted are Trump counties.
“If Michigan is gone, there is not really a map for her. She’s not going to win Arizona. The election is effectively over. It’s a fascinating moment.
“No one has called it and it’s possible mathematically for Clinton to come back , but it’s so far in the realm of unlikelihood.”
