Donald Trump is now officially the winner of the US election, having won at least four decisive states in his duel against Kamala Harris.
Based on projections, Trump has so far 279 votes in the Electoral College and Harris 219.
It takes 270 votes in the Electoral College to win.
According to US major media, the Republican former president is prevailing in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South and North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wyoming, Kansas, Idaho, Iowa, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
The moment Trump arrives at the post-election party in Mar-a-Lago:
The Democratic candidate for her part is prevailing in Virginia, Hawaii, California, Oregon, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington DC, Nebraska, Minnesota.
Remember that North Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania are among the seven deciding states in this election. The first two contested states guarantee the Republican candidate 16 electoral votes each, the third 10 and the fourth 19. The Republican candidate had managed to win Pennsylvania without difficulty in 2016, but Joe Biden had ultimately emerged victorious there in 2020.
Preliminary trends suggest he has the odds on his side to win more, though the count continues. It also remains unknown whether he will win the most votes nationally, something no Republican candidate has done in 20 years.
Here are the percentages in 3 other swing states:
In Arizona, with 53% of the vote counted, Trump leads with 50.1% to Harris’ 49%.
In Michigan, with 73% of the vote counted, Trump leads with 52.2% to Harris’ 45.9%.
In Nevada, with 93% of the vote counted, Trump leads with 53.5% to Harris’ 46.1%.
Harris will address “the nation” later in the day
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris will not make any statements Tuesday night into Wednesday (local time), one of her advisers, Cedric Richmond, announced, explaining that the US vice president will address “the nation” on Wednesday. “There are still votes to be counted,” he explained, justifying Harris’ decision in a short and simple statement.
At the same time, supporters of the Democratic candidate, who had gathered at Howard’s historic African-American University to watch the election results, had begun to leave early as the atmosphere grew heavier as the hours passed.
To the Republicans, the Senate
The Republican Party regained a majority in the Senate, the Associated Press reports, after winning seats in Ohio and West Virginia while its candidates held on in Texas and Nebraska.
By winning a majority of at least 51 seats out of 100, Republicans gain control of the upper chamber of Congress for the first time in four years.
As the Guardian notes, if Trump wins, they will be able to appoint Supreme Court justices, federal judges, and cabinet ministers, while if Harris wins, they will be able to suspend her picks or block them altogether!
Republicans have taken control of the Senate after picking up key victories in West Virginia, Ohio and Nebraska. https://t.co/WbtkzpIwGn pic.twitter.com/ttG2hJjbrl
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 6, 2024
Who went to the polls?
Voters declaring themselves independents had a larger share of the vote in the U.S. presidential election than those declaring themselves Democrats and an equal share of the vote with those declaring themselves Republicans, exit poll data from Edison Research showed.
It was the first time since 2004 when Edison began its six-pole polling, that the share of independents in the vote exceeded the share of voters from one of the two major U.S. political parties.
The share of independents stood at 34% in Edison’s last six-pole update, compared to 34% for Republicans and 32% for Democrats.
