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On a dramatic and historic night for America, Donald Trump secured victory in the 2024 presidential election by winning 295 electoral votes and sweeping several key battleground states.
The Republican will return to the White House for a second term on January 20, 2025, after her Democratic rival Kamala Harris ended her chances of making history as the first female president.
With the announcement of the results in Wisconsin, Mr. Trump crossed the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency, solidifying his victory in the United States.
There were jubilant scenes at President Trump’s election night party in West Palm Beach, Florida, early Wednesday morning, with the president-elect praising the “greatest political movement in history” and ushering in a “Golden Age of America.” praised.
Harris, meanwhile, congratulated Trump by phone the next day and addressed supporters late Wednesday afternoon, vowing to “keep fighting” in her concession speech.
“As long as we never give up, the light of America’s promise will always burn bright,” she told the audience, her voice cracking.
After winning an unprecedented election campaign in 2016, Trump was rejected by a majority of Americans during his 2020 re-election campaign, but won nearly every battleground state won by President Joe Biden in 2020. turned over. Trump will also have an easier time in Congress as a Republican. He also took control of the Senate.
Trump has broken through the so-called “blue wall” in Rust Belt battleground states such as Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. He also won Georgia and North Carolina.
The results of the presidential elections in Nevada and Arizona are not yet known.
As results began to trickle in, Harris’ supporters were photographed agonizing at a viewing party at her alma mater, Howard University, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night.
In West Palm Beach, the situation was quite different. At 1:47 a.m., Fox News declared Trump the winner, as he prepared to address his supporters before some states announced their results.
“This is a political victory like our country has never seen before. There’s nothing like this,” Trump told supporters at 2:30 a.m. from the convention center stage, surrounded by members of the Trump family and close aides. spoke.
Federal law enforcement and election officials were bracing for chaos this year in the aftermath of the chaotic 2020 election and Mr. Trump’s false efforts to overturn the results of his losing campaign. Authorities blamed Russian actors for discredited bomb threats in several states. Exit polls show voters rank the state of democracy as the top issue determining their voting decisions.
Trump is in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, and North Dakota. He also won states such as South Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah. West Virginia and Wyoming, according to preliminary results.
Meanwhile, Harris won California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington state. Washington DC.
Of the battleground states won by Biden in 2020, only Minnesota was expected to be won by Harris.
She also won the electoral votes of Maine and Nebraska, which have unique electoral vote scenarios rather than winner-take-all in other states.
Biden narrowly defeated Trump in Georgia in 2020, becoming the first Democratic candidate to carry the state since Bill Clinton in 1992, but Trump’s victory in Georgia This reversed the Democratic Party’s advance.
His victory in Florida is his third consecutive win in the state since former Democratic President Barack Obama carried the state in 2008 and 2012.
Trump is expected to win four of the state’s five electoral votes, with Nebraska’s electoral votes split. He is also expected to win at least one elector in Maine.
After election officials counted ballots and preliminary voting data was released, media outlets predicted each state’s winner. The Independent relies on estimates from the Associated Press.
The outlet released its final predictions in the early hours of November 6, and the Associated Press announced that Trump’s campaign would begin at 5:34 a.m. ET. However, these decisions are only predictions. Results must be certified in each state and certified by Congress on January 6, 2025.
Experts have previously told The Independent that the timeline for calling a campaign depends on two main things. One is how close the election is in each state, and the other is each state’s specific laws regarding vote counting and possible recounts, which all differ.
Senate and House elections
Republicans took control of the Senate for the first time in four years after flipping seats and narrowly wresting control of the upper chamber from Democrats.
House and Senate races across the country determine the balance of power in Congress, with Democrats currently holding a narrow majority in the Senate and Republicans holding a slim majority in the House.
A Republican triumvirate with clear leadership in the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives could quickly pass a broad Republican legislative agenda that has been largely curtailed by Democrats and President Biden’s inauguration. .
Thirty-eight races remain before the House convenes and are still on the table. Currently, Democratic candidates hold 191 House seats, while Republican candidates hold 206 seats.
Meanwhile, in the Senate, controversial Republican Tim Sheehy of Montana defeated Democratic incumbent Jon Tester.
Ohio voters ousted Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown and elected Republican challenger Bernie Moreno. Moreno previously called the former president a “lunatic” but has since adopted his policies.
West Virginia’s Republican Governor Jim Justice has won a Senate seat, flipping the seat previously held by former Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who is not seeking re-election.
Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida defeated his Democratic opponent Debbie Mucarsel Powell. And in Texas, Republican Ted Cruz fended off a challenge from Democratic candidate Colin Allred.
Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine both won Senate seats as independents. The Independent added Mr. Sanders and Mr. King to the list of Democratic candidates because they are caucusing.
In Maryland’s U.S. Senate race, Democratic candidate Angela Alsobrooks defeated anti-Trump Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan.
Allbrooks will be the first black person elected to the state’s Senate.
The term of office for senators is six years, with one-third elected every two years, so only 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate are currently up for election. Eighteen of those seats were previously held by Democratic senators, posing a threat to the Democratic majority.
However, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives will be up for election.
Delaware voters elected Democratic candidate Sarah McBride to the state’s House of Representatives, making her the first openly transgender lawmaker in U.S. history.
Results will be updated live as they arrive. Please check the latest information.
