The Republican candidate won 277 delegates, compared to Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’ 224. As things stand, the former president will return to the White House.
The Republican candidate for the White House, Donald Trumphas clearly prevailed over Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in the US presidential election, having won a total of 277 electoral votes, according to projections by CNN and AP.
The candidate who reaches 270 delegates in the Electoral College wins the election, and in this case Trump has exceeded the necessary majority by seven votes.
The Electoral College is a body consisting of: 538 delegates who elect states based on their population. The winning candidate in each state, even by a single vote, takes all of its delegates with him, with the exception of Nebraska and Maine. These delegates are the ones who ultimately choose the president and vice president (the election takes place on December 17), so by gaining the majority (277 versus 224) for the Republican Party, Trump is assured of his nomination as president.
He Republican Party He has won in four of the seven hinge states (North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Wisconsin), and continues to lead the delegate count in the other three (Arizona, Michigan and Nevada).
In addition, counting also continues in the states of Alaska and Maine. In Alaska, Trump leads Harris by 16 points and in Maine it is the Democratic candidate who leads Trump by 9 points.
Donald Trump declares “a political victory the likes of which our country has never seen”
The former president had already claimed victory over Harris at a rally for his followers in Palm Beach, Florida, after securing good partial results and winning the popular vote, preliminary research shows.
“It is a political victory that our country has never seen before, nothing like this,” the former president told the crowd as he vowed to “heal the country.”
“We are going to seal our borders and we will have to allow people to enter the country. We want people to return. We have to let them return, but they will have to do it legally. They must come. but in a sense legal,” he assured.
In his speech, the Republican candidate also said he needs to “turn things around.” “This will be the day when the American people take back the power of their country (…) We will make America great again, it will be the golden age of our country (…) I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor to be elected the 47th President and 45th Vice President,” he noted.
Kamala Harris cancels her speech
The US Vice President and Democratic candidate for the White House, Kamala Harris, for her part, canceled on Tuesday the speech she was due to give at the end of election day after results that were clearly disadvantageous to the Republican candidate Donald . Trump, who is already waiting for the count to continue. He will therefore only appear next Wednesday.
Source: EITB
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