US Election Results 2024: Donald Trump has won the presidential election in the US. The presidential race was a contest between Republican Party leader Donald Trump and his Democratic Party rival Kamala Harris.
Donald Trump will be the 47th President of America!
In the projection released during the counting of votes after the voting, Donald Trump has crossed the 270 vote mark required to win. Swing states played an important role in the US election, in which Trump won the contest by winning three important states.
Electoral college votes are given to states on the basis of population. Voting is held for a total of 538 electoral college votes. The candidate who gets 270 or more electoral votes is declare the winner of the election. There are 50 states in the US and most of them have been voting for the same party in every election, except the ‘swing’ states.
US Election Results 2024 crosses the magical figure of 270 for the first time?
According to estimates, Donald Trump now has 279 electoral college votes. If you’re not familiar with the US voting system, each state or territory effectively runs its own election, and then sends a specified number of electors – roughly based on its population size – to what’s called the electoral college.
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Across the 50 states and Washington DC, there are 538 votes at stake. The winner of the US presidency is the candidate who gets 270 or more votes. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris has 223 votes, having just won New Hampshire – giving her four more votes.
What did Donald Trump say after the historic victory?
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said in his first address after registering a historic victory in the US election that this is a political victory that our country has never seen before. I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president.
