breaking news
As of: November 6th, 2024 8:29 a.m
Donald Trump won Pennsylvania, a particularly competitive swing state with 19 voters. The Republican is now well ahead – he is only a few votes away from victory.
Republican Donald Trump also won the US presidential election in the important swing state of Pennsylvania. As data from Reuters/Edison Research shows, with the 19 additional voters, Trump now has a total of 266 votes, and he is only four away from overall victory.
In Florida, supporters were already eagerly awaiting Trump’s appearance to celebrate him as the new US president.
Trump had previously recorded successes in other swing states – North Carolina and Georgia each went to the 78-year-old with 16 voters. He also won the states where his victory was already considered certain: such as Florida, Iowa and South Carolina.
Harris cancels appearance
As expected, the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris also prevailed in a number of states, including New York, Massachusetts and Illinois. According to the previous count, the total number was only 194 voters. Her appearance at the Democratic election party in Washington was canceled.
“You won’t hear from the vice president tonight, but you will hear from her tomorrow,” said Cedric Richmond of the Harris campaign. There are still votes to be counted, he added.
Bomb threats and Fraud allegations
Because of the strong polarization in the presidential election campaign, the election took place amid massive security precautions. Election workers were equipped with alarm buttons, armed security forces were posted on roofs and the National Guard was activated in several states.
Due to bomb threats, several polling stations in Georgia had to be temporarily evacuated. According to local police authorities, at least ten polling stations in Fulton and DeKalb counties near the metropolis of Atlanta were evacuated and searched.
There have also been bomb threats against polling stations in other states, including Arizona and Pennsylvania. Many of these threats appeared to “come from Russian email domains,” said FBI spokeswoman Savannah Syms. None of those threats have proven to be credible, she added. But the public should “remain vigilant.”
As he did four years ago, Trump once again claimed that there was “massive fraud” – specifically, he spoke of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania and Detroit in Michigan. Security forces are on the way. In Philadelphia, prosecutor Larry Krasner quickly dismissed the claims as completely unfounded, and the Detroit mayor’s office was also unable to confirm them.
