Elections in the USA: Something is broken
Trump supporters in New York: The Republican presidential candidate won the election in the swing states of North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania. The US broadcaster Fox News has already declared Trump the election winner.
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In Florida, young people stream an election program on a smartphone. In the swing state, Trump won clearly against his Democratic competitor Kamala Harris.
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At a convention center in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump appeared before his supporters and declared himself the winner of the election.
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Fearful Harris supporters in Los Angeles: As expected, the Democratic presidential candidate won in the US state of California, but lost to Trump in important swing states.
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Kamala Harris fans have gathered on the Howard University campus in Washington, DC for her official election party. The candidate announced that she no longer wanted to comment on election night.
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Supporters of Donald Trump gather in Florida for the candidate’s announced speech.
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In Washington, DC, people watch the election in a bar.
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Supporters of Kamala Harris are following the development of the election results.
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The last voters cast their votes at 7 a.m. CET.
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A woman watches an election program on US television. Trump said in his speech declaring himself the winner of the election: “It is a political victory the likes of which our country has never experienced.”
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Viewer of an election broadcast in New York
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Donald Trump celebrated his presumed victory in the US election. “We made history,” Trump said during an appearance in front of cheering supporters in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Republicans had achieved a victory “the likes of which have never been seen in this country,” he said.
Trump secured his lead in the counts through a so-called flip in the contested states of Georgia and Pennsylvania. In the context of US elections, this means that a presidential candidate can win a state in which a majority had previously voted for the other party’s candidate in the election.
