The Republican Donald Trump has won: In the US presidential election, after the important swing states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Georgia, he also won in Wisconsin. This makes Trump the 47th President of the USA. The 78-year-old had previously declared himself the winner in a speech to supporters in Florida.
Trump now has 276 electoral votes and Harris has 223. To win, a candidate needs 270 electoral votes from various states.
These are the results in the swing states:
Georgia (16 voters)
Trump wins with 50.7 percent (Harris with 48.4 percent) after 99 percent of the votes were counted. Primary election winner: US President Joe Biden, with a wafer-thin lead of 0.3 percent.
North Carolina (16)
Trump wins with 51.0 percent (Harris 47.7 percent). Trump was also the primary election winner.
Pennsylvania (19)
Trump wins with 50.7 percent (Harris 48.2 percent). In 2020, the state went to the Democrat Biden.
Wisconsin (10)
Trump won with 49.7 percent, just ahead of Harris (48.7 percent). Trump had already won here in 2016 before Biden won the Democrats in 2020.
Arizona (11)
The trend is towards Trump. Biden won here in 2020.
Michigan (15)
Here too, Trump is currently leading. The state went to Biden four years ago.
Nevada (6)
And here too the trend is towards Trump, while the Democrats won in 2020.
Trump won these states:
Alabama (9 Wahlleute), Arkansas (6), Florida (30), Georgia (16), Idaho (4), Iowa (6), Kansas (6), Kentucky (8), Indiana (11), Louisiana (8), Montana (4), Mississippi (6), Missouri (10), Nebraska (4) North Carolina (16), North Dakota (3), Ohio (17), Oklahoma (7), Pennsylvania (19), South Carolina (9), South Dakota (3), Tennessee (11), Texas (40), Utah (6), West Virginia (4), Wisconsin (10), Wyoming (3)
Harris won these states:
Colorado (10), Connecticut (7), DC (3), Delaware (3), Hawaii (4), Illinois (19), California (54), Maryland (11), Massachusetts (11), Minnesota (10), New Hampshire (4), New Jersey (14), New York (28), Oregon (8), Rhode Island (4), Vermont (3), Virginia (13), Washington (12). She is also likely to get one vote from the state of Nebraska (1).
Here you will find all updates and developments in our Live ticker for the US election.
This is what it looks like in the race for the US Congress
Trump’s Republicans take power in the new Congress senate. This is what the US media reports after their candidates’ victories in the states of West Virginia and Ohio. Further victories cannot be ruled out.
The Senate seats are awarded for six years. A total of 100 senators sit in this chamber of Congress. There the Democratic Party had an extremely narrow majority with 51 seats.
The situation in House of Representatives however, is still unclear. With their victory in the Senate, Trump’s Republicans could block Democratic legislation. The Chamber of Congress is also responsible for confirming many ministers, federal judges and high-ranking officials nominated by the president.
During the vote, 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate and all 435 seats in the House of Representatives will be re-allocated. The members of the House of Representatives are elected for two years. Before the election, the Republicans had the majority in this chamber of Congress, which is 218 seats.
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