MMedia outlets and pollsters predicted that the 2024 presidential election would have the closest outcome in the history of the United States of America, with the conclusion falling several days after November 5. The completely opposite scenario occurred, with Donald Trump quickly claiming victory after the final results in several key states.
If the counting had not yet been completed this Wednesday, November 6 at noon (French time), the billionaire had already passed the symbolic bar of 270 electors (277), an essential key to being invested as the 47th President of the United States next January .
He also won, for the first time, the popular vote, that is to say the total number of votes: 70,871,620 voters (51%) against 65,953,949 (47.5%) for Kamala Harris according to the Associated Press. In 2016, despite her defeat, Hillary Clinton won 65,853,514 votes (48.18%) against 62,984,828 (46.09%). Ditto in 2020, with the election of Joe Biden counting 81,268,924 votes (51.31%) compared to 74,216,154 voters for Donald Trump (46.86%).
Four of the swing states for Trump
In the United States electoral system, however, it is the votes of the electors that count. There are 538 of them, distributed more or less evenly across the 50 American states. Over the course of the various elections, some are in strongholds of the Democratic Party, such as California (54 electors) or Oregon (8). Conversely, Texas (40) and Montana (4) vote predominantly Republican.
The election was played out in the swing states, seven key states which could swing this year for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris: Wisconsin (10), Pennsylvania (19), North Carolina (16), Georgia (16). , Michigan (15), Nevada (6) and Arizona (11). Donald Trump won the first four and was still ahead in the final three on Wednesday. Donald Trump failed in 2020 by losing Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia, states he had won in 2016.
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Americans voted to renew Congress and its two chambers holding legislative power: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Currently in the majority in the House of Representatives with 220 seats out of 435, the Republicans would consolidate their advantage with 198 elected officials against 180 Democrats as the votes stand on Wednesday.
In the Senate, the Democrats would, on the other hand, lose a very narrow majority: 42 seats out of 100 currently against 49. The Republicans would go from 47 to 52 elected officials. In 11 of the 50 American states, voters vote for their governor, the head of the executive branch in their state. They would be 27 Republicans against 23 Democrats after the election. When he arrives at the White House next January, Donald Trump will undoubtedly be more powerful than in 2016.
