Kamala Harris faces almost certain defeat in the presidential election after the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania was projected for Donald Trump.
Fox News and CNN have projected Trump as the winner in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and North Carolina, bringing his total to 266 Electoral College votes, while Harris stands at 194.
With Nevada, Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin still undecided, 42 Electoral College votes in the swing states remain up for grabs. In order to win, Harris would have to win all four of these states, and every other state that has not yet been called.
Kamala Harris speaking at a campaign rally in Philadelphia on Monday. Harris faces almost certain defeat after Pennsylvania was projected for Donald Trump.
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Trump is currently polling ahead of Harris in all four of the undeclared swing states, according to CNN, on 51 percent in Nevada and Wisconsin, 52 percent in Michigan and 50 percent in Arizona. He won 51 percent of the vote in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Georgia.
Exit polls also suggest that Trump could win the popular vote, with 51 percent of the overall vote to 47 percent for Harris.
Polls had suggested that Harris would win the popular vote, with forecaster Nate Silver giving the Vice President an over 70 percent chance of winning more votes than Trump.
However, election forecasters flip-flopped over who would win the Electoral College, with Harris ahead most of August and September. But at the beginning of October, the Vice President saw her chances plunge as Trump made gains in crucial battleground states.
Since then, the race had been virtually tied, with Trump pulling slightly ahead in North Carolina, Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania, while Harris was ahead in Nevada, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Trump’s projected wins mark a dramatic reversal from 2020 when North Carolina was the only battleground state he won.
Following projected wins in Pennsylvania, Georgia, and North Carolina, Trump declared a “magnificent victory” in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday morning.
“This is a magnificent victory for the American people, that will allow us to make America great again,” he told the crowd. “America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate.”
Although Trump has declared victory, he has not yet achieved the official required number of Electoral College votes.
Meanwhile, Harris could be on track to perform worse than Hillary Clinton in 2016, who won the popular vote but lost the Electoral College.
However, exit polls suggest that a majority of women (54 percent) backed Harris, according to the BBC, while men gave their support to Trump. Nevertheless, if Harris only wins 54 percent of women, this would be worse than Biden’s performance in 2020, when he won 57 percent of women.
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