Donald Trump won the state of Georgia on Wednesday, one of the most contested in the race for the White House, according to the NBC and CNN media, the Republican thus inflicting a new setback on his rival Kamala Harris after having already won the North Carolina.
Georgia, which has a large African-American population, was narrowly won by Joe Biden in 2020. This state brings 16 voters to Donald Trump.
It is the first of the seven decisive states in this tense election to be decided by the American media.
It brings 16 additional electors into the hands of the 78-year-old Republican tribune.
North Carolina is not a “swing state” strictly speaking, a state that changes sides from one election to another, since Donald Trump won it in 2016 and 2020, but his Democratic rival hoped to do so. delight him.
The mood is “positive” in the Trump camp, said one of the former president’s closest advisers, Jason Miller.
The wait continues in the six other states likely to swing the outcome of the election, while other states, where there was no suspense, have delivered their verdicts.
For the moment, Donald Trump is in the lead with 227 voters, compared to 172 for Kamala Harris.
According to still provisional results, Donald Trump is in the lead in several decisive states, with an electoral official mentioning in particular an “insurmountable lead” for the Republican in Georgia.
Kamala Harris' campaign manager, Jen O'Malley Dillon, acknowledged Tuesday that the “clearest path” to reaching the fateful threshold of 270 voters, synonymous with victory, went through Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, i.e. only three pivotal states out of the seven in play, known as the “blue wall”.
Donald Trump won these three states in 2016 against Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden took them back in 2020.
“Anxious”
In any case, the atmosphere has completely changed at the historically black Howard University in Washington, where supporters of Kamala Harris are gathered.
From festive, the atmosphere became tense. Charlyn Anderson, a voter leaving the scene, confided: “I'm scared, I'm anxious now. I can barely move my legs. »
In the other states which have already delivered their final results, no surprises.
According to the media, the two candidates won a series of states that were promised to them: Texas, Kentucky, West Virginia, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Louisiana for the former Republican president. . New York, Illinois, California, Massachusetts, Colorado and the capital Washington for the Democratic vice president.
No one knows how long it will take before the media attribute final victory in this duel between Kamala Harris, who would be the first woman elected to this position, and Donald Trump, who never admitted his defeat in 2020.
The Republican tribune, convicted of criminal charges and targeted by multiple prosecutions, spoke on Tuesday of “rumors” according to which the voting operations in Philadelphia, in the hotly contested state of Pennsylvania, were parasitized by “massive fraud”, accusations immediately denied by the authorities.
The whole world
The whole world awaits the outcome of the duel, at the end of an unprecedented campaign marked by the resounding entry into the running of Kamala Harris in July after the withdrawal of President Joe Biden, and by two assassination attempts targeting Donald Trump.
Behind these two candidates were two apparently irreconcilable Americas, each convinced that the other camp would lead the country to disaster.
The 60-year-old vice-president painted her rival as a potential “fascist” dictator and a danger to women’s rights.
Donald Trump described his opponent as a weak and “stupid” leader, lax on illegal immigration and crime.
Across the country, the tension surrounding the vote is visible: in some polling stations transformed into fortresses, in the high barricades surrounding the White House.
In two swing states, Georgia and Pennsylvania, false bomb threats targeted polling stations, according to authorities.
Republicans won two seats in the US Senate on Tuesday previously won by Democrats, in West Virginia and Ohio.
Democrats currently have a very narrow majority in the Senate and any seat taken by Republicans endangers their chances of retaining it.
The very polarizing issue of abortion is also the subject of several referendums. In one of the most followed, in Florida, a proposal aimed at reintroducing the possibility of performing an abortion up to approximately 24 weeks of pregnancy, instead of the current six, did not garner enough votes to win.
