8h43 – Trump claims victory
“Isn’t it crazy what happened to us? »launched the Republican candidate during a speech this Wednesday, claiming the fact of having been “elected 47th President of the United States”. “We will help our country heal”he continued, welcoming a “political victory like our country has never known”. The candidate also welcomed Republican control of the Senate, and said he hoped “ a victory » in the House of Representatives.
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8:22 a.m. – CNN announces Trump's victory in the swing state of Pennsylvania
After the conservative channel Fox News, CNN announced the Republican's victory in the state of Pennsylvania. But the media does not announce the final victory of the Republican.
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8:14 a.m. – REPORT. In Washington, the great blues of Democratic voters
Trump's probable victory despairs the very Democratic federal capital. From watch party to watch party, tour of anxieties and arguments during election nights.
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8:02 a.m. – The conservative media Fox News declares Trump the winner
Favorable to Donald Trump, the conservative channel claims, based on its data, that the Republican candidate won the state of Pennsylvania, and therefore the presidential election.
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7:52 a.m. – Bitcoin breaks new record
New record for bitcoin which exceeded the $75,000 mark for the very first time this Wednesday. The first digital currency is boosted by the prospect of regulatory relaxation favorable to digital currencies, in the event of a Republican victory in the American presidential election.
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7:39 a.m. – Map: update on the results
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7h36 – Victory of a referendum in favor of the right to abortion in Arizona
A referendum in favor of the right to abortion, organized in Arizona in parallel with the American presidential election, garnered enough votes to win, according to American media. The amendment reinstates the possibility of carrying out an abortion until the fetus is viable (around 24 weeks of pregnancy) instead of the current 15 weeks. Arizona is a key state for the outcome of the presidential election, and Democrats hope that the referendum will have encouraged their voters to go to the polls and vote for their candidate Kamala Harris.
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7:11 a.m. – Kamala Harris on reserve
Vice-President Kamala Harris will not speak overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, one of her advisors, Cedric Richmond, announced on Wednesday, assuring that she would address “the nation” during the day. “There are still votes to be counted,” he justified in a very short and sober statement, while the supporters of the Democratic candidate gathered since the early evening at the historically black Howard University had already started to leave the premises, in an atmosphere that became increasingly dark as the hours went by.
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6:57 a.m. – Suspense for the House of Representatives
In the House of Representatives, where the Republicans currently have a narrow majority of 220 seats to 212, the outcome of the vote is still uncertain. Donald Trump's party took back three seats from Democrats in North Carolina, where he had redrawn districts to their advantage, while Democrats took control of a Republican-held seat in Alabama. Democrats now need to win at least six seats to take control of the 435-seat House.
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6h54 – Republicans regain control of the Senate
The Republicans regained control of the US Senate on Wednesday, until now in the hands of the Democrats, by winning a majority of at least 51 seats out of 100, according to projections by the Fox News and NBC media. Control of the Senate, with that of the House of Representatives not yet known, is a major issue in the legislative elections organized in parallel with the presidential election. The next president's room for maneuver will largely depend on the laws he can or cannot pass in Congress.
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6:43 a.m. – Trump wins in Georgia
Donald Trump won the state of Georgia on Wednesday, one of the most contested in the race for the White House, according to NBC and CNN media, the Republican thus inflicting a new setback on his rival Kamala Harris after having already won Carolina from the North. Georgia, which has a large African-American population, was narrowly won by Joe Biden in 2020. This state brings 16 voters to Donald Trump.
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6:36 a.m. – Map: update on the results
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6:19 a.m. – Trump wins North Carolina
Donald Trump has won the key state of North Carolina, enough to fuel the optimism which is winning over his camp, even if nothing is yet decided in his breathtaking duel with Kamala Harris for the White House. It is the first of the seven decisive states in this tense election to be judged 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.
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6:18 a.m. – For Elon Musk, victory is achieved
“Game, set and match”: on his network
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6:09 a.m. – Update on the first States
Here are the states already won by the two American presidential candidates, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris, according to projections by major American media. For the moment, Donald Trump is in the lead with 227 voters, compared to 189 for Kamala Harris. Between Parentheses show the number of electoral votes garnered by each candidate, in total and by state.
Donald Trump (227) : Alabama (9), Arkansas (6), South Carolina (9), North Carolina (16), North Dakota (3), South Dakota (3), Florida (30), Idaho (4), Indiana ( 11), Iowa (6), Kansas (6), Kentucky (8), Louisiana (8), Missouri (10), Mississippi (6), Montana (4), Ohio (17), Oklahoma (7), Tennessee ( 11), Texas (40), Utah (6), West Virginia (4), Wyoming (3)
Kamala Harris (169) : Californie (54), Colorado (10), Connecticut (7), Delaware (3), Hawaï (4), Illinois (19), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (11), New York (28), Oregon (8), Rhode Island (4), Vermont (3), Virginie (13), Washington D.C. (3), Etat de Washington (12)
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5:58 a.m. – Senate: one seat for the Republicans
Republican Bernie Moreno won a senatorial election in Ohio on Tuesday, according to Fox News and NBC News, flipping a previously Democratic seat, a gain of importance for the camp of Donald Trump, who wants to regain the majority in the Senate. After a particularly close race, Bernie Moreno, a 57-year-old former car dealer born in Colombia, narrowly beat Democrat Sherrod Brown, who has been in office since 2007.
White House, Congress, House of Representatives: instructions for use
Nearly 244 million Americans were able to express themselves during this American presidential election, which opposed Republican and former President Donald Trump, to Democrat and Vice President Kamala Harris. THE ballot takes place by indirect universal suffrage: Americans vote for 538 electors, who then designate the president. To be elected, the candidate must obtain the votes of 270 electors.
To obtain this majority,he seven “swing states” generally represent the keys to the election, being able to swing towards one candidate or another. These “swing states” include Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina. In an extremely close election, the presidency can ultimately be decided by a few tens of thousands of votes.
Beyond the presidential election, Americans also voted to renew Congress (34 senatorial seats out of 100) and the 435 seats in the House of Representatives. In the upper house, senators are elected for six years. The Republicans hope to reverse the narrow Democratic majority. The representatives serve a two-year term. The Democrats, for their part, hope to reconquer this chamber, currently with a Republican majority.
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