United States Republican candidate Donald Trump won the 2024 United States presidential election after counting 292 electoral votes in his favor. Won a pivotal election in Wisconsin, in addition to other swing states such as Pennsylvania, Georgia, and North Carolina. With the electoral votes count surpassing the needed 270 to secure a return to the White House, Trump sealed the deal.
Kamala Harris won 20 states, having 224 electoral votes in total. According to ABC News, she has scheduled a concession speech at 4 pm EST.
A Record Voter Turnout Marks the Election
Well, over 82 million Americans voted early, and mail-in ballots played a large part in the vote tally of this election year. Voting ended Tuesday, and early and mail ballots were counted first. At this point, it is announced that the election is going to be very decisive for the return of Trump.
A Race Filled with Unprecedented Moments
This year’s election was among the most intense in modern times, with wide global attention. It was a campaign of oddities from Trump’s court trials and near-misses to Kamala Harris’s late nomination. She is campaigning to continue a trajectory set by President Joe Biden-one of economic stability and bipartisan cooperation Trump campaigns on his promises for federal workforce reform, wide-ranging tariffs, and one of the biggest deportation operations in the history of the United States.
How the Electoral College Shaped This Election?
Despite Trump not winning the popular vote, he became president once more based on the Electoral College vote. The system has had a decisive role in past United States elections-the most recent being the times when George W. Bush won by it in 2000 and when Trump won his first term in 2016. The system is quite distinct from the popular vote, and campaigning strategies are deeply affected by it: candidates tend to concentrate mostly on swing states for electoral advantage.
Historic Gains in Latino-Majority Counties
Trump also did something that no one thought possible: he won Starr County, Texas, which is an overwhelmingly Latino county. That’s the first time since 1892 that a Republican has won the majority there. He campaigned well among Latino voters across South Texas, winning counties such as Cameron, Zapata, and Hidalgo. That portends a change in political directions within what have been long-time Democratic strongholds. That speaks to the multifaceted nature of the 2024 election.
