UNITED STATES – He’s back. As the results of the American presidential election continued to fall, state by state, Donald Trump did not wait to claim his victory against Kamala Harris. This Wednesday, November 6, it was finally around 11:30 a.m. French time that the name of the 47th President of the United States was officially confirmed, surpassing the mark of 270.
Donald Trump claims victory in the US presidential election
Until 2020, the result was known late in the evening on the East Coast, or early in the morning in France. But four years ago, the setbacks in counting the postal vote and the small gap between the two candidates dragged out the suspense for several days.
In all cases, a constant appears: the « swing states »or pivotal states, make the winner. Because even more than in France where we look at the scores of an election city by city or department by department, the American presidential election is truly played out state by state. American citizens vote for electors who will then appoint the president on December 17. And in almost all states, the rule of « winner takes all » applies, giving all the major voters to the camp that came first.
Trump obtains absolute majority
Throughout the night, the map of the United States was colored blue or red depending on whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump captured a particular state. And the gauge of the number of electors filling up with an objective for each candidate: reaching the fateful threshold of 270. It was the Republican who therefore obtained it, allowing him to (re)install himself in the Oval Office.
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This US presidential election results map is updated live on the website of the Monde.
American states are ranked below according to the number of electors they have but also according to their tendency to vote more for one of the two camps, or if they are undecided, depending on the Cook political reporta reference publication for non-partisan monitoring of elections in the United States.
States are ranked according to the number of electors they have, and classified according to their tendency to vote more for one of the two camps, or if they are undecided (source: Cook Political Report).
* The states of Maine (four electors) and Nebraska (five electors) appear several times because they allocate their electors according to legislative districts, and not simply the candidate who comes first.
* The states of Maine (four electoral votes) and Nebraska (five electoral votes) appear multiple times because they award their electors based on congressional districts, and not to the overall winner statewide.
This infographic is updated live by the teams of the newspaper Le Monde which follows in this live the results of the American presidential election.
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