Sources: Ivanka Trump will not go to work in the White House – IL follows the US elections moment by moment –

Donald Trump is the 47th president of the United States.

Trump’s victory has been announced by the news agency AP and widely by the US media. Decision Desk HQ and Fox News were among the first to report Trump’s victory with their predictions.

Trump declared himself the winner at election supervisors in Florida, where he addressed his supporters.

The United States has voted on Tuesday, November 5, on its direction for the next four years.

The candidates for president are the current vice president of the Democrats, Kamala Harris, and the former president of the Republicans, Donald Trump.

In addition to the president, senators, representatives of the House of Representatives, governors and many local decision-makers are voted in the USA.

The last polling stations across America closed at 8 a.m. Finnish time. The results will be announced as the votes are counted.

Iltalehti follows the twists and turns of the election week moment by moment below.

The US presidential election is practically decided in seven states, which in this election are Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Wisconsin.

Presidential candidates gather voters behind them in the elections. Each of the 50 states has a population-based number of them. There are 538 voters in total, so 270 voters are required to win.

You can read more about the Libra states and the polls about them in this article.

Libra states THE / PETRO SALONEN

Iltalehti has been following the US election in a series called USA-studio for a year already, since last November. Episodes are published in video and podcast format. As podcasts, the episodes of the USA studio can be listened to on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

You can search for your own candidate for the presidential election with Iltalehti’s USA election machine.

The election season in the USA continues even after the election day and extends well into next year. Electors participating in the election will vote for the president on December 17. The result will be confirmed in Congress as an epiphany.

The president-elect will take the oath of office on January 20 at 12 noon Washington time.