The Election deadline in some Republican strongholds, former President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening (local time) gave us an early lead in the US presidential election.
With victories in nine states, including his home state of Florida, Trump was able to secure 95 electoral votes.
Trump is in the lead in these states
Specifically, Trump won the electors of Florida (30), Indiana (11), Tennessee (10), South Carolina (9), Alabama (9), Kentucky (8), Oklahoma (7), Mississippi (6), Arkansas (6 ) and West Virginia (4). Harris was able to book the votes of Illinois (19), New Jersey (14), Massachusetts (11), Maryland (10), Connecticut (7), Rhode Island (4), Delaware (3) and Vermont (3) into her account , revealed an analysis by the news agency Associated Press.
To the account of the Democratic vice president Kamala Harris 35 voters from five east coast states migrated. There were still no meaningful results from the seven swing states.
Swing State Florida ging klar an Trump
Because the 14 states are strongholds of their respective parties, the outcome was expected. In the former swing state Florida However, after four fifths of the votes were counted, Trump’s victory was clearer than four years ago, when he was defeated as incumbent by his then Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
By 2 a.m. CET, voting was over in half of the US states, including swing states Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina. No meaningful results were yet available from these states.
Swing states are crucial
A victory requires 270 votes in the electoral college. The US President is not elected directly, but by a total of 538 voters from the 50 states and the capital district of Washington DC.
According to polls, the race was only open in the seven swing states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada. Four years ago, Democrat Joe Biden won each of these states.
More women: Harris scores here
Polls had suggested a neck-and-neck race between the two candidates. A post-election survey by the Edison Research Institute showed advantages for Harris. At 53 percent, she showed a clearer majority of women in the electorate than four years ago (52 percent), which spoke in favor of the Democrat. 48 percent have a positive opinion of Harris, 44 percent have a positive opinion of Trump. For 35 percent of voters, democracy was the most important issue when casting their ballots, followed by the economy at 31, abortion at 14, immigration at 11 and foreign policy at four percent.
Detailed results from the swing states showed that Harris had higher popularity ratings than Trump in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin. Only in Nevada and Arizona was it the other way around.
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06.11.2024, 2:28
