Election 2024 live results: Trump declares victory after winning crucial battleground states
Trump secures three key battleground states all but ensuring a 2024 presidential election win
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump is likely on the verge of securing a second term in the White House having swept three of the key battleground states hours after the polls closed.
Seven crucial swing states could have given Kamala Harris various routes to secure 270 Electoral College votes but the vice president lost North Carolina and Georgia by 1am ET, severely narrowing any path to victory. Pennsylvania followed just after 2am ET.
Counting is still underway in Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada.
At the Harris watch party at Howard University in Washington, DC, campaign senior adviser Cedric Richmond said the vice president would not speak tonight but would address supporters tomorrow.
Meanwhile, in Palm Beach, there are scenes of jubilation from Trump supporters as they awaited remarks from the Republican nominee. Just before 2.30am Trump took to the stage joined by his family and vice presidential nominee JD Vance.
He hailed “the greatest political movement of all time” and said they would “help our country heal” and would “fix everything about our country”.
Trump said his victory heralded a “golden age for America” also claiming to have won the popular vote.
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Senior adviser to the Kamala Harris campaign, former US Rep Cedric Richmond, just addressed the crowd at Howard University, saying that Vice President Harris will not be addressing supporters tonight.
They will wait until all the votes are counted and Harris will address her supporters tomorrow.
He said: “We will continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote is counted, that every voice is spoken. So you won’t hear from the vice president tonight, but you will hear from her tomorrow. She will be back here tomorrow.”
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Joining former president Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago tonight are Elon Musk, Robert F Kennedy Jr, Caitlin Jenner, Eduardo Bolsonaro, Nigel Farage, Dana White, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Reps Byron Donalds and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Meredith McGraw of Politico reports that Tucker Carlson did a three-hour show interviewing many of those present in the library bar underneath the portrait of Trump in tennis whites.
Despair and stubborn hopefulness at Harris watch party
The mood continues to flip between despair and a stubborn hopefulness at Kamala Harris’s watch party at Howard University, where thousands remained after midnight even when it was clear that Harris herself would not be speaking about the race Tuesday evening.
As the wind picked up and people began shivering, the streams of people heading for the exits continued. Loud dance music continued to blare over the speakers, but nobody was dancing. A large crowd remains in the main yard outside Frederick Douglass Hall, but it was a clear letdown for many who had looked forward to Harris making a speech as president-elect in front of the historic backdrop of her alma mater.
“It means a lot [for her to have her party at Howard],” current Howard student Baiyee-Ndang Agbor-Baiyee told The Independent, while expressing optimism that Harris would pull things through even given some “rocky” election returns. “Howard is a place that breeds excellence…and when you can show the next generation that excellence is in your face, it’s not something that’s distant…it’s achievable. It means a lot.”
Elon Musk claims early victory for Trump with 6 of 7 swing states still uncalled
Elon Musk has proclaimed victory for Donald Trump as he took an early lead over Kamala Harris.
“Game, set, and match,” the Tesla and SpaceX boss declared on his social network X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday evening.
“America is a nation of builders. Soon, you will be free to build,” he followed up.
Io Dodds reports from San Francisco.
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The controversial Republican appeared to have underperformed Donald Trump, who handily won the Lone Star State. In the final weeks of the campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris had held a rally in Houston with Beyoncé and Democratic challenger Colin Allred in hopes of boosting the Senate hopeful – but to no avail.
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