Washington: Donald Trump has emerged as the winner of the US Presidential polls in 2024, and will assume the post for the second time. The Associated Press has called the election, according to which Trump won 277 electoral college votes, crossing the required 270-mark. With this, he defeated his opponent Kamala Harris, the Democratic Presidential nominee, who won 224 electoral college votes.
While a close contest was expected between Harris and Trump, a different picture emerged after counting for electoral college votes began this morning.
The former US President was hovering over 267 votes for a long time, but cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency with the win in Wisconsin, one of the seven battleground states. Apart from Wisconsin, the other swing states that he won are North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
As Trump closed in on a second term, he expressed gratitude for the support he received nationwide. He claimed victory in the presidential polls and described it as a “never-seen-before political victory” with wife Melania and youngest son Baron on stage with him.
“America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate,” he told the cheering crowd at the Palm Beach County Convention Centre, calling it a “magnificent victory for Americans.”
“We made history tonight… This is a magnificent victory for the American people, that will allow us to make America great again,” he said, using his signature slogan. Trump pledged to address immigration and border issues and vowed to “help our country heal”.
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