Donald Trump WINS crushing election victory over Kamala Harris after swings states go red & leave Democrats humiliated
DONALD Trump has been elected as the 47th president of the United States after a stunning victory over Kamala Harris.
Trump described his campaign as "the greatest political movement of all time" as he declared victory during a triumphant speech to supporters.
Speaking at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Trump vowed to help America "heal" and said there was a lot of "love" in the room.
Trump's crushing victory comes after weeks of polls suggesting it would be a neck-and-neck race.
The former president took what appears to be an unassailable lead over the presidential nominee and Vice President early on Wednesday morning.
Fox News declared Trump the winner after the network called Wisconsin for the former president, pushing him over the 270 Electoral College votes required to clinch .
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Other networks and the Associated Press have Trump with 267 Electoral College votes, but he would need to win just one of the remaining five states to tip him into victory.
He currently has the lead in each of the five states remaining as of 3.30 am ET.
Alaska is also among the remaining states, which has voted for the Republican candidate in every election since 1968, meaning its three electoral college votes are all but certain.
Addressing hundreds of supporters on Wednesday morning, Trump vowed to return America to its "golden age" after four years out of the Oval Office.
Joking about the criticism that his vice-presidential pick, JD Vance, had received, Trump gestured to his running mate and said, "he turned out to be a good pick."
He added, "I took a little heat at the beginning, but I knew the brain was a good one."
Vance now becomes the youngest vice president-elect since the 1860s.
Trump was flanked by his wife, Melania, his daughter Ivanka, and his youngest son Barron.
He also praised Elon Musk as a "new star" and said he had spent the election night with him, adding that he "loved" him.
He was joined by Elon Musk on stage, sporting a black MAGA hat, and UFC boss Dana White.
The 45th and future 47th president said that Tuesday would forever be remembered as the day "Americans took back control of their country."
It comes as...
- Donald Trump took to the stage in Florida to celebrate his election as the 47th President of the United States.
- JD Vance said the victory is the "greatest political comeback in American history."
- Kamala Harris refused to speak to the media as Trump took the lead.
- Harris' team said the Vice President will speak on Wednesday.
- Trump won battleground states Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, according to the .
- Trump's team started to celebrate early with a chant when he won North Carolina.
- Republicans took control of the Senate after Ted Cruz was re-elected in Texas.
- Firefighters were forced to help recount 30,000 votes when polls faced election night chaos.
Trump jumped to an early lead on election night after clinching North Carolina, the first swing state to be called.
The moment those 16 delegates went to Trump, his election night watch party erupted in chants of "fight, fight, fight."
With victory all but guaranteed in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Georgia, and Arizona, Harris' path to victory was on the brink of elimination.
Just before 1 am, a full-blown dance party erupted at Trump HQ when Georgia was also called for the GOP candidate.
With the MAGA movement yearning for a second Trump term, the former president ran on the same policy focus that launched him into the presidency in 2016, placing immigration, inflation, and the wars in Gaza and at the forefront.
"The discord and division in our society must be healed," Trump said during his acceptance speech at the National Convention in July.
"As Americans, we are bound together by a single fate and a shared destiny.
"Together, we will launch a new era of safety, prosperity, and freedom for citizens of every race, religion, color, and creed.
"I am running to be president for all of America, not half of America, because there is no victory in winning for half of America."
In the weeks leading up to the November 5 election, Trump pivoted his media strategy and began operating outside political norms.
Trump shifted his campaign efforts by appearing on podcasts that cater to young men, generating millions of views and listeners.
The president-elect appeared on Joe Rogan's enormously popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, Comedian Andrew Schulz's Flagrant show, Logan Paul's Impaulsive, and wrestling legend The Undertaker's Six Feet Under podcast.
The strategy paid off, with Rogan even endorsing Trump late Monday evening just hours before polls opened.
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However, his iron fist over the Republican Party and climb back to the presidency after his 2020 election defeat came at a terrifying and life-threatening cost.
What is the Electoral College?
And why swing states are important.
- The Electoral College is the body of 538 electors divided among the states who select the next president of the United States.
- To become president, a candidate must win a majority of 270 electoral votes.
- Every state is assigned one elector for each of its House representatives and two additional electors for the state's senators.
- In 48 states, a presidential candidate will be awarded all the electors in a state if they win the state's popular vote.
- Two states, Nebraska and Maine, are outliers, awarding two electoral votes to the state's popular vote winner, and awarding one electoral vote to the winner of each of the state's congressional districts.
- Sometimes, electors vote against the state's popular vote winner, becoming known as "faithless electors."
- Many states will be virtual shoo-ins for the Democratic candidate (such as New York and California) or the Republican candidate (such as Texas and Missouri), while a minority are genuinely up for grabs by either candidate.
- These states, known as purple or swing states, are the main targets for presidential candidates.
- In 2024, those states are Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.