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The US presidential election result for the first swing state is out.
The Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ have called the election in the swing state of North Carolina in favour of Republican candidate Donald Trump.
Trump had also won North Carolina in 2016 and 2020 but Democrats were hopeful of flipping the state this time.
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This is the first decisive victory for Trump so far as the first wave of results were along expected lines where Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris won the East Cost and Trump won the conservative belt in the south and the rural Midwest.
As per the latest tally of AP, Trump has won 230 Electoral College votes against Harris’ 192 in the race to reach the 270-mark.
While North Carolina has been called, races in the other swing states are yet to be called.
Trump is ahead in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and is almost tied with Harris in Arizona.
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