 "Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at the election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida and declares victory. (Photo: AP)")
Republican candidate Donald Trump has not just made a comeback for the ages, but has also won a victory that’s historic in its scope.
Fox News and Decision Desk HQ have called the 2024 US presidential election in favour of former President Trump.
While the polls in the run-up to the Election Day had predicted a narrow election, Trump is headed to a landslide victory, according to projections.
The New York Times has projected that Trump is on his way to win as many as 312 Electoral College votes as compared to his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris’ 226.
The landslide victory is not the only thing that makes Trump’s victory historic.
For the first time in many election cycles, the Republicans have won the popular vote in a presidential election.
Even as Trump won the presidential election in 2016, he had lost the popular vote to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and won via Electoral College. The last time a Republican won in a presidential election was in 2004 when George W Bush defeated John Kerry.
Before that, the Republicans last won the popular vote in 1988 presidential election when George H Bush defeated Michael S Dukakis.
This means that until today, the Republicans had only won the popular vote in a presidential election once since 1988.
As per the Decision Desk’s tally, Trump has so far polled over 6 per cent more votes than Harris.