 "Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Source: AP.")
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump’s race to White House is getting tougher and exciting with the voting for 2024 US Presidential election drawing close in most states and results being gradually declared.
As per initial results, Trump has won several strongholds, including, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.
Meanwhile, Harris, so far is seen managing to capture Maryland, Massachusetts, Vermont and the US capital Washington, DC.
Early results gave Harris 27 electoral votes and Trump 105 with the magic number to win the presidency being 270.
As per early trends from the AP dashboard, Harris was leading from the key swing states of Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Trump, on the other hand, continued to lead in key swing state Georgia, with 16 electoral college votes.
When the states on which Trump has won last voted for Democrats
Oklahoma has not been in the Democratic column in a presidential race since 1964, while Alabama last cast its electoral college votes for a Democrat in 1976, when Jimmy Carter was the nominee.
Both Missouri and Tennessee went Democratic for the last time in 1996 with Bill Clinton seeking re-election.
Until recently, Florida was a key swing state, but has trended increasingly Republican and has lost that status. The 2000 election was decided after 36 days and an intensive recount in Florida, where George W. Bush very narrowly prevailed over Al Gore.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsMillions of Americans queued up on November 5 to vote in an race with momentous consequences, which will either make Harris the first woman in the world’s most powerful job or handing a historic comeback to Trump and his right-wing “America First” agenda.
A final result may be known in hours – or could take days.
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With inputs from agencies