The picture so far shows high turnout, key demographic swings for Trump, with the GOP taking control of the Senate, while the House remains uncertain.
The 2024 race for the White House came to a close early in the morning on Nov. 6 with former President Donald Trump winning the presidency after taking several swing states.
With a win projected in Wisconsin by the Associated Press, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency.
Republicans regained control of the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House majority is still unknown, and decisions were made on important ballot measures in several states.
Here are 7 of the biggest takeaways from Election Night.
Trump Wins, Declares ‘Magnificent Victory’
“I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president,” Trump said at his campaign watch party in South Florida.
Trump called it a “magnificent victory” as it appeared he may secure enough votes to also win the popular vote, the first time a Republican has done so in 20 years.
A Trump victory makes him the first president since Grover Cleveland to win two nonconsecutive White House terms.
Polls showed a neck-and-neck race leading into late October, with some surveys throughout the battlegrounds tipping in Trump’s favor.
The Harris campaign saw promise in the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, spending much of their resources in those states throughout the final weeks. All three were called for Trump by early Wednesday morning.
Trump improved on many of his 2016 margins in key states, and is currently leading in votes tallied in Nevada, the one battleground he lost in 2016.
Turnout High
Voter turnout in the 2018, 2020, and 2022 elections was among the highest in U.S. history, with roughly 66 percent of the nation’s voting-eligible population voting in 2020, according to the Pew Research Center.
Based on some early estimates, particularly in Michigan and Georgia, turnout this year may exceed what the nation saw in 2020.
By Jacob Burg, Jackson Richman, Joseph Lord, Austin Alonzo and Samantha Flom
