President-elect Donald Trump captured all seven key battleground states critical to securing the White House, a feat no candidate has achieved in the past 40 years on the electoral map. achieved.
Trump won Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina. It was the first victory for a presidential candidate from either party since Ronald Reagan's historic re-election in 1984, when Republicans carried 49 states in a landslide victory over Walter Mondale.
The seven crucial battleground states have been swinging wildly since Trump defeated then-opponent Hillary Clinton in every state except Nevada in 2016.
And in the 2020 election, President Joe Biden successfully moved six of the seven states back to blue, winning every state except North Carolina.
After Trump was projected to win North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania (the latter considered the ultimate must-win for both candidates this term), the then-intended president-elect took to the airwaves to win. He insisted.
“This is the greatest political campaign in history,” Trump said triumphantly at his campaign headquarters in Palm Beach, Florida.
“This is a great victory for the American people and will allow us to make America great again,” he added, declaring that his second White House would usher in a “golden age” for the United States.
Vice President Kamala Harris had not yet delivered her concession speech as of 9 a.m. Wednesday after rousing a crowd of disappointed supporters at her alma mater, Howard University, to its feet last night.
