Donald Trump won Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes, making his return to the White House almost certain.
When Fox News called the race at 1:20 a.m. ET, Trump led Kamala Harris by 3.4 percentage points, or more than 200,000 votes, with 91% of votes counted. This is a significant improvement from 2020, when Trump lost Pennsylvania by about 1.2 percentage points.
The election will be contested in seven battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, and the eventual president-elect will almost certainly need to win the keystone state. And now, for the second time in the past three presidential elections, Trump has accomplished that feat and will undoubtedly return to the White House.
Victories in North Carolina, Georgia, and now Pennsylvania have made Kamala Harris' path to the White House impossible. Even if we win against Arizona and Nevada. I don't The number of votes in the Electoral College reaches 270.
Trump won Pennsylvania due to strong early voting and an improvement in his share of the vote compared to 2020. In other words, President Joe Biden outperformed Harris, which benefited Trump.
Like other states, Trump appears to be benefiting from a significant electoral realignment, with Hispanic and black voters supporting the Republican president. For example, in 2020, Trump won Pennsylvania's Hispanic voters by a 3-10 margin. However, this year's exit polls show that showed He improved that margin to four out of ten.
Of course, voters view This is bad news for Harris because the economy is the most important issue and Democrats already control the White House.
Trump defeated Harris in Butler County, where an assassin nearly killed Trump in July. He even flipped several counties Biden won in 2020, including Erie, Northampton and Center counties, where Penn State is located.
With President Trump's strong showing, Republican David McCormick is most likely to defeat Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, flipping another Senate seat and helping strengthen the Republican majority in the Senate. Probably. At the time of publication, Mr. McCormick led Mr. Casey by nearly 2 percentage points.
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