What you need to know.
Trump wins two crucial battlegrounds:
CNN predicts that Donald Trump will reclaim Georgia, a battleground he lost by a slim margin in 2020. Additionally, he will defeat North Carolina, reducing Kamala Harris’s chances of winning. Important states are still counting votes. For both Trump and Harris to win the president, they must receive at least 270 electoral votes.
Race to 270:
Although Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada are considered to be crucial states for each candidate’s road to victory, it is too soon to declare them all over. The balance of power in Washington will change when Republicans take control of the Senate.
Magic Wall analysis: With Trump taking North Carolina and Georgia, Harris needs to win Pennsylvania.
With former President Donald Trump projected to win in North Carolina and Georgia — and leading in all other battleground states — Vice President Kamala Harris’ path to victory is narrowing and winning in Pennsylvania a must, CNN’s John King said.While Harris could put together a path to victory with a combination of the “Blue Wall” states — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — and the Sun Belt states — Nevada and Arizona — “there’s no way to get there without Pennsylvania,” King said early Wednesday morning.
With 93% of votes counted in Pennsylvania, Trump has just over a 3 point lead. Though the vice president could still build her lead in the democratic stronghold of Philadelphia, staking a win on outstanding votes there is “it’s improbable at the moment, let’s be honest, but it’s not impossible.”Philadelphia county at around 1:00 a.m. had reported 78% of its votes — 78.1% for Harris and 20.7% for Trump. Former President Joe Biden won that county 81.4% to Trump’s 17.9% in 2020.Not only did Trump improve by 3 points in this major democratic city, the former president has generally over performed over 2020 by 3 points in red counties he won in 2020, too, King said.
Where Things Stand:
- Former President Donald J. Trump has won Georgia, according to a New York Times projection, and carried North Carolina. The two swing states going to Mr. Trump significantly narrow Vice President Kamala Harris’s path to victory.
- Republicans have secured control of the Senate with crucial wins: Bernie Moreno in Ohio, Jim Justice in West Virginia and Deb Fischer, who held on to her seat in Nebraska.
- But for the first time in history, the Senate will have two Black women serving simultaneously: Lisa Blunt Rochester in Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks in Maryland, both Democrats.
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