Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election to become the 47th president of the United States reaching 277 electoral votes at 5:35 a.m. on Nov. 6., according to the Associated Press.
Winning Wisconsin, a swing state, earned Trump 10 electoral votes propelling him past the minimum of 270 electoral votes needed to win the election.
Winning swing states such as North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania, prior to Wisconsin, helped Trump clinch the race. According to CNN, he flipped Georgia and Pennsylvania after the states previously awarded President Joe Biden their electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.
After Trump won Pennsylvania, putting his total electoral votes at 267, he delivered his victory speech at his watch party at a Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida just after 2:30 a.m., according to the Associated Press.
“We are going to help our country heal, we are going to help our country heal. We have a country that needs help, and it needs help very badly,” Trump said. “We’re going to fix our borders. We’re going to fix everything about our country.”
Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), joined Trump on stage in Mar-a-Lago praising him for his drive.
“Nobody deserves this more than him, and no one deserves this more than his family does,” White said. “He keeps going forward. He doesn’t quit. He’s the most resilient, hard working man I’ve ever met in my life.”
Trump will be sworn into office to serve his second term as president at the 2025 presidential inauguration, according to USAGov, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington D.C.
Kamala Harris delivered her concession speech from the stage at Howard University in Washington D.C., her alma mater.
Harris said the country must accept the results of the election, engage in a peaceful transfer of power, but also that this loss will not hold her back.
“I am here to say, while I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign,” Harris said.
Harris called on young people to feel any negative emotions they may be feeling, but to also stay engaged.
“This is not a time to throw up our hands,” Harris said. “This is a time to roll up our sleeves.”
