Donald Trump has officially won the 2024 presidential election after reaching the benchmark 270 electoral college votes.
With Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral college votes, 16 from Georgia and North Carolina and 10 in Wisconsin – Trump has swept to 270.
Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States, pulling off a stunning political comeback in one of the most polarized contests for the White House in US history.
Trump, 78, won an unprecedented race during which he was convicted of felonies, survived two assassination attempts and crushed a challenge from Vice President Kamala Harris after she replaced an unpopular President Joe Biden in the campaign’s final months.
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