Election day in the United States is about to end without an official winner. However, Donald Trump is closer to the White House than his rival, Democrat Kamala Harris. Pending the final result in several key states, Trump has 230 delegates compared to Harris’ 209. Trump also leads Harris in the popular vote: he takes about five million votes from her, although there are still places where voting is still taking place.
In any case, Trump is very close to victory. With the current results It would be enough for him to win in the state of Georgia or Pennsylvania. It would also be enough to win the presidency if he wins the state of Arizona, where he is in the lead. Trump is leading in all three states, although his advantage does not exceed 3%.
Harris’ options are to win in those states. It’s not easy, but it’s not entirely impossible either. For now, the two candidates have won in the states where their victory was foreseeable, in their strongholds.
These elections, however, They will depend on seven states called to decide the final result: Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona and Nevada. Trump has hit the table by winning the state of North Carolina and maintains his advantage in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Arizona.
The importance of North Carolina
North Carolina, the first of the seven key states in which the winner is known and that the Republican takes. Although it is considered a “hinge state” and the polls have been very close in the last elections, the Democrats have not won this southern state since 2008, when former President Barack Obama (2009-2017) triumphed.
This victory for Trump complicates Harris’ options, since the former president would only need to win Pennsylvania and Georgia to reach the Oval Office again.
At the moment, Trump has taken Indiana (with 11 delegates), Kentucky (8), South Carolina (9), West Virginia (4), Ohio (17), Alabama (9), Florida (30), Mississippi ( 6), Missouri (10), Oklahoma (7), Tennessee (11), Arkansas (6), Kansas (6), Louisiana (8), North Dakota (3), South Dakota (3), Texas (40 ), Wyoming (3), Montana (4), Utah (6), 3 delegates from Nebraska and Idaho (4).
While Harris has Vermont (3), Connecticut (7), Delaware (3), the District of Columbia (3), Illinois (19), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (11), New Jersey (14), Rhode Island (4), Colorado (10), New York (28), California (54), Oregon (8), Washington (12) and a delegate from Maine.
Americans do not decide by popular vote who will be their next president, but rather they designate a number of electors in each state who make up the Electoral College and who are in charge of choosing the next tenant of the White House.
Harris, for her part, has won in the states of Washington, Oregon and California, the most populous in the country.. With the entire West Coast in her favor, including California, the state that gives the most voters, Harris has closed some distance.
The Electoral College has 538 delegates and, to win, Trump or Harris need at least a majority of 270.
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