Donald Trump declares victory in presidential election as he addresses supporters

Donald Trump has declared triumph successful the US predetermination arsenic helium addressed jubilant supporters successful Florida - but votes successful cardinal states are inactive being counted.

Speaking astatine West Palm Beach, helium told crowds: "Look what happened - is this crazy?" - adding: "I privation to convey the American radical for the bonzer honour of being elected your 47th president.

"I volition combat for you and your household and your future, each azygous time I volition beryllium warring for you with each enactment successful my body."

He told the assemblage it was a "magnificent triumph for the American people" portion claiming helium had besides won the fashionable vote, thing helium failed to unafraid during his 2016 and 2020 statesmanlike bids.

"Winning the fashionable ballot was precise nice, it's a large feeling of love," helium said.

The last results of the predetermination are yet to beryllium confirmed arsenic antithetic states inactive haven't declared the result of the poll.

While the Republican Party's triumph of the Senate has been confirmed, the House is inactive up for grabs.

The 78-year-old besides told his supporters that "this volition genuinely beryllium the aureate property of America".

Mr Trump has won successful the cardinal battleground states of Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina - and is starring successful respective others - narrowing Kamala Harris's way to triumph significantly.

According to Sky News's US spouse web NBC, Mr Trump, who has been bidding for a 2nd word successful the White House pursuing his triumph successful 2016 against Hillary Clinton, is present conscionable 4 electoral votes distant from a projected win.

"We overcame obstacles that nary 1 thought possible," Mr Trump said arsenic family, including "my beauteous woman Melania" and his "amazing" children, stood adjacent to him.

"We're going to assistance our state heal, we person a state that needs assistance and it needs assistance precise badly," helium said portion doubling down connected his committedness to ace down connected amerciable immigration.

Mr Trump past seemed to notation to an attempted assassination connected him astatine a rally successful Pennsylvania backmost successful July arsenic helium said: "Many radical person told maine that deity has spared my beingness for a crushed and that crushed was to prevention our state and to reconstruct America to greatness and present we are going to fulfill that ngo together."

US predetermination latest: Trump projected cardinal wins

Ms Harris volition present not code her supporters until aboriginal connected Wednesday, her run seat has said.

The vice president had been scheduled to marque a code astatine her alma mater, Howard University, aft the polls closed, but the temper grew sombre arsenic results began to trickle in.

Cedric Richmond, co-chair of the Harris campaign, told the crowds astatine the university: "We volition proceed overnight to combat to marque sure, each ballot is counted, that each dependable has spoken.

"So you won't perceive from the vice president contiguous but you volition perceive from her tomorrow. She volition beryllium backmost present tomorrow."

The Howard assemblage had been preparing for a historical nighttime - Ms Harris would go the archetypal woman, achromatic pistillate and South Asian American to presume the presidency, if elected.

But successful the 21 remaining states wherever much than 80% of the ballot has been counted, determination has been a plaything towards Mr Trump, NBC News reports.

In 7 of them, the plaything is little than 1 point.

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What are the 7 cardinal battleground states?

The largest swings - of much than 5 points - are successful New Jersey and Florida.

No different authorities has a plaything higher than 3 points.