Election night winners and losers: 2024 edition

In the aftermath of erstwhile President Donald Trump's historical triumph projected by the Fox News Decision Desk, respective winners and losers of the 2024 predetermination person go clear.

Here are those who came retired connected top connected Election Day and those who didn't rather conscionable expectations.

MITCH MCCONNELL SINGS TRUMP CAMPAIGN PRAISES: 'SHARPER OPERATION THIS TIME'

President-elect Donald Trump arrives astatine an predetermination nighttime ticker enactment astatine the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, successful West Palm Beach, Florida. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Winners

Trump

Trump defied each expectations, adjacent immoderate of the much conservative-leaning estimates of the 2024 election. By notable margins, Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris successful respective cardinal battleground states, being projected by the Fox News Decision Desk to triumph the predetermination by amassing the indispensable 270 electoral votes earlier a fig of different apical plaything states had been called.

Republicans 

Trump's apical of the summons projected triumph was followed by important victories for Republicans crossed the board. Senate Republicans were projected by the Fox News Decision Desk to retake the bulk in the Senate successful 2025, racking up wins successful West Virginia, Ohio and Montana, which were antecedently blue. There are inactive aggregate outstanding Senate races successful plaything states, giving the enactment anticipation for an adjacent larger majority. 

FOX NEWS DECISION DESK PROJECTS GOP TAKES BACK SENATE MAJORITY IN DEVASTATING BLOW TO DEMS

Montana Republican Senate campaigner Tim Sheehy (L) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) perceive arsenic Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks astatine the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse astatine Montana State University connected Aug. 9, 2024 successful Bozeman, Montana. (Michael Ciaglo)

Losers

Chuck Schumer 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is 1 of the biggest losers successful this peculiar election, arsenic voters decisively removed his enactment from the bulk successful the precocious chamber. He volition alternatively pb the number successful the caller Congress. Democrats suffered projected losses successful West Virginia, Ohio and Montana, efficaciously sidesplitting immoderate accidental they had of keeping the majority. They besides failed to flip immoderate of their Republican targets, specified arsenic Texas oregon Florida. There are inactive respective Senate races successful plaything states yet to beryllium called that could summation the GOP's bulk implicit them.

FOX NEWS PROJECTS TRUMP BEATS HARRIS IN WISCONSIN, FLIPPING 'BLUE WALL' STATE BACK TO RED

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., answers questions from reporters extracurricular the Senate chamber, astatine the Capitol successful Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023.  (J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press)

Pollsters

Political polls failed to accurately foretell the projected decisive triumph Trump saw successful the 2024 election. The RealClearPolitics polling averages under-estimated the erstwhile president, putting him down Harris successful plaything states that helium was projected to triumph and showing Trump starring by a smaller borderline than helium yet did successful different battlegrounds. A respected Iowa pollster's results predicted the authorities would beryllium led by Harris, and ended up being disconnected by treble digits arsenic Trump took Iowa.

FOX NEWS DECISION DESK PROJECTS REPUBLICAN DEB FISCHER HOLDS SENATE SEAT DESPITE INDEPENDENT CHALLENGE

The Washington Post volition not endorse erstwhile President Trump oregon Vice President Kamala Harris.  (Getty Images)

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Democrats

As a whole, the Democratic Party was dealt a devastating stroke by voters crossed the country. Not lone was their statesmanlike nominee categorically rejected by the American people, but the implications of that nonaccomplishment further dragged down candidates crossed the board, per the Fox News Decision Desk's projections. Incumbent senators successful immoderate plaything states are successful battles for their governmental lives that could instrumentality days to resolve. This comes arsenic the enactment has already mislaid 2 blue-held seats successful Ohio and Montana. Republicans successful the House are besides feeling bullish that they could implicit the GOP trifecta successful Washington, D.C.

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