US election: The day after – What results say; what Harris, Trump are up to

After months of campaigning successful the United States, an predetermination dropout, and assassination attempts, Americans person formed their ballots to determine who volition instrumentality implicit the White House for the adjacent 4 years.

Election results person been called successful 42 states and successful Washington, DC, portion respective plaything states still continue their ballot count.

Who is starring successful the US predetermination results truthful far?

Former President and Republican campaigner Donald Trump is leading against his Democratic counterpart, Vice President Kamala Harris. But the borderline betwixt them successful respective plaything states remains razor-thin.

With 246 Electoral College votes projected successful his favour truthful far, Trump is inching towards the 270-mark that a campaigner needs to win. Harris is projected to person won 214 Electoral College votes truthful acold and has much than 63 cardinal votes (47.3 percent of the fashionable vote) overall. Trump, by contrast, has won much than 68 cardinal votes (51.2 percent of the fashionable vote) truthful far.

The Associated Press (AP) has called 25 states for Trump, including solidly Republican states and the swing states of Georgia and North Carolina. Among each the reddish states called, Texas has the highest fig of Electoral seats astatine 40. While Trump besides won successful Nebraska, the state’s Electoral College has been divided betwixt him and Harris.

Seventeen states person been called for Harris, including California wherever she antecedently served arsenic lawyer general, and New York. She is besides projected to triumph the District of Columbia, which is not a authorities but has 3 Electoral College votes. California has 54 Electoral College votes, the highest of immoderate state.

What was Election Day like?

Voting proceeded smoothly successful astir areas, though immoderate states saw agelong lines.

There were bundle glitches successful Pennsylvania, protests against US backing of Israel’s warfare successful New York, and weaponry threats successful Georgia. The FBI deemed the threats, which delayed voting successful immoderate counties, to beryllium not credible and apt the enactment of Russian predetermination interference. Several states, including Georgia and Arizona, took other information measures to support voting places.

Arab, Muslim, and progressive voters said they faced a pugnacious prime betwixt 2 candidates some seen arsenic unsympathetic to Palestine.

Even crossed the world, from Gaza to Iran, radical watched the predetermination intently.

In Thulasendrapuram successful confederate India – a tiny colony wherever Harris’s gramps was calved – residents gathered to commune for the Democratic campaigner to go the archetypal US person with South Asian roots.

What was Kamala Harris up to connected Election Day?

Both candidates spent Election Day urging their supporters to get successful line, enactment successful line, and formed their ballots.

Harris spent portion of the time calling vigor stations to promote her supporters to vote. “We’ve got to get it done. Today is voting day, and radical request to get retired and beryllium active,” CNN quoted Harris arsenic telling 1 vigor presumption successful Georgia.

She besides visited the Democratic National Committee office successful Washington, DC, wherever she held telephone banks with volunteers.

Harris talks connected the telephone astatine the DNC office connected Election Day [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]

What was Donald Trump up to connected Election Day?

Trump addressed the media aft casting his ballot successful Palm Beach, Florida, saying helium feels “very confident” astir his predetermination odds.

“It looks similar Republicans person shown up successful force,” Trump said. “We’ll spot however it turns out”.

He added, “I perceive we’re doing precise well.”

Florida besides voted connected six law amendments, including measures to legalise marijuana and support abortion rights.

When archetypal asked however helium voted connected the state’s termination measure, Trump deflected, saying helium had done “a large occupation bringing it backmost to the states”. This referenced his assignment of 3 blimpish Supreme Court justices who successful 2022 helped overturn Roe v Wade – which made termination a close nationally.

When pressed again, helium snapped, telling the newsman to “stop talking astir that”.

It is present officially ELECTION DAY! This volition beryllium the astir important time successful American History.

Voter enthusiasm is THROUGH THE ROOF due to the fact that radical privation to Make America Great Again. That means lines are going to beryllium long!

I request you to present your ballot nary substance however agelong it takes.…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2024

His moving mate JD Vance besides voted successful Cincinnati, Ohio, the aforesaid morning.

“Look, I consciousness good. You ne'er cognize until you know, but I consciousness bully astir this race,” Vance said aft helium and his woman formed their ballots.

Vance said helium would depart for Palm Beach, Florida, aboriginal successful the time to beryllium with Donald Trump arsenic results travel in.

What’s adjacent successful the election?

Eight states, including 5 battleground areas are yet to beryllium called by AP portion astir authoritative results are yet to beryllium determined.

But portion determination are arsenic galore arsenic 21 routes for Trump to triumph the presidency, Harris’s pathways person dwindled importantly – down to conscionable three.

And each those remaining tracks necessitate Harris to triumph 1 state: Pennsylvania, with its 19 Electoral College votes. As of aboriginal Wednesday morning, she was narrowly trailing Trump successful the state.