Donald Trump is closing in on winning the U.S. Presidential election for the second time in three terms after winning North Carolina and Georgia.
According to the results announced on Tuesday, the path for Vice President Kamala Harris is now narrowed with no Democrats stronghold left.
CONVERSEER reports that by winning North Carolina and George, Trump could reach the 270 electoral vote threshold by carrying Pennsylvania or by carrying Michigan and Wisconsin. He also can win by carrying Wisconsin and Arizona, as well as other combinations involving Nevada.
According to AP, Trump just won the swing state of Georgia on Wednesday, returning its 16 electoral votes to the Republican column. The win takes him to 247 electoral votes as against Harris of 210. Joe Biden narrowly carried Georgia in 2020, but Republicans have won every other Georgia presidential vote since 1996.
A Trump campaign spokesperson is weighing in as the mood has shifted over at Harris’ watch party.
“Sounds like the joy has left the building,” posted Karoline Leavitt, a campaign spokeswoman on X.
The Harris campaign turned off its projected CNN broadcasts at its election night watch party at Howard University as midnight approached. And some Harris supporters began leaving the event.
Harris’ campaign co-chair, Cedric Richmond, told the audience gathered at what was planned to be the Democratic nominee’s election night party at Howard University that the vice president would not speak tonight, but that the campaign was not giving up the fight against Trump.
“We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not been called yet. We will continue overnight to fight to make sure that every vote is counted, that every voice has spoken,” said Richmond. “So you won’t hear from the vice president tonight but you will hear from her tomorrow.”
Richmond said Harris would return to Howard “not only to address her supporters but to address the nation.”
The event, which began as a jubilant celebration of Harris and the prospect of a new presidency, began to sour as the Democrat’s path to victory narrowed.
CONVERSEER reports that Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania among the key races yet to be called.