Donald Trump He will be president of the United States again with even greater support than in 2016 and with more power than he accumulated then. In the November 5 elections, the Republican candidate won the presidency of the republic by defeating his rival in the popular vote, he won the majority of undecided states and gave the Republican Party a majority in the House of Representatives. the Representatives and the Senate.
The businessman won in these elections against the Democratic candidate and still vice-president, Kamala Harris. The Republican convinced the North American electorate with a message focused on the economy and the recovery of the “American dream”.
Trump has so far received 276 electoral votes to Harris’ 223, according to US media projections. 270 electoral votes are needed to be elected president. The Republican won in key states like Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina. And also in Ohio and Florida, traditionally swing states in the past, which established themselves as Republican.
Popular vote and presidency
In 2016, Trump became president by receiving more electoral votes than Hillary ClintonDemocratic candidate. However, he failed to get more votes than her. Then he garnered 62,984,829 supporters, but this year he has 71,043,294 so far. Bigger support than the one that first took him to the White House.
Eight years ago, he entered the White House thanks to his victory in the Electoral College. It is made up of the representatives who ultimately choose who will be the American president. Each state distributes a certain number of electoral votes and the candidate who obtains the greatest number of votes in that territory, regardless of the percentage obtained, will receive all the electoral votes of that state. Ultimately, whoever has 270 electoral votes will be president.
In these elections, Trump managed to win both the electoral and popular votes and surpassed Kamala by more than five million votes. Biden’s running mate has so far reached 65,965,692 supports.
Chamber of Deputies
Trump also propelled the Republican Party to victory in the House of Representatives, where it will enjoy an absolute majority. If Republicans maintained the number of members of Congress they already have in the Lower House, it would give Trump greater room to approve legislation and implement his campaign agenda.
This assembly is made up of 435 representatives, so to obtain a majority, 218 seats are necessary. So far, the analysis shows that Republicans would have 204 members of Congress to Democrats’ 180. Since the last elections, in 2022, the majority is Republican, with 222 seats, ten more than the Democrats.
Senate
The Republicans have already ratified control of the Senate, which they did not have until now. The upper house of the United States Congress has 100 seats, and after these elections, the party led by Trump obtained 51 seats, which guarantees it the majority for the next two years, in the next midterm elections. are renewed.
In these elections, the senator from Nebraska Debbie Fischer was re-elected, winning over the independent candidate Dan Osborn. Furthermore, two other Republican candidates defeated two Democratic senators: in Ohio, the Republican Bernie Moreno took place from Sherrod BrownDemocrat; while in Virginia, the Republican Jim Justice removed former Democratic representative from office Joe Machin.
undecided states
Trump managed to win even in Blue wall Democrat (blue wall): managed to be the most voted in Democratic bastions like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, the latter key state in Swing Statesthat is to say the swing states which determine which side undecided voters choose.
The Republican based his strategy on a campaign centered on undecided states (Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan). His message has been clear: he is focused on improving the economy and fighting inflation.
