Former president defeats Kamala Harris as voters send Republican back to White House for second term
has been elected the 47th president of the United States in a stunning political resurrection that sent shockwaves through America and around the world.
Trump defeated Harris, a Democrat who had been seeking to make history herself as the first woman, first Black woman and first south Asian American to become president in the US’s 248-year history. At 5.37am ET the Associated Press called Wisconsin for Trump, with the state’s 10 electoral college votes tipping the Trump’s total to 277 – well past the 270 votes that is needed to win the presidency.
But while Trump’s grip on the Republican party was briefly shaken, it held firm. The thrice-married New Yorker, found, remained an unlikely hero of evangelical Christians and the white working class, and polling suggested that he gained small but significant traction among African American and Latino voters.
The race looked extraordinarily close until the end. The candidates were tied at 48% each for the popular vote, according to the final New York Times/Siena College national
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