
By Alexandra Crosnoe
Nov. 6, 2024 2:40 a.m.
Former President Donald Trump will retake the Oval Office, according to the Associated Press.
Trump’s victory over Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris comes after a tumultuous election cycle, including a Manhattan, New York, jury convicting Trump on 34 felony counts of fraud in May and President Joe Biden exiting the race in July. Polls before the election indicated that the election would be among the closest in American history, with nearly deadlocked races in key battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
However, Election Day results favored Trump, who is projected to win four out of seven swing states – while the other three remain undecided – and the popular vote.
“This was the greatest political movement of all time – there’s never been anything like this in this country,” Trump said in a speech to his supporters Tuesday night. “We’re going to fix our borders, we’re going to fix everything in our country.”
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