Donald Trump: main US election results: Brazilian President congratulates Trump; used to be for Harris

Donald Trump, US election results in 2024: Donald Trump was declared the 47th President of the United States. He is the second president to win elections back-to-back, and the first felon to do so. According to The Guardian news portal, Kamala Harris received 66,264,540 votes, and Trump – 71,202,731 votes (51%).

According to US media agencies, Trump won 277 electoral votes, easily crossing the threshold to become the official president-elect. However, the Electoral College will meet in December where the electors will formally vote and name the president.

There have been cases where a presidential candidate won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote. Trump won the popular vote on Wednesday. Early election trends predicted a positive showing for Republican candidate Donald Trump in the 2024 US presidential election.

Speaking at a late-night rally in America on Wednesday, Donald Trump called the vote a mandate from America that would mark his historic return to the US presidency.

Donald Trump has committed to “healing” America, promising to bring a “golden age” to the US, he said on Wednesday. Trump won three key swing states—Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia—pushing his path to 270 electoral votes. Kamala Harris won Virginia and Hawaii, adding to her previous victories in Democratic strongholds such as California, New York and Illinois.

Congratulations have poured in from around the world for Donald Trump as he looks forward to returning to the White House.

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