Donald Trump wins 2024 presidential election, defying the odds again

WEST PALM BEACH — Donald Trump has 267 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House and is leading in key races left to be called, including Michigan and Wisconsin.

Donald Trump was projected to become the 47th president early today, completing the most incredible political comeback in American history. Trump, 78, was on course for an Electoral College landslide over Vice President Kamala Harris after he reversed his 2020 losses in the crucial states of Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — running up big margins among his white rural and working class base while making significant inroads among ethnic minorities. “There’s never been anything like this in this country, and maybe beyond,” the Republican nominee told a rapturous victory celebration at the Palm Beach County Convention Center not far from his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Donald Trump has 267 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House and is leading in key races left to be called, including Michigan and Wisconsin. “We’re going to help our country heal,” Trump added, “and it needs help very badly. We’re going to fix our borders … fix everything about our country.” The former president’s victory was the highlight of a big Election Night for Republicans, who were also projected to regain control of the Senate after four years in the minority. The fate of the House of Representatives was too close to call early today, with the majority not likely to be determined for several days. But most stunningly, as of early today, Trump was favored to win the popular vote and end a 20-year losing streak among Republican nominees in the raw vote total.