It’s official! Donald Trump has been elected the forty seventh President of the United States. This will likely be Trump’s second time taking the nation’s highest workplace with a shocking win over Vice President Kamala Harris after a contentious marketing campaign. He beforehand defeated Hillary Clinton within the electoral school within the 2016 election.
The outcomes had been formally known as shortly after 5:30am ET on Wednesday, November 6 when information networks declared Trump winner of Wisconsin to make him President-elect and ship him again to the White House. His electoral school vote whole reached 276 with Harris stood at 217, and unable to catch him within the polls.
Donald Trump first declared his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election for the Republican occasion once more instantly after he misplaced (although didn’t concede victory) to Joe Biden in 2020 and left the White House in January 2021. Though he did face a number of main challengers from high GOP names like Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, he coasted to re-nomination and was formally nominated on the Republican National Convention in July, the place he launched operating mate JD Vance and gave an acceptance speech earlier than 20 million at-home viewers.
Joe Biden, the incumbent, additionally handily received the Democratic main towards his challengers, Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson, however after his June debate with Trump, he confronted strain to step down from the ticket and in the end did so in July, endorsing the vice chairman for the position in his stead. She was formally nominated on the Democratic National Convention in August and delivered an acceptance speech that was watched by greater than 26 million.
Harris’ marketing campaign, although temporary, was a storied affair, with dozens of A-list celebrities attending her rallies and/or endorsing her marketing campaign, together with Taylor Swift, Beyonce Knowles, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, John Legend, Meaghan Thee Stallion, Bruce Springsteen, Tyler Perry, Jennifer Lopez, Eminem, Kerry Washington, Will-i-am, Harrison Ford, Sam Elliott, Jennifer Aniston, LeBron James, and so many extra.