US election results: Updates up to now
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, US presidential candidates (Illustrative photo: Getty Images)
As of the morning of November 6, the results of the US election indicate that Republican candidate Donald Trump has a strong chance of victory. However, the vote count is still ongoing, and the situation could change dramatically.
Here is an update on what is known about the voting results in the US as of this morning.
Preliminary voting results in the US
To win the US presidential election, candidates need to secure 270 electoral votes. Each state has a certain number of electoral votes based on its population. California (54), Texas (40), and Florida (30) have the most electoral votes. Harris won California, while Trump secured victories in the other two.
According to preliminary vote counts, Republican candidate Donald Trump has gained 241 electoral votes, while Democratic representative Kamala Harris has 179.
As for the so-called swing states, which will largely determine the outcome of this year's election, Trump is currently leading in six out of seven. Harris may still have a chance in Nevada, but results from there have not yet been reported.
Who the exit polls gave victory to
The national exit poll by Edison Research, the results of which were published before the vote count began, indicated that 48% of American voters supported Harris in the election, while 44% supported Trump.
In most of the swing states, Harris was leading. She was projected to win in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina. Trump was forecasted to win in Nevada and Pennsylvania. In Arizona, the candidates were tied, each with 46%.
Mine threats from Russia and issues at polling stations: How the elections went
Although the US election proceeded relatively peacefully, there were some incidents. In the swing state of Georgia, voting was temporarily halted at two polling stations due to bomb threat reports.
Georgia's Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, stated that the bomb threats were of Russian origin.
The FBI also reported having information about bomb threats at polling stations in several states, many of which appeared to come from Russian email domains. Specifically, in Pennsylvania, some voting continued despite these threats.
In another swing state, Wisconsin, approximately 30,000 votes from Milwaukee were to be recounted due to sealing issues.
“The decision to restart the count was out of an abundance of caution. We have no reason to believe that there was any compromise to any of the machines,” said city spokesperson Jeff Fleming.
In Arizona, due to voting issues, election day was extended in one district, and a Georgia district, delays in reporting election results occurred because of software problems.
