The Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, emerged victorious over Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s nominee, on Wednesday, securing the majority of electoral votes needed to claim the presidency. The election result saw Trump clinch a win over Harris, who had been hoping to make history as the first female president of the United States.
After the results were confirmed, Kamala Harris reached out to Donald Trump later that evening, offering her congratulations and urging her supporters to respect the election outcome and accept the results peacefully, in a bid to foster unity and avoid further division.
Below is a detailed breakdown of the states won by each candidate, along with their respective electoral vote values that contributed to their final tallies in the election:
Donald Trump
– Texas (40 electoral votes)
– Florida (30 electoral votes)
– Pennsylvania (19 electoral votes)
– Ohio (17 electoral votes)
– Georgia (16 electoral votes)
– North Carolina (16 electoral votes)
– Tennessee (11 electoral votes)
– Indiana (11 electoral votes)
– Missouri (10 electoral votes)
– South Carolina (9 electoral votes)
– Alabama (9 electoral votes)
– Louisiana (8 electoral votes)
– Kentucky (8 electoral votes)
– Oklahoma (7 electoral votes)
– Arkansas (6 electoral votes)
– Iowa (6 electoral votes)
– Mississippi (6 electoral votes)
– Kansas (6 electoral votes)
– Utah (6 electoral votes)
– West Virginia (4 electoral votes)
– Idaho (4 electoral votes)
– Montana (4 electoral votes)
– Wyoming (3 electoral votes)
– North Dakota (3 electoral votes)
– South Dakota (3 electoral votes)
– Nebraska (2 electoral votes)
Kamala Harris
– California (54 electoral votes)
– New York (28 electoral votes)
– Illinois (19 electoral votes)
– New Jersey (14 electoral votes)
– Virginia (13 electoral votes)
– Washington (12 electoral votes)
– Massachusetts (11 electoral votes)
– Colorado (10 electoral votes)
– Maryland (10 electoral votes)
– Oregon (8 electoral votes)
– Connecticut (7 electoral votes)
– New Mexico (5 electoral votes)
– Rhode Island (4 electoral votes)
– Hawaii (4 electoral votes)
– New Hampshire (4 electoral votes)
– Vermont (3 electoral votes)
– Delaware (3 electoral votes)
– District of Columbia (3 electoral votes)