"Narrow But Clear Favourite": Trump Leads In Swing States
Washington DC, US: The close-knitted fight in swing states, including Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and North Carolina are closed. Republican candidate Donald Trump won Florida, which has heavily shifted towards Republicans recently. He also won Texas, South Carolina, and Indiana.
At the same time, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris won her party’s strongholds including New York, Massachusetts and Illinois.
According to AP news agency, Trump has won 214 Electoral College votes against Harris’ 179 to reach the victory mark of 270. Though results have not been declared for any swing state, Trump is ahead in Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Michigan said Trump.
Pennsylvania has been the most decisive state, where Trump has flipped the early lead of Harris.
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Among the seven swing states, Trump has won five during the 2016 election, in which he won the White House. But in 2020, Biden painted states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Georgia blue. Nevada voted for Democrats and North Carolina voted for Republicans for the last two elections.
In early morning trends, Trump appears to be winning with 56.2 percent votes, while Kamala Harris is trailing behind with 42.9 percent of votes. 94 percent of votes has been counted.
Top election analyst Nate Cohn said Trump appears to be “clear favourite” to win. The first trends appears to be on the expected lines. Trump has won the conservative belts while Kamala Harris is leading in the stronghold of East Coast.
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Cohn, the New York Times chief political analyst, said Harris would need to outperform in Atlanta to close the gap with Trump in the state. He said Trump stands a “narrow but clear favorite” to win critical swing states of Georgia and North Carolina.
“For the first time tonight, our estimates indicate that the race leans toward Donald Trump. He is a narrow but clear favorite to win Georgia and North Carolina. If he carries those states, Kamala Harris will probably need to sweep Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to win — a real possibility, but a tall order nonetheless. We have very little data from those states, and it will be a long time until we do”, said Cohn.
