Voting in the US presidential election has ended: Trump is in the lead

Voting has ended in the US presidential election – the 60s in the history of the country. The main candidates for the presidency are Vice President Kamala Harris (Democratic Party) and former US President Donald Trump (Republican Party).

Elections follow a two-stage system: after the popular vote, the Electoral College votes for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, who cast votes according to how the majority of voters in their state voted. The number of electors from each state is equal to the number of its representatives in Congress. To win the election, one candidate must receive at least 270 electoral votes.

According to the Associated Press (the most conservative), Trump is in the lead with 248 electoral votes. Harris currently has 214 electoral votes. Other ratings: CNN – 266/188, NBC – 266/194, Fox News – 277/226. To win you need to score 270.

Trump won in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Idaho, Montana, Iowa, Louisiana, Utah, Missouri, Ohio, Texas, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Florida, Indiana , Kentucky.

Harris won in Virginia, Oregon, New York, New Mexico, California, Washington, Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Rhode Island, Vermont, the District of Columbia and Hawaii.

Preliminary: Republicans are beating Democrats in elections to the Senate and House of Representatives of the US Congress; they were also more successful in gubernatorial elections.

In many respects, the outcome of the election depends on the “swing” states, where there is approximately an equal level of popularity of presidential candidates from the main parties – Democratic and Republican. These states, according to polls, include Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. As noted above, Trump won in North Carolina and Georgia. For other states on this list, the winner has not yet been determined, but the Republican candidate has some advantage in most of them.

Judging by the forecasts of leading American agencies and media, Donald Trump is winning the election.