US Swing State election 2024: Trump defeats Harris in North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, leading in others

Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in the battleground states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Georgia in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, bringing him closer to an unexpected political comeback. An as per trends, he is leading in all key states. 

The seven swing states in this year's election are - Pennsylvania (19), Nevada (6), North Carolina (16), Georgia (16), Arizona (11), Michigan (15) and Wisconsin (10)

How Trump performed in swing states?

Edison Research projected Trump would win the battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

In North Carolina, exit polls showed Trump boosting his share of the Black vote to 12%, from 5% in 2020. He garnered the support of 20% of Black male voters, the poll said.

According to the Edison national poll, Trump's support among Latino male voters jumped 18 percentage points from four years ago.

Trump was up 11 percentage points with Latino voters in Nevada, according to the poll, and up 4 points in Arizona from four years ago. He was on track to do as well or better than Republican President George W. Bush did 20 years ago, when Bush garnered 44% of Hispanic voters.

In Pennsylvania, Trump's support among white voters dropped 3 percentage points compared with four years ago, Edison said – and his support was down 4 points among white male voters.

Trump claims victory

Donald Trump claimed a "magnificent" victory over Kamala Harris in the fight for the presidency on Wednesday as results put him on the verge of one of the most stunning comebacks in US political history.

The Republican former president's address to a crowd of jubilant supporters came despite the fact that only Fox News had so far declared him the winner of the presidential election.

"This is a magnificent victory for the American people that will allow us to make America great again," the 78-year-old told cheering supporters at his campaign headquarters in Florida.

World leaders rushed to congratulate him before the final results were in, with Ukraine's president in particular urging Trump to help achieve a "just peace" against Russia.