Donald Trump edges over Kamala Harris with wins in Florida, Ohio, Mississippi

Former US President Donald Trump saw a victory in his home state of Florida making it the third time in a row that the Sunshine State has supported the Republican nominee ANI reportedAs per new projections by Politico at 10 am IST Trump has leaped to 230 electoral college votes as compared to a democtatic candidate who stands at 205 So far Trump has carried most of the Red Wall states in this presidential election ANI citedThis victory in the state of Florida will add 30 electoral college votes for Trumps final count Previously seen as a swing state after winning the 2000 presidential election for George W Bush votes have gone dramatically to the red in recent years Barack Obama won in 2008 and 2012Meanwhile Kamala Harris was seen trailing behind in her home state of Minnesota as Trump hopes to win 10 electoral college votes of one of the traditional Democratic beltsAccording to ANI since 1972 no Republican candidate for president has won in Minnesota Trump came within close distance in the 2016 presidential elections narrowly losing by 15 points to the then Democratic candidate Hillary ClintonAs per ANI Trump has won in the state of Idaho and Texas while Harris has won in California Trump has secured the conservative states 40 electoral votes he also bagged a win in the state of Oklahoma with 65 per cent of votesPolls showed a tight competition between the candidates with Trump taking a tentative lead over the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris by just a few points in some casesAccording to projections at 9 am IST NBC ABC and CBS have given Harris 91 electoral college votes but for Trump they have counted between 178 and 201 electoral votesFox News has projected a win for Trump in the states of Florida Indiana Kentucky West Virginia Mississippi Alabama Oklahoma Tennessee South Carolina and Arkansas while it projected wins for Harris in the states of Vermont Illinois Massachusetts Maryland New Jersey Connecticut Rhode Island and the District of Columbia ANI citedCNN has projected a win for Trump in the US states of Texas Ohio Georgia Kansas and North Carolina while it projected a lead for Harris in Pennsylvania Virginia Michigan and Maine states It has also projected a win for Harris in Colorado New York and DelawareTrump is projected to win in the states of Iowa South Dakota Wyoming and LouisianaThere was a total of 538 Electoral College votes allocated to the 50 American states and the District of Columbia It will take a candidate to win 270 votes in order to be the next US PresidentAccording to CBS projections at 9 45 am IST Trump is narrowly in the lead in Georgia North Carolina and Pennsylvania while Harris has a huge advantage in Michigan ANI reportedPolls have closed in Florida realDonaldTrump has carried the state of Florida and has earned 30 electoral votes Florida Governor Ro DeSantis said on XPolls have closed in FloridarealDonaldTrump has carried the state of Florida and has earned 30 electoral votesmdash Ron DeSantis GovRonDeSantis November 6 2024DeSantis waged an aggressive campaign against Amendment 3 which attempted to legalize recreational marijuana and Amendment 4 which would have expanded abortion access in the stateThe Trump campaign in a statement said after the win After four years of the disastrous HarrisBiden administration Floridians are eager to return to commonsense policies that put their freedom their families and America firstThe US is casting ballots to elect the next President and Vice President all representatives to the House and onethird of senators along with governors of 11 states and to US territoriesAround 10 am IST voting was closed down in most US states including the seven swing states of Georgia Arizona Nevada North Carolina Michigan Wisconsin and Pennsylvania ANI reportedWith inputs from ANIBy around 10 am IST polls had closed in most states including the seven swing states of Georgia Arizona Nevada North Carolina Michigan Wisconsin and Pennsylvania