Donald Trump has been projected as winning Georgia by CNN
Donald Trump has been called as winning Georgia by multiple US news outlets.
Despite remaining red and choosing Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in 2016, Georgia went blue for the first time in a decade in 2020, when Trump took on Joe Biden and ultimately lost.
Earlier today (November 5), polls in Georgia closed at 7:00pm local time and a winner has since been called.
In 2020, around five million votes were cast in Georgia and the state saw Biden win by around 13,000 votes.
This marked the first time a Democratic candidate had won the state since Bill Clinton in 1992.
A recent poll conducted by Emerson College and The Hill between October 30 – November 2 ahead of the 2024 elections showed 800 likely voters showed Trump with 50 percent and Harris with 49 percent.
Trump challenged the results, however, even with every vote being recounted by hand, Biden was still confirmed as coming out victorious and Trump’s efforts to overturn the election results led to him face multiple criminal counts – to which Trump has pleaded not guilty.
The State of Georgia v. Donald J Trump et al is a pending criminal case against the 45th president of the US and 18 others, alleging he led a ‘criminal racketeering enterprise’ and ‘knowingly and willingly joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome’ of the election results in Georgia in 2020.
However, a judge decided to drop two charges against Trump, Trump’s lawyer Steve Sadow stating at the time, as per The Guardian: “President Trump and his legal team in Georgia have prevailed once again. The trial court has decided that counts 15 and 27 in the indictment must be quashed/dismissed.”
CNN projected Trump to win Georgia alongside NBC News and the Associated Press has also now called the win.
But what about the other swing states?
What are the swing states for the 2024 US election?
These are the states that have seen very similar levels of support for Republican nominee former POTUS Donald Trump and the Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris ahead of the US election.
Arizona
In 2016, Trump won Arizona when he became president, but in 2020 he lost it narrowly to President Joe Biden by around 10,000 votes.
A recent poll conducted by Emerson College and The Hill between October 30 – November 2 of 900 likely voters predicted Trump coming away with 50 percent of votes and Harris with 48 percent.
Michigan
After almost three decades of being a Democratic state, Trump won Michigan in 2016, but the state flipped in President Biden’s favor in 2020.
The recent poll in Michigan by Emerson College stood at 50 percent for Harris and 48 percent for Trump out of 790 likely voters.
Nevada
Nevada has been a blue state for the last four presidential elections, but this time around, the possibility increased significantly of it flipping and becoming a red state.
The recent poll conducted with 790 likely voters and saw a tie with both Trump and Harris showing 48 percent.
North Carolina
A typically Republican state, North Carolina is still recovering from the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The poll of 860 likely voters came out at 49 percent for Trump and 48 percent for Harris.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania saw Biden win by 82,000 votes in 2020, but Emerson College’s poll of 1,000 likely voters leant ever so slightly in Trump’s favour – Trump predicted as obtaining 49 percent of votes and Harris 48.
Wisconsin
A classically Democratic state, Wisconsin was flipped by Trump in 2016, however, it was flipped back in 2020 by President Biden. The recent poll of 800 likely voters saw a tie between Trump and Harris with both showing 48 percent.
