The results are in for the first swing state of the night
The vote in this year’s presidential election for battleground state North Carolina is in.
Considered to be one of the critical seven swing states for the 2024 election, along with Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, North Carolina has 16 electoral votes and the results have now been revealed.
Since 1968, Democrats have won the state’s 16 electoral votes only twice. The most recent was in 2008 when voters backed former president Barack Obama.
During the last presidential election in 2020, Donald Trump edged out Joe Biden in North Carolina by a little more than a point.
The state is still reeling from the horrific aftermath of Hurricane Helene, with both Trump and Kamala Harris having visited since the storm.
Donald Trump has won the vote for North Carolina, with 16 electoral votes and a so far two percent lead over Harris.
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.
Georgia
Trump won the state of Georgia in 2016, but once again lost it to President Biden in 2020 by fewer than 12,000 votes.
This marked the first time a Democratic candidate had won the state since Bill Clinton in 1992.
Similarly to Arizona, Emerson College’s poll in Georgia out of 800 likely voters showed Trump with 50 percent and Harris with 49 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.
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.
