...As Republicans win senate, leading in Reps
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia
Former President Donald Trump of the Republican party is in early lead of the results so far announced in the November 5 presidential election in the United States of America.
Trump has so far won 23 states, collecting 246 electoral collage votes against his main challenger, Kamala Harris of the ruling Democratic party, who has won 12 states with 189 collage votes.
Trump has won some of the swing states including Texas and Ohio, and North Carolina while maintaining a lead in other reliably Republican-leaning states.
Harris has so far captured 14 states including big electoral vote prizes California and New York — as well as the US capital Washington.
The magic number to win the presidency is 270. Observers expect the hotly contested race for the White House to come down to a handful of key battleground states.
The following is a list of the states won by each candidate and the corresponding number of electoral votes, based on the projections of US media including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC/NBC News, ABC, and CBS.
– TRUMP (227) –
Alabama (9)
Arkansas (6)
Florida (30)
Idaho (4)
Indiana (11)
Iowa (6)
Kansas (6)
Kentucky (8)
Louisiana (8)
Mississippi (6)
Missouri (10)
Montana (4)
North Carolina (16)
North Dakota (3)
Ohio (17)
Oklahoma (7)
South Carolina (9)
South Dakota (3)
Tennessee (11)
Texas (40)
Utah (6)
West Virginia (4)
Wyoming (3)
– HARRIS (189) –
California (54)
Colorado (10)
Connecticut (7)
Delaware (3)
District of Columbia (3)
Hawaii (4)
Illinois (19)
Maryland (10)
Massachusetts (11)
New York (28)
Oregon (8)
Rhode Island (4)
Vermont (3)
Virginia (13)
Washington (12)
Trump who is projected to win the poll is already preparing for a remark while the campaign team of Harris said she would only speak tomorrow morning.
