Who became the President of America? 2024 US election results: Who won the election?
In the elections followed closely by the entire world, the results for Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris and Republican Party candidate Donald Trump are being awaited with curiosity. So, what is the latest situation in the US elections? Is Kamala Harris ahead, or is Donald Trump? What are the current vote percentages of the candidates? Along with the vote counting process, election results on a state-by-state basis and the US election map are being published. Here is the current situation in the 2024 US presidential elections.
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As the vote counting process continues in the 2024 US presidential election, the question of who will be America's new president is a matter of great curiosity. With the completion of the voting process and the announcement of current vote percentages, the election results are beginning to become clear. In this election, which is closely followed by the whole world, who the new US President will be will be determined by electoral votes. According to reports in the US press, the probability of Trump winning appears high. So, what is the latest situation in the 2024 US elections? Who became the US president, who won the election?
WHEN AND AT WHAT TIME WILL THE US ELECTION RESULTS BE ANNOUNCED?
The 60th presidential election of the United States (US) began on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. More than 75 million people across the country cast their votes early.
In the 2020 election, it took 4 days to count all the votes.
It is anticipated that the 2024 US election results will be announced on November 6, following the conclusion of voting and the start of the vote counting process.
THE WINNING CANDIDATE WILL TAKE OFFICE ON JANUARY 20
The candidate who wins the presidential election will be sworn in on January 20, 2025, to become the 47th president of the US for a 4-year term.
"TRUMP HAS A 95 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINNING"
The New York Times newspaper initially announced Trump's probability of winning the election as 68 percent, then raised this rate to 84 percent. According to the newspaper's latest forecast, this rate has risen to 95 percent.
REPUBLICANS SECURED THE MAJORITY IN THE SENATE
As a result of the Congressional elections held on the same day as the 2024 presidential election, the Republicans reached 51 seats in the Senate and obtained the majority.
In the Congressional elections held in parallel with the presidential election on November 5, the Republicans achieved a significant victory in the Senate.
In the Senate elections held in the states of West Virginia and Ohio, Republican candidates Jim Justice and Bernie Moreno surpassed their Democratic rivals to win the seats, securing two new seats for their party.
With these results, while the Republicans have reached 51 seats in the Senate so far, the Democrats have obtained 42 seats.
WHO IS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP?
Born in New York on June 14, 1946, Trump began to take an interest in the real estate sector from a young age under the influence of his father, Fred Trump, who was a real estate developer.
After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Economics in 1968, he took over his father's business in 1971 and changed the company's name to "The Trump Organization." Moving the company's headquarters to Manhattan, Trump made a name for himself with the hotels he built.
He gained worldwide fame with the television program "The Apprentice," which began airing on the NBC channel in 2004. As the Republican Party's presidential candidate, he served as the 45th President of the US between 2016 and 2020.
WHO IS THE DEMOCRATS' CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS?
Kamala Harris was born in 1964 in Oakland, California, as the child of a biologist mother from India and a Black economics professor father who immigrated from Jamaica. Having completed her law degree with high honors, Harris worked as a prosecutor in San Francisco for many years. In 2010, she was elected as the first female attorney general of the state of California.
Kamala Harris was elected as a California Senator in 2017, becoming the second African-American woman and the first South Asian-American senator in history.
Joe Biden named Harris as his vice-presidential running mate in August 2019. Following Biden's election victory in November, Harris made history as the first female, first Black, and first South Asian American vice president of the US. Harris currently continues her duty as the vice president of the Democratic Party and, if she wins the presidential election, will be on her way to becoming the country's first female president.