Allentown and Pittsburgh, PA – Republican Donald Trump holds pennsylvania wonThe most coveted swing state of the 2024 election, His return to the White House is certain.
With 94% of the votes counted, Trump leads his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris 51% to 48% in the crucial keystone state, the Associated Press reports.
Pennsylvania received 19 electoral votes, the most of all seven swing states.
The Keystone State provided many of the campaign’s most memorable moments.
trump worked on the fry machine At a McDonald’s in the state, Harris was hit for claiming he had worked at a franchise at a young age but providing no proof.
and a photo of the former president with a raised fist behind would-be assassin Thomas Crooks He was shot at the Butler, PA, rally. Probably the top image of the campaign.
It is the second time Trump has broken the blue wall in the state, which has historically favored Democrats in the race for the White House.
In 2016, the Keystone State endorsed the former president instead of Hillary Clinton. The commonwealth then went to Scranton native Joe Biden in 2020.
Trump and Biden’s respective victories in Pennsylvania gave both men more than 270 electoral votes each — and sent them to the White House.
The former president vacated the battleground state after vowing to reduce inflation to historic levels and crack down on rising illegal immigration under the Biden-Harris administration.
Trump also promised to boost the oil and gas industry and force China and other countries to shift manufacturing to the US.
He also campaigned on ending the wars in Ukraine and Gaza that began under the Biden-Harris administration, and promised to resolve escalating conflicts by promoting peace through force.
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