With Joe Biden’s withdrawal, Vice President Kamala Harris ran for the Democratic Party against former President Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential Election. As the election results piled in on November 5th, Donald Trump started with a lead ahead of Harris. At 10 pm PT, United States Citizens patiently waited for Alaska, the final state, to close its polls.
States including Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin were battleground states this year. Of these states, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin were projected to go to Harris. These states, named the blue wall states, are the clearest pathway to making Harris’s victory possible. In Michigan, Trump got 49.7% of all votes, while Harris got 48.3%. Pennsylvania: 50.5% to 48.5%, and Wisconsin: 49.7% to 48.8%. In the end, Trump won all the battleground states. The Associated Press (AP) called the race on November 6th, at 2:34 a.m. PT, declaring Donald Trump the 47th president of the United States. Sophomore Ephi Rosenstock said, “It’s a bad reflection on the state of American democracy that a convicted felon, sex offender, a man who incited an insurrection against his own country, and a chronic liar is somehow reelected as a president in our country.” Furthermore, as of the morning of November 10th, Republicans won the Senate majority, but the House of Representatives has yet to be decided. Senior Nate Takata said, “I feel like the country itself is in good hands with a good leader who has good experience. I know he might have a bad image for fraud and sexual harassment and stuff that he’s done, but I think he’s got the experience and good relationships to get the economy to go up, so I think that’s a good thing.” This contentious election has been on the minds of many Americans for the past months to years. With the House of Representatives results still in process, Republicans may control all three branches of government.