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2024 US Election Results. Main Points
The US presidential election, said to be the most closely contested in decades, is over. The New York Times and Fox News reported that Republican Donald Trump had received 277 Electoral College votes. Democrat Kamala Harris had 226. House Speaker Mike Johnson declared Trump's victory. And the Republican, addressing supporters, called himself the 47th president of the United States. • Donald Trump told his supporters that he had won an "amazing victory" in the election for the benefit of all Americans. He promised to usher in a "golden age" for America. Trump also expressed confidence that Republicans had established control over both the House of Representatives and the Senate. For more on Washington, see the Kommersant article. • The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Russia has no illusions about a Republican victory and will defend its national interests until a new US administration comes to power. "Our conditions remain unchanged and are well known in Washington," the Foreign Ministry statement said. Worldwide reaction to Donald Trump's presidential victory • The Republican Party continues to lead in the Senate elections (51 seats, Democrats - 43 seats). In the House of Representatives elections, Republicans won 201 seats, and Democrats - 173 seats. • More than 80 million Americans voted early (in person or by mail). According to the poll, 41% are registered Democrats, and 39% are registered Republicans. • Kamala Harris voted by mail, and Donald Trump and his wife voted at a polling station in Florida. • American entrepreneur Elon Musk went to Florida to meet with Trump after voting in the US presidential election in Texas.
Scranton, Pennsylvania. People line up at a polling station in New York City. A polling board is set up in Times Square on Election Day in Palm Beach, Florida. U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and his wife Melania pose at a campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C. Presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff (second from right) board a plane with campaign staff after returning from a rally in Philadelphia, New York. A man wearing a hat with "Early Voting" and "I Voted" stickers in Rochester, New York. A voter wearing a T-shirt with a photo of a young Kamala Harris leaves an "I Voted" sticker at the grave of suffragist Susan B. Anthony, New York. A man and his daughter at the New City Theater in Scranton, Manhattan, Pennsylvania. People line up at a polling station in New York City. A polling board is set up in Times Square on Election Day in Palm Beach, Florida. U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and his wife Melania pose at their campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C. Presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff (second from right) board a plane with their campaign staff returning from a rally in Philadelphia, New York. A man wearing a hat with "Early Voting" and "I Voted" stickers in Rochester, New York. A voter wearing a T-shirt with a photo of a young Kamala Harris leaves an "I Voted" sticker at the grave of suffragist Susan B. Anthony in New York City. A man and his daughter at the New City Theater in Manhattan • The Navajo Nation has filed a lawsuit against Allachee County to keep a theater open in Arizona, MSNBC reports. Multiple voting problems were reported at polling stations, including faulty equipment and missing ballots. • A software glitch made it difficult to scan ballots at Pennsylvania polling stations. Accordingly, voting hours were extended. • In the US, a polling station in Battleground, Gwinnett County, Georgia, was evacuated due to a bomb threat and reopened after the information was not confirmed, CNN reported. • The FBI has detained a Michigan man who threatened to shoot supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump if he was elected, ABC reported. The suspect was taken into custody in Canton City. • A natural gas leak led to the closure of a polling station in Michigan, the Associated Press reports. Voters were transferred to other polling stations. • Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said he did not know whether President Vladimir Putin planned to congratulate US President Donald Trump on his election. However, he noted that the US is “an unfriendly country that is directly or indirectly involved in a war against our country.” • Russian Foreign Ministry press secretary Maria Zakharova said it does not matter to Russia whetherwho will win the US presidential election, as the US "prefers to confront Moscow one way or another." • If Donald Trump wins, he will be drawn into the Russian elections. -Ukrainian conflict Kamala Harris is believed to be following the line of current President Joe Biden.