Presidential Election
Electoral College Results
* Electoral-college vote totals based on New York Times projections
Kamala Harris (D) 226 votes
Donald Trump (R) 295 votes
270 votes needed to win
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As voters head to the polls in the 2024 election, there remains a possible but unlikely scenario that Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump could end up in an Electoral College tie.
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Trump demands election results ‘tonight’ during middle-of-the-night rally in Grand Rapids
Former President Donald Trump ushered in Election Day with a late-night turned early-morning rally in Michigan’s second largest city, telling thousands of supporters inside Van Andel Arena that “if we win Michigan, we win it all.”
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NYC breaks record with more than 1 million New Yorkers voting early in 2024 election
More than 1 million New York City residents voted early in this week’s high-stakes election — a new record, according to city officials.
Four years after ‘Stop the Steal,’ an organized army emerges online
Brandon Matlack, a coordinator for a group boosting former president Donald Trump’s election effort, was camped outside an election office in Pennsylvania’s Northampton County when he posted a video Tuesday on the social network X asking his 3,000 followers for help identifying a “very suspect” man he’d seen just drop off “an insane amount of ballots.”
Can Harris win the election? Here are her possible paths to victory.
A little over a month ago we looked at the most likely paths that Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump have to win the presidency with the help of The Washington Post’s polling average. Now, the day before Election Day, we revisit their paths to the White House. Spoiler alert: Not much has changed for either Harris or Trump. Their paths remain largely the same.
Trump escalates false claims of fraud, setting stage to cry foul if he loses
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Harris joins ‘Saturday Night Live’ in last-minute campaign surprise
Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” in New York, making a surprise last-minute appearance that culminates a string of events designed to showcase Harris before voters who do not typically engage with traditional political media.
Spin Control: With Election Day almost here, we offer help and answers for waiting voters
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