The results for the presidential election in North Carolina, one of the pivotal swing states, have been declared.
North Carolina, alongside Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, is key for the 2024 election, offering 16 electoral votes which have now been decided.
Since 1968, the Democratic party has secured North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes only twice, most recently in 2008 when former President Barack Obama was victorious.
In the previous presidential race in 2020, Donald Trump narrowly defeated Joe Biden in North Carolina by just over one percentage point.
The state continues to grapple with the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, prompting visits from both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in the aftermath.
Donald Trump has emerged victorious in North Carolina, claiming its 16 electoral votes with a two percent lead over Harris.
These results reflect similar levels of support in other swing states for Republican nominee Trump and Democratic contender Harris as the US election approaches.
In 2016, Trump won Arizona during his first presidential campaign but narrowly lost it to President Joe Biden in 2020 by approximately 10,000 votes.
According to a recent poll by Emerson College and The Hill, conducted between October 30 and November 2 among 900 likely voters, Trump is favored with 50 percent, while Harris stands at 48 percent.
Trump also claimed victory in Georgia in 2016, but in 2020, President Biden won the state by a margin of fewer than 12,000 votes, marking the first Democratic win there since Bill Clinton in 1992.
Similarly, a poll in Georgia by Emerson College, involving 800 likely voters, showed Trump with 50 percent support, slightly ahead of Harris at 49 percent.
Trump captured Michigan in 2016 after nearly three decades of its Democratic alignment, but it flipped back to President Biden in 2020.
In Michigan, Emerson College’s polling of 790 likely voters showed Harris leading with 50 percent to Trump’s 48 percent.
Nevada has consistently supported Democrats in the last four presidential elections, yet there is a notable chance of it turning Republican this time.
In a poll of 790 likely voters, both Trump and Harris were tied at 48 percent.
In Pennsylvania, President Biden won by 82,000 votes in 2020, but a poll by Emerson College involving 1,000 likely voters now slightly favors Trump with 49 percent compared to Harris’s 48 percent.
Wisconsin, traditionally a Democratic stronghold, was flipped by Trump in 2016, though President Biden reclaimed it in 2020. A recent poll of 800 likely voters showed Trump and Harris tied at 48 percent each.