CNN has projected Donald Trump to win Georgia.
Although Georgia traditionally supported Republican candidates, choosing Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in 2016, the state turned Democratic in 2020. This shift marked the first time in a decade that Georgia voted blue, with Joe Biden defeating Trump.
Polls in Georgia closed earlier today (November 5) at 7:00pm local time, and a winner has been announced.
In the 2020 election, approximately five million votes were cast in Georgia, with Biden winning by a margin of about 13,000 votes.
This victory was significant as it was the first time a Democrat had won Georgia since Bill Clinton in 1992.
A recent poll from Emerson College and The Hill, conducted between October 30 and November 2 in anticipation of the 2024 elections, surveyed 800 likely voters and showed Trump leading with 50 percent to Harris’s 49 percent.
Despite his challenges to the results, even a manual recount confirmed Biden’s victory. Trump’s attempts to overturn the election outcome resulted in him facing several criminal charges, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
The case titled The State of Georgia v. Donald J Trump et al is ongoing, accusing Trump and 18 others of leading a ‘criminal racketeering enterprise’ and conspiring to change the 2020 election results in Georgia unlawfully.
However, a judge dismissed two charges against Trump. Trump’s lawyer Steve Sadow stated, as reported by The Guardian, “President Trump and his legal team in Georgia have prevailed once again. The trial court has decided that counts 15 and 27 in the indictment must be quashed/dismissed.”
While the Associated Press has yet to call the race, CNN has projected Trump as the winner in Georgia.
Now, let’s consider the other swing states.
These states have shown similar levels of support for both the Republican candidate Donald Trump and the Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris ahead of the US election.
In 2016, Trump secured victory in Arizona, but in 2020, he narrowly lost the state to Joe Biden by around 10,000 votes.
A recent poll by Emerson College and The Hill, conducted between October 30 and November 2 with 900 likely voters, predicted Trump having 50 percent of the vote versus Harris’s 48 percent.
Michigan, which Trump won in 2016 after nearly three decades of Democratic dominance, flipped back to Biden in 2020.
In Michigan, Emerson College’s recent poll showed Harris leading with 50 percent to Trump’s 48 out of 790 likely voters.
Nevada has favored Democratic candidates in the last four presidential elections, but this time, there is a significant possibility it could flip to support the Republicans.
A recent poll of 790 likely voters in Nevada showed a tie between Trump and Harris, each with 48 percent.
Traditionally a Republican state, North Carolina is still recovering from the impact of Hurricane Helene. The poll of 860 likely voters indicated 49 percent support for Trump and 48 percent for Harris.
Pennsylvania, which Biden won by 82,000 votes in 2020, showed a slight preference for Trump in Emerson College’s poll, with 1,000 likely voters predicting Trump at 49 percent and Harris at 48 percent.
Wisconsin, historically a Democratic state, was won by Trump in 2016 but flipped back to Biden in 2020. A recent poll of 800 likely voters resulted in a tie between Trump and Harris, both showing 48 percent.