President-elect Donald Trump pulled off an electoral map feat no candidate has achieved in four decades: capturing all seven key swing states that have become pivotal to securing a White House victory.
Trump prevailed in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — the first presidential candidate of either party to do so since Ronald Reagan’s historic 1984 re-election landslide victory against Walter Mondale, in which the Republican won 49 states.
The seven pivotal swing states have vacillated wildly since 2016, when Trump defeated then-opponent Hillary Clinton in all but Nevada.
President-elect Donald Trump has officially won all seven swing states in the 2024 election. News Licensing / MEGAIn the 2020 election, former Vice President Joe Biden managed to turn six of the seven states back to blue, winning all of them except North Carolina.
After it was projected Trump would win Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania — the latter considered the ultimate must-win for both candidates this cycle — the then-presumptive president-elect took to the airwaves to claim victory.
“This has been the greatest political movement of all time,” Trump said triumphantly from his campaign headquarters in Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump supporters celebrating at a watch party in Pewaukee, Wis., on Nov. 6, 2024. Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images
Trump supporters cheering at a watch party in Novi, Michigan. Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images“This is a magnificent victory for the American people, that will allow us to make America great again,” he added, declaring his second ascent to the White House would usher in a “golden age” for the US.
After standing up throngs of disappointed supporters at her alma mater, Howard University, Tuesday night, Vice President Kamala Harris had yet to offer a concession speech as of 9 a.m. Wednesday.
