Washington. This US presidential election was very exciting. The winner has not yet been officially announced, but Donald Trump will be the next US president. Republican candidate Donald Trump has won 266 Electoral College votes so far, while Democratic candidate Kamala Harris has won 188 votes. Winning the presidency requires 270 Electoral College votes. Trump is only four electoral votes away. States in America are also color coded. Republican states are colored red while Democratic states are colored blue. The most important, however, are the swing states, which are colored “purple” and determine who wins the election.

How swing states voted
Donald Trump is expected to win three of seven swing states. North Carolina: Trump won the state of North Carolina. This includes 16 electoral votes.
Georgia: Trump is also expected to win in Georgia.
Pennsylvania: Trump won the crucial state of Pennsylvania. It has 19 electoral votes. While the elections in the other remaining states of Nevada have not yet been announced. There are six electoral votes, Arizona has 11, Michigan has 15 and Wisconsin has 10 electoral votes.

How did the red states fare?
Red states are the ones that have voted Republican for years and Trump is expected to win. States like Texas, Alabama and Wyoming are included in red.
Alabama: Trump won this state with 9 electoral votes.
Arkansas: Trump won this state, which has six electoral votes.
Florida: Former President Trump won Florida, once a swing state but now reliably red. It has 30 electoral votes.
Idaho: Trump is expected to win in Idaho, which has 4 electoral votes. Trump won the state in 2020.
Indiana: Trump is expected to win Indiana, which has 11 votes in the Electoral College.
Kansas: Former President Trump will win in Kansas, which has six electoral votes.
Kentucky: Kentucky led the way in supporting Republican candidate Trump with eight electoral votes.
Louisiana: Trump won in Louisiana. There are eight electoral votes in this state.
Mississippi: Trump won again in Mississippi. There are six electoral votes in this state.
Missouri: With 10 electoral votes, Trump is also expected to win in Missouri.
Montana: Republican presidential candidate Trump is expected to win in this state. He also won it in 2020.
North Carolina: Trump was declared the winner in North Carolina with 16 electoral votes.
North Dakota: Trump won North Dakota, which has three electoral votes.
Ohio: Trump is expected to win in this state, where there are 17 electoral votes.
Oklahoma: Trump won Oklahoma with seven electoral votes.
South Carolina: This state went to Trump. It has nine electoral votes.
South Dakota: Trump won in this state. It has three electoral votes.
Tennessee: This race was declared in Trump’s favor. It has 11 electoral votes.
Texas: Trump secured 40 electoral votes with his victory in Texas.
Utah: Utah went to Trump with six electoral votes.
West Virginia: Trump won West Virginia, which has four electoral votes.
Wyoming: Trump won Wyoming, which has three electoral votes.

How the blue states voted
States like California, New York and Illinois are considered blue. These blue states went for Harris.
California: Kamala Harris is expected to win California, which has the highest number of electoral votes at 54.
Colorado: Harris wins in Colorado. It has 10 electoral votes.
Connecticut: Connecticut went to Harris with seven electoral votes.
Delaware: Harris won Delaware, which has three electoral votes.
District of Columbia: Harris won here. It has three electoral votes.
Hawaii: Harris won the election from here. There are four electoral votes in the state.
Illinois: Vice President Kamala Harris won here. It has 19 electoral votes.
Maryland: Maryland has 10 electoral votes, this state went to Harris.
Massachusetts: Harris won Massachusetts with 11 electoral votes.
New Mexico: Harris won this state, which has five electoral votes.
New York: Harris won in New York. It has 28 electoral votes.

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Oregon: Oregon elected Harris with eight electoral votes.
Rhode Island: Harris won Rhode Island.
Vermont: This state went to Harris with three electoral votes.
Virginia: Harris won Virginia with 13 electoral votes.
Washington: The Vice President won Washington by securing 12 electoral votes.
However, Harris faces a major defeat as the swing states are in favor of Trump.

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