Former President Trump has won the presidency, securing a second term nearly four years after he left Washington under a cloud of ignominy and with an uncertain political future, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).
DDHQ made the call after declaring Trump the projected winner of Pennsylvania and Alaska, bringing him to exactly 270 electoral votes.
The former president returns to the top job as the oldest commander-in-chief in the record books, the second man to win non-consecutive terms in office, and as the first convicted felon to ever win a presidential election.
It’s that last point that feels particularly poignant in the aftermath of the decisive victory delivered on November 5.
Because Trump is facing a raft of legal battles, ranging from allegations of fraud to the mishandling of classified documents and very serious charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump defeated Vice President Harris in an election that saw a number of unexpected developments: a criminal trial involving Trump during the campaign, two assassination attempts against the former president and a change atop the Democratic ticket after President Biden dropped out of the race.
He becomes the first president in more than 120 years and the second ever to lose the White House and then come back to win it again, after President Cleveland in 1892.
Trump gained in the polls in the closing weeks of the campaign, however, showing strength among Black and Latino voters. Both are key voting blocs that helped propel him to victory.
His campaign relied on a previously untested strategy of partnering with outside groups to reach voters in battleground states, a method that managed to overcome the stronger infrastructure of the Harris campaign.
At 78, Trump is the oldest person in the country’s history to be elected president, slightly older than Biden was in 2020. He has declined to release detailed medical records despite previously saying he would have no problem doing so.
Trump will become just the second president in the nation’s history to serve two nonconsecutive terms, but will be term limited by the 22nd Amendment, meaning he cannot seek reelection in 2028. Image internet.
Trump gained in the polls in the closing weeks of the campaign, however, showing strength among Black and Latino voters. Both are key voting blocs that helped propel him to victory. His campaign relied on a previously untested strategy of partnering with outside groups to reach voters in battleground states, a method that managed to overcome the stronger infrastructure of the Harris campaign.
Trump’s recent victory is indeed historic and multifaceted. His campaign’s success among Black and Latino voters, along with an innovative strategy of partnering with outside groups, played a crucial role in overcoming the Harris campaign’s infrastructure.
At 78, Trump is the oldest person in the country’s history to be elected president, slightly older than Biden was in 2020. He has declined to release detailed medical records despite previously saying he would have no problem doing so. Trump will become just the second president in the nation’s history to serve two nonconsecutive terms, but will be term limited by the 22nd Amendment, meaning he cannot seek reelection in 2028.