vice-president Kamala Harris should officially concede the 2024 election has Donald Trumpafter he was expected to become the 47th president of the United States.

Trump was declared the winner early Wednesday by the Associated Press and others, after surpassing the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency.

Harris received at least 224 electoral votes, with results from swing states Michigan, Nevada and Arizona still outstanding. According to the White House, Harris will speak at 4 p.m. ET at Howard University in Washington DC., a historically black university and its alma mater.

Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally on November 4, 2024 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

The Harris campaign held an election night party Tuesday at the Howard University Yard, where the mood shifted from “festive to concerned” as calls for the race began to come in, according to the Associated Press.

Harris was expected to address election night, but her campaign co-chair, Cedric Richmond, said supporters would not hear from her until Wednesday. Multiple reports indicate she is expected to call on Trump to concede before speaking Wednesday afternoon.

“We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not yet been called. We will continue, overnight, to fight to make sure that every vote is counted, that every voice is expressed.” , Richmond said Tuesday evening, before the vote. AP’s race call for Trump.

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Harris launched her White House bid just four months into the presidency. Joe Biden abandoned the race. Her modified campaign focused much of her messaging on Trump and a warning about the threat she said he poses to American democracy and abortion protections. She targeted the traditional Democratic base – African-Americans, Latinos and young people – but also sought to win over disaffected Republicans.

However, Trump managed to win both nationally and in key states, with voters alarmed by the economic situation and prioritizing more aggressive enforcement of immigration laws.

Concern about inflation was particularly high nationally, according to AP VoteCast, a large survey of more than 120,000 voters nationwide.

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Voters generally thought Trump would be better equipped than Harris, Biden’s current vice president, to manage the economy and jobs. The key swing states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan largely reflect the nation’s mood, the survey found.

The AP’s VoteCast survey found that Trump attracted a small but significant share of younger voters, black voters and Hispanic voters — many of whom felt depressed about the economy. According to the survey, the majority of young Black and Latino voters said the economy was not performing well.

Trump victory speech

In the meantime, Trump appeared before an enthusiastic crowd during his election watch party at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, following FOX News’ early projections of his victory.

Trump, 78, will begin his second term early next year after losing his first re-election bid. Biden in 2020. It was an extraordinary comeback for Trump, who refused to accept defeat four years ago and helped spark the US Capitol riotwas convicted of a crime and survived two assassination attempts.

In his victory speech Wednesday, Trump told the crowd: “Every citizen, I will fight for you, for your family and your future.”

“This will truly be America’s golden age,” Trump said. “This is a magnificent victory for the American people that will allow us to make America great again.”