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Election Day 2024 live results: Trump projected to win the presidency
We tracked races for president, Senate, House and more across the country.
With projections made in most states across the country, ABC has projected that former President Donald Trump will win the high-stakes presidential match-up against Vice President Kamala Harris. Early Wednesday morning, Trump secured enough Electoral College votes to set himself up for a second presidency, including by flipping the key swing states of Georgia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Plus, Republicans are set up to take back the Senate majority, with at least 51 seats locked down — while control of the House remained up in the air.
Throughout the evening and into Wednesday morning, reporters from 538 followed along every step of the way with live updates, analysis and commentary on these races and all the others down the ballot. Follow our live election-night coverage in full below.
Key Headlines
How much will abortion matter?
In many swing states, abortion was a top three issue for Americans as they weighed how to vote in this election. But other issues, such as the economy and immigration, also claimed their attention. How much will abortion matter in the end?
Polling from KFF, a nonprofit health policy research, polling and news organization, has found that its a top issue for women voters under 30, with 40% saying its the No. 1 issue determining their vote. And women voters of all ages feel that the election could have a major impact on abortion access, and felt more hopeful and satisfied with Harris as a candidate after Biden left the race and she became the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Voters trust Harris more on the issue more than Trump, according to polling. An AP/Norc poll from October found 52% of registered voters gave her an advantage on the issue, compared to 28% who trusted Trump more. Whether that makes a difference for Harris -- or Democrats in general -- in swing states tonight, though, is one of the issues we’ll be watching closely.
Checking in on Alabama’s 2nd District
With 32% of the expected vote reporting in the open race in Alabama's 2nd District, Figures, the Democrat, is ahead of Dobson, the Republican, 62% to 38%. Dobson, one of just several non-incumbent Republican women running in somewhat competitive races today, isn't favored in our forecast, winning just nine-in-100 simulations. I'll be watching this race and a few others where GOP women could stand to gain ground tonight.
New York projected to go for Harris, but lots of House races still TBD
ABC News has projected that Harris will win New York and its 28 electoral votes. With 36% of the expected vote reporting there, she's ahead by 30 points, although that margin will come down to some extent as more votes are reported (based on what's outstanding).
In the Senate race, ABC News has also projected that Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will easily win reelection, too. The big thing to watch in New York, though, is the state's half-dozen competitive House races. But each of those remains far from decided at this point.
The Senate's most liberal Senator (by one metric) returns
Democrat Elizabeth Warren is projected by ABC to be reelected senator from Massachusetts. Warren, who the widely used DW-NOMINATE ideological score places as the most liberal sitting U.S. senator, joined the Senate in 2013 after defeating incumbent Republican Scott Brown, who himself won a surprising special election to fill the seat formerly held by Democrat Ted Kennedy.