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Election Day 2024 live results: Trump projected to win Pa., third swing state
We're tracking races for president, Senate, House and more across the country.
In the high-stakes presidential match-up between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, results have been projected in several of the key swing states, and Trump has secured enough Electoral College votes to appear on track for a second presidency.
Beyond the presidential race, also voters hit the polls around the country Tuesday and cast ballots to decide who controls not only the White House, but also Congress, state and local governments.
Reporters from 538 and ABC News are following along every step of the way with live updates, analysis and commentary on the results. Keep up to date with our full live blog below.
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Polls closing at 7:30 p.m.
It's now 7:30 p.m. Eastern, and all polling places in North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia have closed. Here are our forecasts for the races in those states:
Babydog goes to D.C.
With ABC News projecting a win for Justice in the West Virginia Senate race, we can safely say that Jim Justice's English Bulldog, Babydog, is heading to D.C.
While she's not a newcomer to the political stage, having featured in Justice's appearance at the RNC, this will be her biggest move yet. And if you need a quick break from the barrage of election news, learn more about the top dogs of politics with 538's political dog quiz.
Miami-Dade County might be shifting right again
It's always a big moment on election night when massive Miami-Dade County in Florida reports its first batch of votes — and it just did. With 70% of the expected vote counted in the county, Trump is at 55% and Harris is at 44%. If that holds, it would be another huge shift rightward for the heavily Hispanic county. It voted for Biden by 7 points in 2020.
The order in which votes are counted is not the order in which they are cast
As election nerds, it's easy to slip into horse-race language about how one county "helped this candidate come from behind" or "put that candidate over the top." It's important, though, to remember that there is no special meaning to the order in which votes are counted — even as we watch results pour in from Kentucky, this is not a horse race. In some cases, the order in which votes are cast is the result of deliberate policy decisions, such as Pennsylvania's policy of not pre-canvassing (or counting) mail-in ballots prior to Election Day. Watching election returns is more like watching a football game's highlights after they've been spliced into a random order — and without the scoreboard to guide us.