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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.
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North Carolina results by county
ABC News projects Trump will win North Carolina's 16 electoral votes. Here's where things stand county-by-county as-of 11:39 p.m. Eastern with 89% of the expected vote reporting.
Education ballot measures roundup
Kentucky was the first to report on its educational ballot measure. Voters said no to Amendment 2, choosing not to allow public funds to go toward private school tuition. Voters in the Bluegrass state rejected the ballot measure with an overwhelming 65% with an estimation of nearly all the expected votes being counted, according to the AP. Gov. Andy Beshear posted on X thanking the state for "protecting our public schools."
Meanwhile, in Nebraska, Referendum 435 asked voters to decide whether to uphold or repeal Bill 1402, which funds students to attend non-public schools. While initial reporting said voters were in favor of upholding Bill 1402, it is now looking like voters will have it repealed, with 53% voting to reject the bill to 48%, and 63% of the expected vote counted. It remains a tight race, per The Associated Press.
Another school-choice-related ballot was Amendment 80 in Colorado, which asked voters to enshrine in the state constitution that public money be allowed to go toward private education. The bill needs 55% of support to pass, but has received just below the threshold at 47.7% with 63% of the votes counted, with 63% of the expected vote in, according to the AP.
Finally, in Florida, Amendment 1, which asked voters whether school board elections should be partisan, did not pass by a short margin. This would have candidates disclose their political party next to their names on the ballot. While in Florida amendments need 60% of support to pass legislation, Amendment 1 only received 55% per the AP, with 93% of the expected vote in.
1968 redux?
This election has key commonalities with 1968 -- an unpopular Democratic incumbent steps aside in the election year, the replacement is his vice president who doesn't contest primaries but sews up the nomination, and the Democratic Party is divided by a war abroad. Meanwhile, the Republican candidate had previously lost a presidential election. But instead of Richard Nixon versus Hubert Humphrey, it's Trump versus Harris.
Washington projected to go for Harris
The West Coast remains blue, as ABC News has projected that Harris will win Washington state, joining Oregon and California in her camp. But these were always states that were likely to go for Harris.