A tumultuous election season that spanned several years has finally reached its conclusion. The 45th President, Donald Trump, is now set to return to the White House as the 47th President of the United States.
Trump joins Grover Cleveland as the only two presidents to have non-consecutive terms. Cleveland served as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States in the latter parts of the 19th century.
Just six months ago, Joe Biden was seeking reelection representing the Democratic Party. However, after a disastrous debate and growing questions about the mental fitness of the 46th president, Joe Biden called quits on his campaign and handed the torch to Kamala Harris.
On Tuesday, Kamala Harris was faced with the task of winning the midwest battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin in order to secure the presidency. In addition to losing those key swing states, Kamala also failed to secure the southern states of Georgia and North Carolina effectively ending any hope for the Democratic candidate to become the 47th President. As of the publishing of this article both Arizona and Nevada have not been officially called for either candidate, but Trump leads both with under half the vote in.
The Kamala Harris campaign had hoped to get her several battleground states, however with Arizona and Nevada looking like they will swing towards Trump, it appears that Harris will go 0/7 in her push to win the battleground states.
With the way it looks right now, it appears that Donald Trump will collect 312 electoral college votes compared to the 270 necessary to win the Presidency. Kamala Harris will likely end with 226 electoral college votes. For reference, when Hillary Clinton lost against Trump in 2016, Trump collected 304 electoral college votes.
On Wednesday, Kamala Harris reached out by phone to Donald Trump to congratulate him on his victory. Kamala Harris offered a concession speech on Wednesday at Howard University where she graduated from with a Political Science degree in 1986.
Democrats have been left trying to find reasons behind Kamala Harris’ blowout loss on Tuesday. Many have pointed out that Kamala Harris’s campaign failed to distance herself from the current administration of Joe Biden. Other’s point out that they feel Donald Trump can be better trusted with the economy and immigration issues the country is facing.
Many Democrats felt that the U.S. Senate was at risk of going in favor of the Republicans. The Democrats’ fear became the Republicans dream with the Republicans claiming at least 52 Senate seats, easily claiming the majority in the higher chamber of the U.S. Congress.
Much like the higher chamber, it looks like the U.S. House of Representatives will also keep their Republican majority. As of the time of publishing this article, Republicans have secured 206 of the necessary 218 seats for majority in the House. Democrats so far have claimed 191 seats, which is far off the necessary amount to get the majority.
With control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress and Presidency along with the Supreme Court, Republicans should be able to legislate however they please.
