New Delhi: Polls in one of the most important elections in United States history have now closed in several states, including the battleground states of Wisconsin, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
While counting promises to be a long drawn out process, Trump is reported to be showing strength, the New York Times has reported.
The Associated Press is reporting that young voters have shifted perceptibly towards Trump. Black and Hispanic also voters appear slightly less likely to support Harris than they did Biden.
In the key state of Pennsylvania, with slightly less than 60% of the expected vote counted, AP reports that Trump leads Harris by just over 110,000 votes.
Below is a chart prepared by Matt Garrow, editorial web developer at The Conversation; it is reproduced under a Creative Commons licence.
States won
Donald Trump has won the major battleground state of North Carolina.
Trump has also won Ohio, which has 17 electoral votes. Ohio is not a battleground state, but has become more Republican in recent cycles. It used to be a key swing state, and was won by Democratic President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.
Trump also won Texas which has 40 electoral votes. Although Democrats have hoped to flip the state due to its large metropolitan areas such as Austin, Dallas and Houston, the state still generally goes for Republicans in presidential races.
Crucially, Trump has also won Florida.
Trump has also won North Dakota, South Dakota, Louisiana and Wyoming. All of these states have voted for Republicans in recent presidential elections.
Kamala Harris has won the reliably Democratic states of New York, New Jersey and Delaware, and the midwestern state of Illinois with its 19 electoral votes. Despite having many rural areas, Illinois is considered a Democratic state due to the major city of Chicago.
Before being elected president in 2008, Barack Obama was a US Senator representing Illinois.
Harris has also won Colorado and Virginia.
Trump also won Nebraska’s first district. Nebraska splits its electoral votes in two. Harris hopes to win Nebraska’s second district, which includes the major city of Omaha, as a key part of her strategy to get to the 270 electoral votes to take the White House.
Donald Trump has won Kansas and Iowa. Kansas has been mostly considered a red state in recent presidential cycles.
Iowa, meanwhile, went for Democratic President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.
With inputs from DW.