Donald Trump has picked up 6 electoral votes with his Nevada win, the Associated Press reported on Saturday, Nov. 9
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Donald Trump speaks at an Oct. 11 campaign rally in Reno, Nev.
Donald Trump has secured Nevada’s six electoral votes on Saturday, Nov. 9, The Associated Press projects.
Trump’s total tally now sits at 301 Electoral College votes, significantly exceeding the 270 required to secure the presidency. Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris had 226 electoral votes at the time of the call.
One of two remaining swing states to be called, the AP declared the president-elect the winner in Nevada after determining that there were not enough votes left to be counted in key Democratic areas in the state to surpass Trump’s 46,000 vote lead.
Results from Arizona are yet to be called.
Trump was declared the presidential winner after Wisconsin carried him across the finish line in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 5,
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Vice President Kamala Harris at a Sept. 29 campaign rally in Las Vegas
Nevada was one of seven key swing states identified in the 2024 presidential election, along with Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Under the Electoral College system, each of the narrowly divided states played a significant role in choosing the presidential winner.
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The Silver State has historically served as a strong indicator of which party will win the general election, despite having fewer electoral votes than its fellow battlegrounds. According to Ballotpedia, Nevada has voted for the winning candidate in 87.1% of presidential elections between 1900 and 2020.
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Former President Donald Trump at an Oct. 15 campaign rally
While Democrats have consistently won Nevada in recent years — the last time a Republican presidential candidate carried the state was in 2004, when George W. Bush defeated John Kerry — many political strategists agreed that results would be difficult to predict this time around.
According to Politico, changing state demographics and frustrations with the two-party system have led to a significant increase in third-party voter registration in Nevada since 2020. Nonpartisan Nevada voters now outnumber both registered Republicans and Democrats.
