THE 2024 United States presidential election concluded with Donald Trump‘It’s won. Vice President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris lost after the Associated Press called the race, with the number of Electoral College votes in favor of Trump. However, past elections have called the popular vote into question. In 2016, then Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton won the popular vote against Trump but lost to Electoral College votes. So who won the popular vote in the 2024 election?

Results of the 2024 US presidential election

Trump won the election after the Associated Press said around 5:30 a.m. ET that he received 277 Electoral College votes, while Harris received 224.

Who won the popular vote?

Trump won the popular vote, according to the AP. He received 71,719,746 at the time of publication and Harris received 66,873,837. The president-elect received 51 percent of the popular vote, while the vice president received 47.5 percent, reported the AP.

Trump’s victory speech

Before the AP called the race, Trump delivered a victory speech to his supporters. He called his victory “the greatest political movement of all time,” according to several media outlets, and promised that he would “fight” for “every citizen.”

“There has never been anything like this in this country, and … we are going to help our country heal,” Trump said. “We have a country that needs help, and it needs it badly. We’re going to fix our borders, we’re going to fix everything in our country, and we made history for a reason tonight, and the reason will be just that. »

Trump then promised: “And every citizen, I will fight for you – for your family and your future. Every day I will fight for you with every breath in my body, I will not rest until we deliver the strong, secure, prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve. This will truly be America’s golden age, which is what we need. »

Has Kamala Harris conceded the election?

At the time of publication, Harris not conceded the election again. However, it is expected that issue a formal concession speech today, November 6, from Howard University, according to TODAY.