The Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, on Wednesday, defeated the Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris, who contested on the platform of the Democratic Party.
Naijaonpoint reports that Trump secured the highest electoral votes to defeat Harris, who aimed to emerge as the first female president in the US.
Following her defeat, Harris reached out to Trump on Wednesday evening and asked her supporters to accept the defeat.
Here is a breakdown of the states won by each candidate and their electoral votes value:
Donald Trump
– Texas (40 electoral votes)
– Florida (30 electoral votes)
– Pennsylvania (19 electoral votes)
– Ohio (17 electoral votes)
– Georgia (16 electoral votes)
– North Carolina (16 electoral votes)
– Tennessee (11 electoral votes)
– Indiana (11 electoral votes)
– Missouri (10 electoral votes)
– South Carolina (9 electoral votes)
– Alabama (9 electoral votes)
– Louisiana (8 electoral votes)
– Kentucky (8 electoral votes)
– Oklahoma (7 electoral votes)
– Arkansas (6 electoral votes)
– Iowa (6 electoral votes)
– Mississippi (6 electoral votes)
– Kansas (6 electoral votes)
– Utah (6 electoral votes)
– West Virginia (4 electoral votes)
– Idaho (4 electoral votes)
– Montana (4 electoral votes)
– Wyoming (3 electoral votes)
– North Dakota (3 electoral votes)
– South Dakota (3 electoral votes)
– Nebraska (2 electoral votes)
Kamala Harris
– California (54 electoral votes)
– New York (28 electoral votes)
– Illinois (19 electoral votes)
– New Jersey (14 electoral votes)
– Virginia (13 electoral votes)
– Washington (12 electoral votes)
– Massachusetts (11 electoral votes)
– Colorado (10 electoral votes)
– Maryland (10 electoral votes)
– Oregon (8 electoral votes)
– Connecticut (7 electoral votes)
– New Mexico (5 electoral votes)
– Rhode Island (4 electoral votes)
– Hawaii (4 electoral votes)
– New Hampshire (4 electoral votes)
– Vermont (3 electoral votes)
– Delaware (3 electoral votes)
– District of Columbia (3 electoral votes)