Trump Wins Michigan, on Track to Sweep Swing States

Former President and 2024 presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks in Potterville, Mich., on Aug. 29, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The Associated Press (AP) called Michigan and its 15 electoral votes for President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday.

It appears that Trump is going to win every single battleground state in the 2024 presidential election, as all but two declare him the winner and those other two remain undecided.

The AP called Michigan just before 1 p.m. on Nov. 6, with Trump beating Vice President Kamala Harris by 1.5 percentage points with 98 percent of the vote counted.

Trump secured the necessary 270 electoral votes and the election victory by claiming Pennsylvania (19 electoral votes) and Wisconsin (10 electoral votes), according to the Associated Press, after winning Georgia (16 electoral votes) and North Carolina (16 electoral votes) earlier in the night.

Trump had crisscrossed the Wolverine State, making at least 112 appearances there since announcing his candidacy in November 2022. On Monday night, the former president conducted his closing campaign rally in Grand Rapids, as he did in each of the last two campaigns.

The race here was considered a toss-up from the start by Cook Political Report, though Harris had led by a slight margin in most fall polls.

The final poll of Michigan voters, released by The New York Times/Siena College on Nov. 3, found Harris and Trump tied at 47 percent. That result was within the margin of error, making the race a statistical tie.

Harris too had visited the state frequently, including multiple appearances in each of the last three weeks. Her promise to protect access to abortion and to “turn the page” from the Trump era drew large, enthusiastic crowds.

In the end, Trump’s promise to reinvigorate Michigan’s auto industry, halt illegal immigration, and lower energy prices convinced the majority of Michiganders.

Remaining Battlegrounds

Meanwhile, the AP has still yet to call the victor of the remaining two battleground states: Nevada and Arizona.

In Nevada, Trump currently leads Harris by five points with 84 percent of the vote counted.

Lastly, Arizona trails behind, with only 61 percent of its votes counted since polls closed at 9 p.m. on Nov. 5. Trump leads Harris by nearly five percentage points.

The only other state whose electoral votes remain unclaimed is Alaska, and Trump leads there, as well, by more than five points with 76 percent of the vote counted.

Winning the two remaining swing states would give him 309 electoral votes, and Alaska’s three votes would make it a final vote of 312–224. Winning those states would also aid Trump’s chances of winning the popular vote. According to the Associated Press, he has earned nearly 72 million votes compared to Harris’s nearly 67 million votes as of 12:30 p.m.

These projected victories come after months of tight polling results showing slim margins of victory in key states for both candidates depending on the poll.

Voter integrity lawsuits were fought in Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan in the days leading up to the election. Pennsylvania and Georgia also had to extend voting in several precincts. For Pennsylvania, it was software malfunctions. For Georgia, it was bomb threats.

The results also follow Trump being endorsed by Muslim leaders in Michigan, and a stronger turnout of Latino voters for Trump in Nevada.

Out of the seven battleground states, North Carolina was the only state Trump has won in all three presidential races. He lost Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona to President Joe Biden in 2020.

Nevada is the only state out of this year’s battleground that Trump lost in 2020 and in 2016 when he ran against Hillary Clinton.

Lawrence Wilson contributed to this report.