Washington DC: The Republican occasion has gained the bulk within the US Senate, as counting is underway for the presidential elections.
Based on the present projections, Republicans have 51 seats within the 100-member higher home of US Congress, whereas Democrats have 42.
Notably, 28 seats held by Democrats and 38 seats held by Republicans did not go to polls this time.
The full of 538 electoral votes within the US School contains 435 Home of Representatives, 100 Senate seats and three seats from Washington DC.
Together with the 435 seats of the decrease home, 34 seats of the US Senate additionally went to polls. The whole Home of Representatives shall be re-elected, whereas one-third of the Senate shall be renewed.
In the meantime, in keeping with the present projections of the presidential race known as by Politico, Donald Trump is projected to win 230 electoral votes and Kamala Harris 210.
Within the Home of Representatives — the place the Grand Outdated Social gathering (GOP) had a slender majority until now — Republicans are forward with 178 seats, whereas Democrats have 146.
Harris and Trump every want at the least 270 electoral votes to win the presidency in an election that’s seen as probably the most vital in latest US historical past.
Trump, who served because the 45th president of the USA from 2017 to 2021, is looking for a return to the White Home. Vice President Harris is aiming to create historical past by turning into the primary girl president in US historical past.
The election is anticipated to come back right down to a handful of battleground states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Trump has received the primary battleground state of North Carolina.
