Donald Trump takes overall lead in White House race, securing over 50% of votes

Donald Trump is on the path to becoming the president of the United States (US) once again. As per projections by the news agency Associated Press on Wednesday (Nov 6), Trump- the Republican presidential candidate- has secured more than 50 per cent of the votes while Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has secured 47.4per cent of votes.

Projections showed that Trumpemerged victorious in the battleground stateof North Carolina, with his supporterspumping fists in the air and others jumping when the screen showed that Trump won the state's 16 electoral votes.

A Republican bent in Georgia

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Trump won a second battleground state-Georgia.Joe Biden narrowly carried Georgia in 2020, but Republicans have won every other Georgia presidential vote since 1996. Trump tried to overturn his 2020 loss in Georgia, setting off a political and legal struggle that led to his indictment in the state.

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While the state has two Democratic USsenators, Trump’s victory proves Georgia still has a Republican bent.

Trump also emerged victorious in several other states including Idaho, Iowa, and Kansas.

Will take on the size of govt if Trump wins

Trump supporter and billionaire Elon Musk said that he would seek to reduce the size of federal if Trump became president and gave him (Musk) a role in his administration.

Speaking on Tucker Carlson’s online show from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, Musk said he wanted to help Trump make government more efficient.

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“We’ve got a gigantic bureaucracy, we’ve got overregulation,” Musk told Carlson, adding, "We need to let the builders of America build."

'Let that sink in'

Musk appeared gleeful about the prospect of gaining influence over the federal government during a potential Donald Trump presidency.

He posted a photoshopped image of himself carrying a sink into the Oval Office, adding, “Let that sink in.” It’s a reference to when he took over Twitter, now X, and began shaking up operations at the social media company.

(With inputs from agencies)