Donald Trump secured North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes Tuesday night in what looks like a successful bid to reclaim the presidency he lost in 2020. Trump, the Republican nominee, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, held multiple rallies in the swing state before Election Day.
Trump was leading Harris by 51% to 47.8% with 98% of the vote counted in North Carolina.
“We’re running a campaign of solutions to save America, an America which they have virtually destroyed,” Trump said of the Biden-Harris administration last Wednesday at a rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
Trump narrowly won North Carolina in 2020 with 49.9% of the vote, defeating Democrat Joe Biden. who earned 48.6% but went on to win the White House. Trump also won North Carolina in 2016, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton.
In a pre-election analysis, pollster Frank…
