Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in the battleground state of North Carolina in Tuesday's (November 5) U.S. presidential election, Edison Research projected, moving him one step closer to completing an improbable political comeback, Reuters reports.
A Reuters map animation showed states turning red or blue as each state was being called for either the Democrats or Republicans in the presidential race. At 0440 GMT, the state of North Carolina turned red for Trump, as according to Edison Research's projection.
The outcome remained uncertain in six other states expected to determine the winner.
But Trump was showing strength across broad swaths of the country. He had won 230 Electoral College votes to Harris' 169 as of midnight ET (0500 GMT on Wednesday). A candidate needs a total of at least 270 votes in the state-by-state Electoral College to claim the presidency.
Decision Desk HQ projected Trump would also win Georgia. That would leave Harris with a narrow path to victory through the Rust Belt trio of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, though she was behind in all three states.
