Trump wins Arizona, sweeping all 7 battleground states
The US president-elect had been projected to complete his decisive win in all the key swing states
Donald Trump has won the presidential election in Arizona, Edison Research projected on Saturday, completing a sweep of all seven swing states and completing a decisive Electoral College victory over Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris.
After four days of counting in the southwestern state, which has a large Hispanic population, CNN and NBC projected Trump had obtained its 11 electoral votes.
Outgoing US President Joe Biden scored a narrow but crucial victory in Arizona in 2020 that condemned Trump to defeat after his first term in office.
The scale and strength of Trump’s comeback, which also saw the real estate tycoon win the popular vote by a margin of around four million votes, has sent shock waves through the defeated Democratic Party.
The Republicans have already regained control of the Senate and look well set to retain a majority in the House of Representatives thanks to support from white working class voters and a large share of Hispanics.
