The 2024 Presidential election has drawn to a close. Early Wednesday morning, the Associated Press called the race for former President Donald J. Trump, marking the second non-consecutive Presidential win in American history, and the first Republican popular vote win in 20 years.

The race was called after a particularly extraordinary and unpredictable campaign season. Pollsters consistently observed a tight race, with ABC’s 538 giving Trump a 49 percent chance of winning, and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris a 50 percent chance. The coin-flip prediction came as a result of various abnormalities: two assassination attempts on Trump, and Harris’ last minute clinching of the Democratic nomination, left the country quite confused. However, the voters have spoken, with most of the electoral college swing-states ultimately opting for former President, and now President-elect, Donald Trump.

This wasn’t the first election to come down to just a few swing-states: North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Arizona have gone either way in recent years. In 2016, Trump won every swing-state except for Nevada, giving him a decisive 304-227 electoral college win over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. In 2020, current President Joseph R. Biden was able to flip every single swing state except for North Carolina, giving him a 306-232 victory. This year, the polls were extremely close in every swing-state, with news outlets unable to accurately project the victor until the morning after election day.

Despite various flipped seats granting the Republican Party decisive control of the Senate, it remains to be seen whether the Democratic Party will be able to turn the House of Representatives in its favor. We will be updating this story with full-length election results in our next physical edition.