Trump officially sweeps all 7 swing states
Data: Associated Press; Map: Axios Visuals
President-elect Trump swept all seven of the swing states closely watched in the 2024 election, according to the Associated Press vote count.
The big picture: Trump's decisive victory gives him 312 electoral votes and puts him on track to be the first Republican candidate in two decades to win the popular vote.
- Trump's win underscores his dominance as the Republican Party kingmaker. His once-fringe MAGA movement is on track to be institutionalized — especially if the GOP officially wins both chambers of Congress.
- Arizona was the final state to be called after Trump had already secured the required Electoral College votes to win. The AP called the state on Saturday night.
- In 2020, President Biden's win was propelled by Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona and Wisconsin — states Trump carried the prior cycle. Of the states now considered battlegrounds, Trump won only North Carolina that cycle.
- This year, Trump won all of them — plus Nevada, which the Dems had held for two decades