US Elections: Donald Trump Wins Florida State On Crucial Battleground

Donald Trump has won the crucial battlefield state of Florida.

The president’s home state, which has 29 electoral votes, was essential if he wanted to reach the magic number 270.

The race was called by Decision Desk HQ at 8.11pm US time.

Republicans appear to have made great strides in Florida’s Hispanic community.

What does this mean for the election result

There may be 50 states in America, but when the votes are counted, only a few, including Florida, decide who wins the presidential election.

In this election, 15 states fall into the category of “undecided state” or “battleground state”, which means that Donald Trump or his Democratic rival Joe Biden could possibly win them.

As for the rest, we already know who will win them: Trump doesn’t stand a chance in Democratic Party strongholds like New York and California, for example, while he’s probably unbeatable in heavily Republican territory like Alabama and Oklahoma.

Of the 15 undecided states this year, Florida was the one to watch, with 29 electoral votes, and always notoriously unpredictable and close.

The most famous example came in 2000, when George W. Bush was controversially declared the winner over Al Gore by 537 votes (Bush won 48.85%, compared to Gore’s 48.84%).

Trump won Florida by 1.19 percent four years ago and Barack Obama by 0.88 percent in 2021. Even in the overwhelming 2008 election, the margin in Florida was less than 3 percent.

The state is one of the biggest prizes up for grabs in terms of its electoral run. And while Biden has some other paths to victory without Florida, it would have been very difficult for Trump to win without him.

The ultimate goal is to reach a threshold of 270 electoral votes. Winning the popular vote in any state will give a candidate his or her full electoral vote and will bring him that much closer to victory.