Trump first candidate in 40 years to sweep key 2024 swing states
Trump prevailed in Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina — the first presidential candidate of either party to do so since Ronald Reagan’s historic 1984 reelection landslide victory against Walter Mondale, in which the Republican won 49 states.
The seven pivotal swing states have vacillated wildly since 2016, when Trump defeated then-opponent Hillary Clinton in all but Nevada.
Then in the 2020 election, President Joe Biden managed to turn six out of the seven states back to blue, winning all of them except North Carolina.
After it was projected Trump would win North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania — the latter considered the ultimate must-win for both candidates this cycle — the then-presumptive president-elect took to the airwaves to claim victory.
“This has been the greatest political movement of all time,” Trump said triumphantly from his campaign headquarters in Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump supporters celebrating at a watch party in Pewaukee, Wisc. on Nov. 6, 2024.Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesTrump supporters cheering at a watch party in Novi, Michigan at a watch party.Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images