MIDDLEEAST TYCOONS NEWS DESK: Latest projections put Trump at 279 and Harris at 223published at 16:5116:51
With those latest – and crucial – projections from Alaska and Wisconsin, Donald Trump now has 279 electoral college votes.
In case you’re not familiar with the US’s voting system, each state or territory effectively runs its own election, and then send a designated number of electors – which is roughly based on its population size – to vote in what’s called the electoral college.
Across 50 states, plus Washington DC, there are 538 votes up for grabs and the winner is the candidate that gets 270 or more.
Kamala Harris, meanwhile, has 223, having just won New Hampshire – that gave her another four votes.
