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Donald Trump pushed closer to victory over Kamala Harris on Wednesday, leaving the Democrat the narrowest of remaining paths to stop him scoring a stunning political comeback in America’s brutally tense presidential election.
Trump’s Republican Party also seized control of the Senate, flipping two seats to overturn a narrow Democratic majority.
The Republican former president, 78, won North Carolina and then the second swing state of Georgia, confirming his growing momentum as he targets a return to power that would send shockwaves around the world.
Democratic vice president Harris appeared to be underperforming in key areas compared to Trump as partial vote counts came in.
Her campaign said she would hold off from speaking to supporters at a watch party in Washington, DC, as had been expected earlier.
Harris’s camp said the race was now “razor-thin” and that her “clearest path” to victory was through the so-called Blue Wall swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Her campaign director Jen O’Malley Dillon insisted in an email to campaign staff, obtained by AFP, that “we feel good about what we’re seeing” in the Blue Wall.
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Trump spokesman Jason Miller said the mood in the Republican’s camp in Florida was “positive.”
The US dollar surged and bitcoin hit a record high while most equity markets advanced as traders bet on a victory for Trump as the results rolled in.
