Trump first candidate in 40 years to sweep key 2024 swing states

President-elect Donald Trump pulled off an electoral map feat no candidate has achieved in four decades: capturing all seven key swing states that have become pivotal to securing a White House victory.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.“This is a magnificent victory for the American people, that will allow us to make America great again,” he added, declaring his second ascent to the White House would usher in a “golden age” for the US.After standing up throngs of disappointed supporters at her alma mater Howard University last night, Vice President Kamala Harris had yet to offer a concession speech as of 9 a.m.Wednesday morning....