Trump completes full swing state sweep after winning Arizona

President-elect Donald Trump has won the state of Arizona in this week's US presidential election, according to US media, completing the Republican's sweep of all seven swing states.

After four days of counting in the southwestern state, which has a large Hispanic population, Trump had obtained its 11 electoral votes on Saturday.

Trump, who had secured the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House by early Wednesday, now has a final total of 312 votes to Vice President Kamala Harris' 226.

Outgoing President Joe Biden scored a narrow but crucial victory in Arizona in 2020 during his victory that sent Trump to defeat after his first term in office.

Full sweep

The presidential race was called in the early hours of Wednesday, November 6, hours after counting began the day before, after Trump secured enough electoral votes to become president.

Trump has won all swing states in this race, including Pennsylvania (19 electoral votes), North Carolina (16 electoral votes), Michigan (15 electoral votes), Wisconsin (10 electoral votes), Georgia (16 electoral votes), Nevada (6 electoral votes) and Arizona.

Trump became the first president in 40 years to capture all seven battleground states. He came close to this feat in 2016 but lost Nevada to Hillary Clinton.

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Source: TRT