costly, close but quick to come to an end

Winner Donald Trump has received congratulations, and loser Kamala Harris has spoken out. The 2024 US presidential election, which was the most expensive, tightest, and most controversial, has been decided quickly.

Curtain call quickly

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both called Donald Trump - the winner of the 2024 White House race. Despite the unexpected result, the incumbent White House owner and his vice president - also the Democratic candidate - both pledged to ensure a peaceful and smooth transfer of power.

Donald Trump - the 45th President of the United States successfully returned to the White House as President-elect. He quickly gave a victory speech with his family and supporters in Florida. He also received early congratulations from leaders of many countries around the world .

Mr. Trump is the winner of the 2024 US presidential election

This year’s US presidential election was expected to be a long wait for results, but everything came to an end very quickly. Right after Mr. Trump was projected in the two battleground states of Georgia and Pennsylvania, at around 1pm on November 6, Vietnam time, major US media outlets named Mr. Trump as the winner with 270 electoral votes.

Report from the polling station in the US capital

Full of turning points

This is in contrast to the stage of the race. The campaigns of both the Democratic and Republican candidates have made a strong impression. If Republican Donald Trump had a noisy election journey when he encountered many legal troubles and was also a special candidate with major turning points.

Mr Trump refused to concede defeat in the election four years ago, where he was defeated by Democrat Joe Biden. Mr Trump is the first US president to be impeached twice, and he has also been indicted and charged with multiple crimes.

He returned to the race in November 2022 and had a very loud campaign. Mr. Trump performed much better in the live televised debate with President Biden in late June, when Mr. Biden was the Democratic candidate.

Another turning point came when Mr. Trump was assassinated in the middle of a campaign rally on July 13. The image of Mr. Trump holding his bleeding ear and raising his fist in the air became a symbol of the campaign. Soon after, a series of prominent figures voiced their support for him in the race and the support rate from voters also increased rapidly.

On July 21, a special milestone of the race was when Mr. Biden announced that he would withdraw from the race and support his vice-president, Ms. Harris, to run. Just a few days later, Ms. Harris began her campaign and quickly became the Democratic candidate.

Why does the US president-elect have to wait 2 months to take office?

The shortest election campaign in history

Vice President Harris ended her campaign with a final stop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the evening of November 4, just hours before the official election day of November 5.

She launched her campaign in August and the entire campaign lasted only 107 days, the shortest in modern American history.

Her journey was also filled with emotion as she became the first woman of color to represent one of the two major US political parties in the presidential election - an unprecedented event. This is also the next "first" in Ms. Harris's life and career.

The first female vice president of the United States also quickly raised a huge amount of support in a very short time. She performed well in the race and many pre-election surveys showed that she was slightly better than Mr. Trump in terms of support on some issues.

Tight, thrilling until the last minute

The race between Trump and Harris is tight on all fronts, whether in national polls or in battleground states. Neither candidate is a clear front-runner to win the election, so both are using every last minute to convince voters to vote for them.

Both sides are aggressively targeting each other, both aware that neither has a significant advantage in their race. And as predicted, the results in seven battleground states — Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada — will shape the contest.

Pre-election polls show that Mr. Trump and Ms. Harris are each slightly ahead of the other in some states, but within the margin of error, meaning there is no certainty that the state will turn blue or red.

As soon as the projected results in Pennsylvania and Georgia tilted towards the Republican red, Mr. Trump celebrated, but Ms. Harris did not immediately speak out. But the race was considered over.

How expensive is running for US President?

And the most expensive in history

It is also impossible not to mention the amount of money poured into this year's race. APF on November 6 cited data from the non-profit organization OpenSecrets on spending for the 2024 US election, confirming that the 2024 election will cost $15.9 billion, surpassing the $15.1 billion spent on the 2020 US election and doubling the $6.5 billion spent in 2016.

This is the most expensive election in modern American history. Ms. Harris’s campaign has raised more than $1 billion directly, 40% of which came from small donors, plus $586 million in contributions from political action committees. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump’s campaign has raised $382 million directly, 28% of which came from small donors, and affiliated committees contributed $694 million.

In total, $10.5 billion was spent on campaign ads in races ranging from presidential to local officials, according to data released by ad tracking firm AdImpact.

Pennsylvania leads the battleground states in spending for the presidential election with $264 million, followed by Michigan with $151 million and Georgia with $137 million.

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