2024 presidential election results

By Makenzy Veldboom | Editor in Chief

Early this morning, Donald J. Trump reached the required 270 in the electoral college system and will be sworn into office January 2025.

In Georgia, our 16 electoral votes went to the future president. Locally, Richmond County had a 65% voter turn out as per the Secretary of State’s website. In addition, below is the current breakdown for Richmond County and some of the neighboring counties’ votes:

(Data collected by The New York Times)

Richmond: 56,545 - Kamala Harris 26,439 - Donald Trump

Burke: 4,979 - Kamala Harris 6,014 - Donald Trump

Columbia: 32,582 - Kamala Harris 53,610 - Donald Trump

Jefferson: 3,669 - Kamala Harris 3,758 - Donald Trump

McDuffie: 3,935 - Kamala Harris 6,558 - Donald Trump

In addition, below are a few of our closest South Carolina counties:

Aiken: 30,455 - Kamala Harris 51,898 - Donald Trump

Barnwell: 4,075 - Kamala Harris 5,597 - Donald Trump

Edgefield: 4,432 - Kamala Harris 8,845 - Donald Trump

For the full data for each county visit the Georgia and South Carolina pages.

Additionally, for more election news and updates visit here. (Associated Press).

Contact Makenzy Veldboom at kveldboom@augusta.edu

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