Once again the polls failed. Another state that was supposed to be able to capture Kamala Harris ends up in the column of Donald Trump. Once again the Latino vote played a fundamental role for the Republican candidacy. It was something that was foreseen, but it was only confirmed this Saturday that the six electors from Nevada will be for the 78-year-old magnate.
With Trump's victory in Nevada, his electoral vote count rose to 301. In 2016, he defeated Clinton with 304 votes, but this year he still needs to add the 11 electors from Arizona.
This victory by the former president returns this state to the Republicans for the first time since President George W. Bush won it in 2004.
How was the dispute over Nevada?
Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris made various campaign stops in the state this year.
Most Nevada counties are rural and largely voted for Trump in 2020. But Democrat Joe Biden won the two most populous counties that year, Washoe and Clark, which includes Las Vegas and three-quarters of the state's residents.
This year Harris won in Clark County with 50% of the votes, but in 2020 Biden got 53.6%. In Washoe (Reno), there is still 6% to be counted and Trump is ahead by about 500 votes.
How many states are left to be defined?
Out of the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, the media only need to define the winner of Arizona.
In that state, only 84% has been counted and Trump is leading with 53%. If Donald Trump's victory in Arizona is confirmed, he will reach 312 electoral votes, surpassing the 304 he obtained in 2016 when he defeated Hillary Clinton.
If Kamala Harris stays at 226 electors, it will be the lowest result for the Democratic Party since Michael Dukakis’ 111 in 1988.