Votes are still being counted, but early projections look positive for Donald Trump.

Donald Trump is closing in on victory in the race for the White House as he is projected to win the crucial swing states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia.

Kamala Harris still hopes to become the first woman US president – but Mr Trump is ahead in all four of the other battleground states.

The pair went into the election neck and neck in the opinion polls and there were no major surprises in the early projected results.

Wins were predicted for Mr Trump in red states such as Florida and Texas and for Ms Harris in Democrat strongholds including New York and Massachusetts.

The election is expected to come down to the seven battleground states as Mr Trump, 78, and Ms Harris, 60, look to hit the target of 270 electoral votes to become president.

An attendee reacts to early election results at Democratic presidential nominee at Kamala Harris’ election night rally in Washington.

An attendee reacts to early election results at Democratic presidential nominee at Kamala Harris’s election night rally in
NBC News says Mr Trump is projected to win North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania, and is leading in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin, although they are still too close to call.

The Democrats haven’t won in North Carolina since 2008, with Mr Trump taking the state by a margin of 74,483 votes or 1.3 points in 2020.

Georgia is a typical red state, where Joe Biden became the first Democrat to win, by a small margin in 2020, since Bill Clinton in 1992.

Concerns are growing within Ms Harris’s camp, although her campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon told staff the race is “razor thin” but “exactly what we prepared for”.

Optimism has been rising among Mr Trump’s supporters and he is about to address a crowd in West Palm Beach, Florida, while Ms Harris’s aides say she won’t speak tonight.

Sky news