The shift to Trump in maps and diagrams

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Former President Donald Trump has claimed the battleground states of North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania, increasing his vote share across the country.

Trump received more votes in every state except Utah and Washington than in 2020. He was particularly strong in the areas he won in the last election, making the red states, particularly Florida and Texas, even redder. That put Trump on track to win a majority of the national popular vote for the first time.

Trump also gained ground in traditional Democratic strongholds, narrowing the gap with Harris by 12 points in New York, 11 in Connecticut and 11 in New Jersey. He has a 10-point lead in Maryland.

In Florida, Trump defeated Miami-Dade, the state's most populous county, receiving more than 55 percent of the vote. In 2020, Joe Biden won the county with 53.4 percent. In Florida's majority-Latino counties, Trump increased his vote share by nearly eight points compared to four years earlier.

Pennsylvania, which awards 19 electoral votes and was paramount to Harris after her losses in Georgia and North Carolina, was nominated for Trump, who leads with 51 percent compared to 48 percent for Harris. Some remaining swing states — Arizona, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin — are still in limbo, but Trump has declared victory.

Across the U.S., data suggests that women, urban voters and Latinos did not vote for Harris, while people in rural areas voted strongly for Trump.

Other long-range shots from Harris fell well by the wayside. A poll last weekend by “gold standard” pollster J Ann Selzer showed Harris with an unexpected three-point lead in staunchly conservative Iowa, boosting Democrats' hopes. On election night, Trump was ahead in the state by more than 13 points after almost all votes were counted.

In North Carolina, a state where Republicans have won every election since 2012, but by increasingly narrow margins, the former president increased his share of the vote in districts he won in 2020. He also managed to shake off three Democrats – Nash, Pasquotank and Anson.

Georgia, another state where the Harris campaign has poured resources, was also called for Trump. He is ahead with 50.7 percent of the vote, compared to 48.5 percent for Harris.

Although several key blue wall swing states remain in limbo, the current vote count largely favors Trump.

In Wisconsin, Dane County is a reliably Democratic jurisdiction, having seen increasing vote share for Democratic candidates in every presidential election since 1992 except this year.