Donald Trump has declared victory in the US Presidential election against Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Republican has been projected to win key swing states Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina, putting him just four Electoral College points short of returning to the White House, with several states left to declare.
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris has seemingly fallen silent as her campaign co-chair has told supporters at Howard University to go home and that she would address the crowd tomorrow.
Donald Trump addressed the crowd in Florida, saying: "We're going to help our country heal...we made history for a reason tonight."
Donald Trump takes the stage with his wife Melania and son Barron to address supporters at his rally
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Women wearing MAGA (Make America Great Again) hats pose
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Crowds were quick to leave the site
President Donald Trump's election night watch party in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida
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The positive signs started for Trump after polling stations closed in Georgia. An exit poll showed him winning 54 percent of independent voters compared to Harris's 43 percent.
In 2020 Trump had lost Georgia independents by nine points to Joe Biden, who would win the state.
Another encouraging early sign for Trump came out of Florida, where he became the first Republican since 1988 to win Miami-Dade county.
The exit polls also showed that Harris had failed to see a surge in support from women voters widely seen as necessary to securing a comfortable victory. Instead, Trump saw a two-point increase among female voters to 44 per cent.
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An attendee reacts to early election results at Republican presidential nominee Trump
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People walk after it was announced that Kamala Harris will not appear, at Howard University,
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Trump is speaking to the crowd in Florida
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Supporters of Donald Trump react at the site of his rally, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach
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Harris campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond told attendees at an event that the Vice President and Democrat candidate would not speak to them tonight and would return tomorrow.
Crowds were filmed leaving the site at Howard University in Washington DC, some looking emotionally distressed. Richmond said the campaign will continue to fight "to make sure that every vote is counted. That every voice as spoken".
Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump’s team was moving members from the Mar-a-Lago viewing party via buses to the convention center. Republicans won a US Senate majority after flipping Democratic seats in West Virginia and Ohio. Trump himself went into Election Day with a 50-50 chance of reclaiming the White House.
Neither party appeared to have an edge in the fight for control of the House of Representatives where Republicans currently hold a narrow majority.
Cedric Richmond addresses attendees at the rally for Kamala Harris, at Howard University,
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An attendee reacts at the Election Night rally for Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris
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Supporters of Donald Trump react as they watch early election results in Georgia
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Donald Trump's motorcade arrives in West Palm Beach, Florida
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According to national exit polls, Trump won 45 per cent of Hispanic voters nationwide, trailing Harris with 53 per cent but up 13 percentage points from 2020.
Voters whose top issue was the economy voted overwhelmingly for Trump, especially if they felt they were worse off financially than they were four years ago.
