Americans Elect as President Donald Trump with More Catholics Choosing Trump Over Harris as the 47th President of the U.S.A. in 2024

Voters have elected Donald Trump as 47th President of the United States in the election on Nov.5, 2024. (Photo from the Trump/Vance Campaign)
Several US media networks have called the 2024 US election for former President Donald J. Trump, though official tallies have yet to confirm that result. UPDATE Vice-President Kamala Harris has conceded the election win to former President Donald Trump.

Exit polls showed that the 78-year-old Republican candidate won more than the required 276 electoral votes and roughly 51 percent of the popular vote - becoming the 1st Republican to do so.  The Washington Post’s exit poll, revealed that Trump won the national Catholic vote by a 15-point margin: 56% to 41%.  Also, the Associated Press VoteCast showed Trump ahead among Catholic voters but with a seven-point margin than the Washington Post’s poll. In this poll, Trump led the Catholic vote with about 52% while Harris had 45%. Among Catholics in 10 key swing states polled via NBC Trump had 15-point margin, with 56% of the vote going to the former president and only 41% going to Vice President Kamala Harris. (Continues below the Images)

President-elect Trump served as the 45th US President from 2017-2021 and will become the 47th President on January 20, 2025 to serve a four-year term in office.
Ohio Senator James David “JD” Vance, a Catholic convert, will serve as US Vice President.
They will replace President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris.
Republicans have also taken control of the Senate, and are projected to win a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, giving the party full control of the US Congress.
Speaking at a convention center in Palm Beach, Florida, President-elect Trump claimed voters had given him “an unprecedented and powerful mandate.”
“We’re going to help our country heal,” he said, while promising to “fix our borders”.
In addition to the presidential and legislative elections, voters in ten US states were asked to decide on issues related to abortion.
Florida residents rejected an amendment that would have allowed the right to abortion up to the point of fetal viability, which is roughly considered 24 weeks of pregancy.
Over 57 percent voted in favor but the result fell short of the 60 percent required to pass the referendum. Florida’s ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy will remain in place.
South Dakotans decisively rejected an amendment that would have overturned the state’s abortion ban and guaranteed a "right" to abortion in the first trimester by over 60 percent.
In Nebraska, results showed that voters had chosen to keep the twelve-week ban on abortion.
Residents of Colorado, Maryland, Montana, Arizona, Nevada, New York, and Missouri chose to create a constitutional right to abortion for their respective state constitutions.

Edited from Vatican News with added statistics from NBC - AP - Washington Post