NEW YORK — Voters across the county have made their choice for President of the United States and have elected Donald Trump.
The former president will serve a second term in the White House after defeating Vice President Kamala Harris.
“I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president," Trump told his supporters in Florida early Wednesday morning.
“We’ve been through so much together, and today you showed up in record numbers to deliver a victory,” Trump said. “This was something special and we’re going to pay you back," he said.
The Associated Press projected a win for Trump early Wednesday morning, closing the chapter on a tumultuous and unpredictable presidential race that included two assassination attempts and a criminal conviction for the former president.
Trump is the first former president to return to power since Grover Cleveland regained the White House in the 1892 election. He is the first person convicted of a felony to be elected president and, at 78, is the oldest person elected to the office. His vice president, 40-year-old Ohio Sen. JD Vance, will become the highest-ranking member of the millennial generation in the U.S. government.
Check out the interactive map showing how counties in New York voted in the presidential election: