The US election has reached its peak with former president Donald Trump coming back as the next president.
Going by the latest projection from Wisconsin and Alaska, former president Donald Trump representing the Republican party has secured his comeback to the White House as the next president having secured 279 electoral college votes while Kamala Harris of the Democrat has 223, according to BBC.
How US picks her president
Unlike how the democratic election is held in other countries that are using the system of government, the US’s voting system is unique.
Rather than using the direct popular vote, in the US, the president is elected by a group of state-level delegates known as the electoral college. This means every state or territory efficiently runs its election after which they collate and send some electors based on the state’s population size.
Across the US 50 states, including Washington DC, there are a total of 538 voters who make up the electoral college and each of them is entitled to vote once for the president. With 538 votes available, the winner in a US presidential election must secure at least 270 or more of the available votes.
Every state is allocated electors depending on the number of senators and representatives it has.
Trump did it again eight years after beating Hillary Clinton to the White House and four years after Joe Biden sent him packing.
