Washington, 6 November 2024 (dpa/MIA) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins the key swing state of Pennsylvania, with its 19 electoral votes, US broadcasters Fox News, CNN and NBC project based on voter surveys and initial vote counts.

This puts Trump close to the 270 electoral college votes needed to secure a victory in the presidential election. Trump had previously secured the swing states of North Carolina and Georgia, giving him a strong lead over his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris.

The conservative broadcaster Fox News had already declared Trump the overall winner of the US presidential election, but other networks and US news agency AP have not done so.

With its 19 electors, the populous state of Pennsylvania is one of the most significant swing states. It played a special role in the election as an overall victory without Pennsylvania is hard to achieve for both candidates.

Trump needs only a few more electoral college votes to win the election overall. A candidate needs a majority of the 538 electors - or at least 270 - to win.

In the 2016 election, Trump was able to narrowly prevail in Pennsylvania. In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden also triumphed with only a very slim margin in the state.