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Former President Donald Trump has defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in Wisconsin, NBC News projects, denying Democrats a vital segment of their “blue wall” of Northern states to claim victory in the presidential race. Polling in the lead-up to Election Day had showed Harris and Trump locked in a tight race within the margin of error in Wisconsin, similar to other battleground states. Harris and Trump campaigned feverishly for months in Wisconsin, regularly crisscrossing the state and advertising heavily. She was joined by former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., whose father was Republican President George W. Bush’s vice president. Trump's two Wisconsin wins are the only ones for Republicans at the presidential level since 1984.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Trump, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Harris, feverishly, Trump’s, Liz Cheney, George W, Barack Obama's Organizations: NBC News, Republican Party, Wisconsin, Republicans Locations: Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Dane County, Milwaukee, Ripon

Former President Donald Trump has won Georgia, NBC News projects, notching a victory in a key battleground state that his campaign focused on as a must-win after he narrowly lost it in 2020. Biden was the first Democrat to win the state since Bill Clinton in 1992. Trump visited Georgia six times this year, holding rallies in Rome, Savannah and Atlanta. Brian Kemp, who began appearing with him toward the end of the election cycle after having distancing himself from Trump amid his criticisms of the state election process. Unlike four years ago, when exit polls showed Biden winning independents by 53% to 44% in Georgia, Trump appears to be winning independent voters this time, according to the latest data early Wednesday.

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☆ Mark Cuban congratulates Trump — and Elon Musk — on winning the White House before the race is called
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Mark Cuban, a key Harris surrogate, congratulated Trump in a post on X before the race was called. Cuban also congratulated Elon Musk — who's been a major Trump donor and staunch GOP supporter. AdvertisementVote counting is still underway, but Mark Cuban, a key campaign surrogate for Vice President Kamala Harris, has called the race for her opponent, former President Donald Trump. In an X post on Wednesday, Elon Musk, one of Trump's most vocal supporters, said the former president had been given a "crystal clear mandate for change." Representatives for Cuban and the Harris campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

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☆ History says US stocks have a 95% chance of finishing the year strong — no matter who gets elected
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The S&P 500 has an outstanding track record after major rallies in the first 10 months. Here's why history and other key catalysts are on the market's side, according to Truist. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementMore than seven decades' worth of data suggest that US stocks will end 2024 on a high note. Drawdowns are inevitable, as Lerner noted that the S&P 500 typically pulls back by 5% or more three times per year.

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☆ Here’s what Trump is proposing for the economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Katie Lobosco | Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

This includes, among other things, an increase to the standard deduction, lower marginal income tax rates for most income brackets, and an increase to the estate tax exemption. Though his campaign hasn’t released details on the proposal, Trump has indicated that he would eliminate both federal income taxes and payroll taxes, which fund Social Security and Medicare. However, these workers would then get smaller Social Security payments after they retire. Around half of beneficiaries – mainly those with higher incomes – pay federal income tax on their Social Security payments. Trump has also floated ending the federal income tax and replacing it with revenue from tariffs.

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☆ Elon Musk bet big on Trump. Here’s what he stands to gain — and lose — from his win
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

New York CNN —No single business leader did more to support former President Donald Trump’s candidacy than Elon Musk. Musk has donated nearly $119 million so far to a political action committee he set up to support Trump, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Elon Musk steps onto stage as Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on October 5. It will only help Tesla,” Musk posted on X in July. It’s not likely Trump would want to cut that support, and the promise of jobs in those states, even if they will eventually provide competition for Musk and Tesla.

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☆ Asia-Pacific markets open higher as Wall Street rallies ahead of U.S. election results
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Dylan Butts | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A screen displays the Nikkei 225 Stock Average figure on the trading floor at the Nomura Securities Co. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 11, 2024. SINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Wednesday after Wall Street surged overnight ahead of the U.S. presidential election results. Japan's Nikkei 225 opened up 0.7%, while the Topix gained 0.4%. The Bank of Japan's monetary policy meeting minutes will be released later in the day, which could give insights on where the members stand on the bank's policy path. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.7% higher.

Persons: Kospi Organizations: Nomura Securities Co, U.S, Nikkei, People's Congress Locations: Tokyo, Japan, SINGAPORE — Asia, Pacific

Markets: The post-election rally on Wall Street continued into afternoon trading, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumping 3.4%, or roughly 1,450 points, and the S & P 500 advancing 2.4%. It's worth noting, the stock market was reacting like Jim Cramer said it would in his Sunday column . The one thing markets hate is uncertainty, and Wednesday's rally can be attributed, in part, to relief that Wall Street professionals and individual investors alike know where they stand and what to expect from the country's next president. Bond yields move inversely to prices, and a basis point is equal to 0.01%. "You have to be very careful to respect the bond market if you do any buying today," Jim said.

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☆ Silicon Valley's Trump boosters celebrate: 'It's time to build'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tech leaders who openly supported Donald Trump took to X to celebrate his win Wednesday morning. AdvertisementAs former president Donald Trump swept to victory Wednesday morning, supporters in Silicon Valley posted messages of congratulations and even gloated over his return to the Oval Office. Some of tech's most high-profile and wealthiest names offered their first reactions after major news networks called the race for Trump. The billionaire owner of X and Tesla watched the election results roll in with Trump from Mar-a-Lago. AdvertisementMarc Andreessen, an early Facebook and Coinbase investor via his firm Andreessen Horowitz, had a curious relationship with Trump.

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☆ These stocks are soaring off the Trump victory
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

That would mark a reversal from the Biden administration, which allowed migrants seeking asylum to legally work in the country while awaiting trial. A Trump administration is expected to approve Capital One's proposed merger with Discover Financial Services. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesGenerally, a Trump administration is expected to be more supportive of mergers and acquisitions compared to the Biden administration, which has sought to block many. Retail and green energy stocks falterWednesday wasn’t all good news for stocks, though. Trump is widely expected to repeal tax credits and other incentives President Joe Biden pushed for in the Inflation Reduction Act.

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☆ Trump wins Georgia, a key victory in the hotly contested purple state
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Donald Trump has won the state of Georgia. Trump won Georgia in 2016, but Joe Biden flipped the state in 2020. AdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump has won Georgia, according to CNN and NBC News. In 2020, Joe Biden narrowly defeated Trump in the state, eclipsing the Republican by almost 12,000 votes out of nearly 5 million ballots cast. In the 2022 midterm elections, Warnock defeated the GOP candidate Herschel Walker, securing a full six-year term in the Senate.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, —, Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, Tim Walz, Brian Kemp, Stacey Abrams, Raphael Warnock, Jon Ossoff, Ossoff, Republican Johnny Isakson, Warnock, Herschel Walker Organizations: Trump, Georgia, Service, CNN, NBC, Republican, Democratic, GOP, Democratic Party Locations: Georgia . Georgia, Georgia, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Savannah, Minnesota, South Georgia

☆ What Steve Kornacki is watching for tonight: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Welcome to an Election Day edition of From the Politics Desk, where we’ll get you set up with everything you need before the results start coming in tonight. Nash County, North Carolina: The county voted for Barack Obama in 2012, Trump in 2016, and Joe Biden in 2020. 🗞️ Today’s top stories 🕛 Final countdown: Harris and Trump made their closing pitches at battleground state rallies on Monday night. Read more → 🔎 Disinfo watch: Election officials, legal experts and researchers are bracing for a flood of disinformation and legal claims as vote counting begins. Read more →Election officials, legal experts and researchers are bracing for a flood of disinformation and legal claims as vote counting begins.

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Harris and Trump project confidence headed into Election Day. The battle between Harris and Trump comes to a headLeila Register / NBC News; Getty ImagesElection Day has arrived. Mark Duncan / AP fileOrganizers of the embryonic Women’s Professional Baseball League hope to have six teams in caps and cleats by the summer of 2026. But league officials have one big question to answer that’s not entirely clear: Where do they find these female players? However, league officials are confident they can put a good product on the field in a few years.

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Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and North Carolina ended up consuming the campaign’s most precious resources: time and money. Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of ads blanketed the airwaves in the battlegrounds as Harris and Trump held large-scale, competing rallies. On the eve of the election, Harris and Trump raced to those swing states making their final pitches, each focusing heavily on Pennsylvania, the biggest electoral prize of those states. The Harris campaign, flush with money, has deployed a massive ground game in the battleground states that aims to deliver its voters to the polls. “President Donald J. Trump is going into Election Day stronger than he has in any previous election and if patriots across the country keep the momentum and turn out as expected on Election Day, we will be swearing in President Trump in January,” Tim Saler, a data consultant for Trump and the Republican National Committee, said in a statement.

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On the last day of a brutal, wild and tightly contested campaign, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris blitzed voters Monday with their final pleas for turnout. Harris and Trump both put their emphasis Monday on Pennsylvania, suggesting they still believe "Keystone State" is more than just a nickname. Its 19 electoral votes went for Trump in 2016 and Biden, who abandoned his re-election bid this summer, in 2020. Harris in particular focused on Pennsylvania, barnstorming the state with all four of her final-day rallies. Most of the rest of the country is considered safe turf for either Harris or Trump.

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For President Joe Biden, the 2024 campaign ended much as it began, in a room full of union members. Even Biden at times would double-check with senior aides about looming actions, asking, “Have we run this by the vice president?” according to a senior official. Advisers are working on what Biden’s final weeks, and hours, in office will look like. “They’ll pull me aside, one leader after another, quietly, and say, ‘Joe, he can’t win. Harris’ first stop on the campaign’s final day was in Scranton, where for the second consecutive day she didn’t once mention Trump’s name.

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☆ Wall Street rallies on Election Day
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWall Street rallies on Election DayBarry Knapp, director of research at Ironsides Macroeconomics, joins CNBC's The Exchange to discuss how markets are reacting to the presidential election, responses to potential policy scenarios, and more.

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☆ THEN AND NOW: How the Trump family changed between the 2020 and 2024 elections
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump, who is running against Kamala Harris in 2024, has since become a convicted felon, survived an assassination attempt, and chosen a new running mate. Win McNamee/Getty ImagesTrump announced his 2024 presidential campaign in 2022 and formally accepted the nomination at the 2024 Republican National Convention in July. Pence did not endorse Trump in 2024. In 2023, Justice Department prosecutors charged Trump with 37 criminal counts, alleging he withheld classified records from the government after leaving office and attempted to obstruct their return. It went to trial in April, and Trump was found guilty on all counts in the first-ever criminal trial of a former American president.

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☆ What local reporters around the country are hearing from voters in the run-up to Election Day
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Those relationships may prove especially valuable in the coming days as the 2024 election comes to a close. In swing states like North Carolina and Michigan, local journalists have doubled as campaign experts, covering presidential candidate rallies and interviewing voters by the dozen. CNN asked seven swing state editors and reporters about what they’ve been experiencing in the run-up to Election Day. In Georgia, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has invested heavily in statewide polling and stationed reporters across the city and state. “Months of reporting and listening have told us this: Georgia voters are largely dissatisfied with our country’s direction,” editor-in-chief Leroy Chapman Jr. said.

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☆ Here is the most important thing investors can do ahead of the presidential election outcome
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

With Election Day upon us, many investors are wondering how to, or if they even should, position their stock portfolios ahead of knowing who the next president will be. Indecision will hurt the stock market, not destroy it, but bruise it because the only thing markets really hate is uncertainty." Jim also wrote Sunday that the stock market will more than likely be just fine no matter who wins the presidency. Bottom line A quick and decisive presidential election outcome — one way or the other — is what's best for the stock market. Combination with Former President and Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump (L), and Vice President and Democratic Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris.

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☆ Elon Musk's private jet has landed in Florida following report he'll be watching election results with Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Madeline Berg | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump megadonor Elon Musk's private jet has landed in Florida. AdvertisementElon Musk's private jet has landed in Florida, where the billionaire will reportedly watch the election results roll in with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. After flying from Austin to Cameron County, Texas — where SpaceX is located and Musk said he voted — earlier this afternoon, Musk's private jet landed in West Palm Beach, according to jet-tracking service Jetspy. On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that Musk, a Trump megadonor, was to spend election night with Trump, citing three sources with knowledge of Musk's schedule. Sweeney told Business Insider that Musk's jets were easily identifiable because Musk's jet continued broadcasting its call sign.

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☆ Resolution of close elections see biggest stock market rally, data shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The closest presidential races have brought stronger relief rallies, according to data from past election cycles analyzed by CNBC. The S&P 500 has gone on to gain around 1.5% on average between Election Day and the end of that respective calendar year, data from every presidential matchup since 1980 shows. That average performance shoots up to 3.9% when looking at just the tightest races from that period. NBC News' latest polling shows the contest is neck-and-neck between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris as Americans head to the polls on Tuesday. "Very close elections, like the one we have currently, are usually greeted with a market bounce, irrespective of who wins or the policies they introduce," TS Lombard economist Dario Perkins said in a note to clients.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Dario Perkins Organizations: CNBC, NBC

“I just believe that.”It’s a belief Vance has articulated at his rallies ahead of Election Day. “Even when I was not a Trump guy back then … that really pissed me off.”For Vance, the sentiments are personal. Feels kind of weird, but here we are.”Reflecting at the end of his campaign, Vance said he most enjoyed the opportunity to travel with his children and with Usha, who sat beside him paying household bills. Win or lose Tuesday, Vance, 40, is positioned to be a leading figure in the party for years to come. But I really, really, really don’t want us to lose, and it’s hard to even think about anything post that.

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☆ What we learned spending the final weeks on the ground in Pennsylvania: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

In today’s edition, political reporter Allan Smith and senior White House reporter Peter Nicholas empty their notebooks after spending the last two weeks on the ground in battleground Pennsylvania. And over the final two weeks of the race, both candidates and their running mates held 16 events in Pennsylvania — including Monday, marking some of Harris and Trump’s final rallies of the campaign. And 5% of Republican voters hold a positive view of Harris, while 92% hold a negative view (-87 net rating.) : Regardless of who wins the election, a key fixture of America’s political landscape for nearly a decade is set to disappear: the Trump campaign rally. Read more → Follow live updates from the campaign trail →That’s all from the Politics Desk for now.

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Regardless of who wins Tuesday’s election, a key fixture of America’s political landscape for nearly a decade is set to disappear: the Trump rally. “It’s coming to an end,” Trump said in a phone interview with NBC News on Sunday. For his millions of supporters, Trump rallies have been a gathering place with thousands of other like-minded Americans. Torabi is best known for his popular Twitter account, where his clips of Trump rallies frequently go viral. “So tomorrow I’m doing three rallies and on Monday I’m going to do four rallies in one day,” Trump said.

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