US Presidential Elections 2024: Donald Trump set to match 132-year-old record; set to become 2nd US President to win inconsecutive term

US Presidential Elections 2024: Donald Trump is set to write a chapter of history on Wednesday (November 6, 2024) as he is set to become only the second person in the history to win the US Presidential Elections for two inconsecutive terms.

Republican Trump, who was the US President from 2016 to 2020 is projected to beat her Democrat counterpart Kamala Harris on Wednesday.

He is set to match the record of Grover Cleveland, who served two non-consecutive terms as the US President between 1885-1889 and 1893-1897. 

At the time of writing the news, AP projected Trump to win 267 seats out of required 270 seats to win the polls, while it projected Harris to win 224 seats.

With the victory in sight, Trump is also set to became the first Republican US President in 20 years to win the popular vote.  

After projected to win the crucial battle of Pennsylvania, Trump addressed to US citizens from Florida, saying it is the "greatest political movement of all time."  

Trump gets more popular votes 

AP projected Trump to win 51.2 per cent popular votes.

On the other hand, Harris is projected to win 47.4 per cent popular votes.

When Trump won the 2016 US Presidential race, it was his counterpart, Hillary Clinton, who won more popular votes.

Cleveland's non-consecutive terms

After becoming the US President in 1885, Cleveland, a Democrat, lost in the 1888 polls to Republican Benjamin Harrison.

However, he got more popular votes (90,000 more) than his Republican counterpart.

But Cleveland contested again in 1892 and made a victorious comeback to the White House, winning 277 out of the 444 electoral votes.