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Live Presidential Election Coverage

The Telescope staff provides live updates to the 2024 Presidential Election throughout the night.

The Telescope Staff

November 5, 2024

Connor Larson

graphic of American Flag for live election coverage.

Check back in throughout the night for Live updates as the results come in for the 2024 Presidential Election.

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Updated

Nov 06, 2024, 10:00 am

Sofia Alvarez

November 6, 2024 – 8 a.m.

November 6, 2025 – 8:00 a.m.

Donald Trump has been elected the 47th president of the United States. JD Vance is the next vice president.

Updated

Nov 06, 2024, 12:02 am

Sofia Alvarez and Monica Garcia

November 5 2024 – 10:00 p.m.

November 5 10:00 p.m.

Harris has 210 electoral votes
Trump has 247 electoral votes
We are still waiting on electoral votes in Alaska.

Telescope staff are concluding updates for tonight. Make sure to check in on updates tomorrow morning.

Updated

Nov 05, 2024, 11:49 pm

Sofia Alvarez and Monica Garcia

November 5 2024 – 9:47 p.m.

November 5 9:47 p.m.

Harris has 210 electoral votes
Trump has 230 electoral votes
We are still waiting on Hawaii, Alaska, and Nevada

Telescope staff are attentively watching a live report of the LA Times and recording updates in 15 minute increments. We are also watching CNN’s live broadcast for updates. CNN stated that Vice President Harris will not be making any statements tonight.

Corrections: A previous version of this update read “November 6 9:47 p.m.” It has been corrected to “November 5 9:47 p.m.”

Updated

Nov 05, 2024, 11:33 pm

Sofia Alvarez and Monica Garcia

November 5, 2024 – 9:30 p.m.

November 5 9:30 p.m.

Harris has 210 electoral votes
Trump has 230 electoral votes
We are still waiting on Hawaii, Alaska, and Nevada

Telescope staff are attentively watching a live report of the LA Times and recording updates in 15 minute increments. We are also watching CNN’s live broadcast for updates. Stay tuned for updates.

Corrections: A previous version of this update read “November 6 9:30 p.m.” It has been corrected to “November 5 9:30 p.m.”

Updated

Nov 05, 2024, 11:17 pm

Sofia Alvarez and Monica Garcia

November 5, 2024 – 9:15 p.m.

November 5 9:15 p.m.

Harris has 210 electoral votes
Trump has 230 electoral votes
We are still waiting on Hawaii, Alaska, and Nevada

Corrections: A previous version of this update read “November 6 9:15 p.m.” It has been corrected to “November 5 9:15 p.m.”

Updated

Nov 05, 2024, 11:03 pm

Sofia Alvarez and Monica Garcia

November 5, 2024 – 9:00 p.m.

November 5 9 p.m.

Harris has 209 electoral votes
Trump has 230 electoral votes
We are still waiting on Hawaii, Alaska, and Nevada
In the last 30 minutes, we have seen an increase in votes for Harris while Trump’s electoral vote count has stayed the same.

Corrections: A previous version of this update read “November 6 9 p.m.” It has been corrected to “November 5 9 p.m.”

Updated

Nov 05, 2024, 10:45 pm

Sofia Alvarez and Monica Garcia

November 5, 2024 – 8:45 p.m.

November 5 8:45 p.m.

Harris has 205 electoral votes
Trump has 230 electoral votes
We are still waiting on Hawaii, Alaska, and Nevada

Updated

Nov 05, 2024, 10:29 pm

Monica Garcia and Sofia Alvarez

November 5, 2024 – 8:28 p.m. update

November 5 8:25 p.m.

Harris has 187 electoral votes
Trump has 230 electoral votes
We are still waiting on Alaska, Hawaii, and Nevada

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About the Contributors

Connor Larson, Sports Editor

Connor Larson is in his third semester at Palomar studying journalism. He hopes to transfer to SDSU to get his bachelor's degree and, in the future, become a sports broadcaster. In his free time, he likes to collect baseball cards and vinyl records.

Sofia Alvarez, Social Media and Podcast Editor

Sofia Alvarez is in their second year at Palomar with the hope of transferring to SDSU to continue their major in Journalism. They enjoy spending time reading, writing, listening to music, and overall creating whether in media or in an art form.

Monica Garcia, Arts Editor

Monica Garcia is the Arts & Culture editor for The Telescope. She has an associate degree in Film/TV and Electronic Media and hopes to attend San Diego State University next fall for a bachelor's in journalism. In her free time, she enjoys reading and watching anything fiction, entertainment, history, science and pop-culture.