President-elect Donald Trump made history with his landslide defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris and he is continuing to make history.
For the first time in three decades, he changed one county from blue to red in a stunner in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
The final vote tally showed the president-elect defeated Harris by a razor thin margin in the county, with 198,722 votes (49.39%) juxtaposed to Harris’s 198,431 votes (49.32%).
The last time a Republican took the county was when former President George H.W. Bush in 1988.
“It’s official! The final numbers are in. Donald Trump has won #BucksCounty! This is the first time since 1988 that Bucks County has voted for a Republican for President! We’re immensely proud of our committee members, volunteers, and grassroots groups that all worked together to achieve this historic victory!” the Bucks County Republican Party wrote on X.
Some of the credit belongs to Republican activist Scott Presler who has spent close to the entire election working on the county.
“#BREAKING: FINAL results find Donald J. Trump won Bucks County, Pennsylvania – the first time for a Republican since 1988. Late votes kept bringing Kamala Harris closer to flipping it – but she ultimately did NOT,” Florida Voice News Assistant Director Eric Daugherty said.
“@ScottPresler has basically been living here all year. Trump won the county by 0.07 points, or 291 votes. @BucksGOP confirmed these are the final numbers,” he said.
While some surrogates for Vice President Kamala Harris are blaming her historic loss to President-elect Donald Trump on President Joe Biden’s late exit from the race, a bevy of former campaign staffers say that thinking is “detached from reality.”
Rather, the loss should be blamed on the candidate herself and her inability to appear authentic to and connect with a majority of voters.
