Not many people expected to learn today the result of the 2024 presidential race, with many expected the results to take days.
So, what happened to give Donald Trump another term in the White House?
Former Allegheny County Executive who now heads the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission says Trump improved his performance in the counties outside of the City of Pittsburgh.
“If you go around the Westmoreland, Beaver, Butler, Indiana (Counties), it looks like Donald Trump did a point or two better,” said Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald adds the same appears to be true around the United States.
“County after county, precinct after precinct, he seemed to do a little better this time than he did four years ago,” said Fitzgerald.
Voters top two issues were the economy and immigration. Two issues that garnered Trump strong support.
Attention now turns to the transition of power and what the incoming Trump administration's immediate plans are.
“Are they going to focus on fixing some of the things that they talked about? Whether it’s immigration, whether it’s the economy and inflation and things along those lines to, really again, try to improve people’s lives,” said Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald said it remains to be seen if the incoming president can repeal the Affordable Care Act or begin mass deportations.