PANews reported on December 18 that according to CCTV News, Trump has obtained enough electoral votes to officially win the presidency. The Electoral College meeting is a key link in the US presidential election system. The president needs to obtain 270 of the 538 electoral votes to be elected. The final statistics show that Trump won 312 electoral votes. Next, the results of the electoral votes of each state will be sent to Congress. Members of Congress will officially count the electoral votes at a joint meeting on January 6 and announce that Trump and Vance will be the next president and vice president respectively. Trump and Vance will be officially sworn in on January 20, 2025.