Trump supporters sense a win as they turn off the news for MAGA anthem
Donald Trump is reportedly in talks with campaign aides to speak at West Palm Beach in Florida where the mood has shifted among his supporters.
Confident? They even turned off the TV election coverage to throw on YMCA.
It’s the MAGA music to celebrate by and, to them, it feels right.
Donald Trump supporters are attending the Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. It’s the Trump watch party, well-dressed and well-attended.
A crowd of several hundred is here and growing. They said they’d win and they’re starting to sense it.
In a hall the size of two football pitches, they’ve watched rolling coverage on large TV screens, cheering every time the figures fall their way.
Tight races in places where there shouldn’t be – Virginia, for one – are fuelling the belief that it’s their night.
Donald Trump himself is due to make an appearance here at some point during the night to deliver a speech.
There has been much talk about him declaring victory, no matter what the picture from the voting centres. By the time he gets here, he might have results to play with.
His advisers are saying that their mood has shifted from “cautiously optimistic” to “optimistic”.
Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, is flying down to Mar-a-Lago tonight – a sign to elevate talk of victory beyond the hype.
A senior Trump adviser has suggested that he is currently in talks with campaign aides about coming to West Palm Beach to deliver his speech.
If the data continues in this trajectory, we could expect him sooner than later – potentially before midnight.
North Carolina has been projected for Trump. Georgia could be called soon.
If the numbers in Pennsylvania look positive for Mr Trump going into the morning, the view of his team is that it would be a good backdrop for him to “close the night”.
