The city of Fall River has traditionally been a blue community where Democrats have thrived.
But after the unofficial numbers came in from the city’s 27 polling places, the Spindle City looks like a shade of purple, with President-elect Donald Trump sliding into first place over Vice President Kamala Harris.
The unofficial tally: the Trump/Vance ticket came in at 50.52% of the vote compared to the Harris/Walz vote at 47.58%.
CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, a previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Donald Trump was the first Republican presidential candidate to win Fall River since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956. Eisenhower lost Fall River to Adlai Stevenson in a close election.
This story was reported by The Public’s Radio. You can read the entire story here.
