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- Published: November 4, 2020 08:30
Washington [US]: Democratic presidential nominee Biden has garnered a lead of 220 electoral votes against Trump’s 213 votes in the US presidential polls, according to current projections by CNN on Wednesday.
To win the presidency, either Trump or Biden must acquire over 50 per cent of the electoral college vote, which is 538 in total. Therefore, each candidate must get a minimum of 270 electoral votes to clinch the presidency.
Biden is projected to win Washington, Oregon, California, Illinois, New Hampshire and New Mexico.
California has one of the biggest shares in the Electoral College, with 55 votes, while Illinois also has a significant contribution with 20.
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#”This is a fraud on the American public… we were getting ready to win the election, frankly we have won the election. Our goal now is to ensure integrity… We’ll be going to the US Supreme Court. We want all voting to stop,” says Donald Trump
# We’ll be going to the US Supreme Court. We want all voting to stop. We don’t want them to find any ballots at 4 in the morning and add them to the list… as far as I’m concerned, we’ve already won: Donald Trump, US President
#BREAKING: President Trump declares victory, says he’ll go to the Supreme Court: “This is an embarrassment to our country. We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election.” #ElectionNight
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— The Hill (@thehill) November 4, 2020
# Trump speaks as states continue to count votes on Election Night: “The citizens of this country have come out in record numbers…to support our incredible movement. We won states that we weren’t expected to win.”
# I thank the American people for their tremendous support. A very sad group of people is trying to disenfranchise that group of people and we won’t stand for it… The results tonight have been phenomenal: US President Donald Trump
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# Twitter places a “disputed” label on a tweet from President Donald Trump in which he accused the rival Biden campaign of trying to “steal” the tightly-contested 2020 presidential election.
# Joe Biden ahead with 220 electoral votes, Donald Trump at 213
# US President Donald Trump races ahead of Joe Biden with 213 electoral votes following Florida and Texas win. Biden at 210: Reuters
# US President Donald Trump also wins Texas
#US President Donald Trump wins Florida and Iowa
# Joe Biden at 205, Trump at 171 ( the winning mark is 270): Reuters
# Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump 205 to 136 electoral votes
# Joe Biden wins Washington, Oregon, California and Illinois: Reuters
# USElections2020 US President #DonaldTrump wins Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri, Mississippi: Reuters
# US President Donald Trump wins South Carolina and Alabama, in addition to South Dakota, North Dakota, Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Indiana: Reuters
# US President Donald Trump wins South Dakota and North Dakota. Joe Biden wins Colorado and Connecticut: Reuters
# US President Donald Trump wins Arkansas in addition to Tennessee, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Indiana. US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins New York in addition to Massachusets, New Jersey, Maryland & Vermont: Reuters
# US President Donald Trump wins Tennessee and West Virginia in addition to Oklahoma, Kentucky and Indiana: Reuters
# US President Donald Trump wins Oklahoma and Kentucky in addition to Indiana. US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins Massachusets, New Jersey, Maryland in addition to Vermont: US media
#US President Donald Trump wins Arkansas in addition to Tennessee, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Indiana. US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins New York in addition to Massachusets, New Jersey, Maryland & Vermont: Reuters
#US President Donald Trump wins Oklahoma and Kentucky in addition to Indiana. US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins Massachusets, New Jersey, Maryland in addition to Vermont: US media
# US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins Vermont: US media
# Early votes are coming in – US President Donald Trump wins Indiana, leading in Kentucky, Virginia and South Carolina. US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads in Texas, Georgia, Florida, New Hampshire and Vermont: US media
Voters are deciding between Trump and his Democratic challenger Biden, along with all 435 seats of the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate.
# Early votes are coming in – US President Donald Trump wins Indiana, leading in Kentucky, Virginia and South Carolina. US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads in Texas, Georgia, Florida, New Hampshire and Vermont: US media
If elected, Biden would be the oldest president in US history at his inauguration, at age 78. Trump, who is currently 74, would also be the oldest president ever if he wins a second term.
Some 239 million people are eligible to vote this year. The mail-in ballots could take days to be counted – meaning a winner might not be declared in the hours after polls close on Tuesday.