US Election Results HIGHLIGHTS: Joe Biden Defeats Donald Trump, Becomes America's President-Elect

US Presidential Elections 2020 Highlights: A neck and neck battle is going on in the United States with both Donald Trump and Joe Biden claiming victory. Key battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsion, North Carolina and Nevada are keeping the results pending. Nevada is going to Biden's kitty if reports are to be believed. The states where Trump has won are South Dakota, Utah, Missouri, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Indiana. Meanwhile, Biden has won Delaware, Colorado, New Hampshire, District of Columbia, New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Virginia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, California, Michigan and Wisconsin. Stay tuned for minute-by-minute updates on US elections 2020!

Background

US Presidential Elections:  The day has come after 2 furious debates and relentless campaigning between the US Elections 2020 presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden and their vice presidents. Amid the deadly Coronavirus pandemic, Americans will finally choose who will be the next President of the United States.

Nearly 100 million people have already cast their ballots in early voting, putting the country on course for its highest turnout in a century. Some 239 million people are eligible to vote this year. The mail-in ballots could take days or weeks to be counted in some states – meaning a winner might not be declared in the hours after polls close on Tuesday.

National polls give a firm lead to Biden, but it is a closer race in the states that could decide the outcome.

To be elected president, a candidate must win at least 270 votes in what is called the electoral college. Each US state gets a certain number of votes partly based on its population and there are a total of 538 up for grabs.

 

This system explains why it is possible for a candidate to win the most votes nationally - as Hillary Clinton did in 2016 - but still, lose the election.

Control of the Senate is also at stake in these elections, with the Democrats seeking to gain control of both houses of Congress and the White House for the first time since early in Barack Obama's first term.

Coronavirus has at times overshadowed the election campaign, with the pandemic in the US worsening over the final weeks of the race. The country has recorded more cases and more deaths than anywhere else in the world, and fear of infection has contributed to an unprecedented surge in early and postal voting.

00:07 AM (IST)  •  08 Nov 2020

'This Election Is Far From Over': Donald Trump Refuses To Concede Defeat In US Presidential Election
Donald Trump has refused to concede as the President of the country and even threatened the new president-elect of legal challenges. “We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him: they don’t want the truth to be exposed,” Trump said, adding "The simple fact is this election is far from over.”

23:40 PM (IST)  •  07 Nov 2020

Former State Secretary Hillary Clinton took to her official Twitter account to congratulate the new president and vice president. "It's a repudiation of Trump, and a new page for America," Clinton said.

The voters have spoken, and they have chosen @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris to be our next president and vice president.

It's a history-making ticket, a repudiation of Trump, and a new page for America.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen. Onward, together. pic.twitter.com/YlDY9TJONs

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 7, 2020

23:34 PM (IST)  •  07 Nov 2020

We did it, @JoeBiden. pic.twitter.com/oCgeylsjB4

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 7, 2020

22:15 PM (IST)  •  07 Nov 2020

Biden's big breakthrough came around 9 am Friday EST when he broke into the lead in Pennsylvania and initially overtook Trump by about 5,000 votes. Since then, that lead is only growing as votes continue to be counted.

22:14 PM (IST)  •  07 Nov 2020

While Joe Biden was inching towards a historic electoral victory over Republican President Donald Trump on Saturday, with the Democratic candidate declared that the voting numbers tell a "clear and convincing story" that he was going to win the race for the White House.