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“We have no doubt that when the count is over, Senator Harris and I will be declared the winners,” Biden said, referring to his running mate, US Sen. Kamala Harris. “So I’m asking everyone to stay calm, everyone to stay calm. The process is working, the count is being completed. And we will find out very soon.”
What is at stake is whether to give Trump and his “America First” policies four more years in office after a tumultuous first term, or to turn to Biden, a figure on the national stage for half a century who promises to provide stability in the US. home and repair alliances abroad. .
One of the most unusual presidential races in modern American history was held amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 234,000 Americans and left millions more out of work. Concerns about the virus led to an increase in voting by mail, and the laborious recount contributed to delaying the results.
To conquer the White House, a candidate must accumulate at least 270 votes in the Electoral College state by state. These electoral votes are based primarily on the population of a state.
Most of the major television networks gave Biden a 253-to-214 lead in electoral college votes Thursday.
Biden also led Trump by more than 3.7 million in the national popular vote, though that plays no role in the winner’s decision. Trump lost the popular vote by roughly 3 million to Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016, but won crucial states on the battlefield to take over the White House in an unexpected victory.
He is trying to avoid becoming the first sitting US president to lose a re-election bid since his Republican colleague George HW Bush in 1992.
Trump, who has often enjoyed legal battles during his turbulent corporate career, was in the White House working on the phones and monitoring events on television, two Trump advisers said. He has been speaking with state governors, as well as close friends and assistants, and sent some of his closest advisers to the field to fight for him.
Biden has remained at his home in Delaware and has consulted with assistants, including legal counsel Bob Bauer.
Reuters
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