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The Trump campaign claims victory in the state of Florida, although the media estimates a close result.
The first results in the US elections have not strayed so far from the planned program, with victories for the president Donald trump and the democrat Joe biden in the states in which they appeared as favorites, in elections characterized by large turnout in advance.
According to unofficial projections by the mainstream media, Trump, who is aiming for another four years in the White House, won elections in Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia, three solid Republican states.
He also won victory in South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, where the electoral polls ventured a closer fight, but the victory of the Republican candidate was taken for granted.
In the 2016 election, Trump had won by a 30 percentage point margin over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in Kentucky, by 19 points in Indiana, while his lead in West Virginia was 42 points.
Intense dispute in key states
In addition, the president has won until the publication of this article in Oklahoma, as well as in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, and South Carolina.
For his part, Biden has been chosen as the winner by the media projection in Virginia, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and in Vermont, the state in which he lives and of which he has been a senator for many years.
For its part, the Trump campaign claimed victory in the key state of Florida, a battlefield that Republicans need to win to stay in government, although the US media estimated that the race there was still very tight.
The New York Times newspaper calculated that the chance of the president winning Florida is above 95%. In 2016, Trump narrowly beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in Florida, while opinion polls this year showed a tie between him and opponent Joe Biden.
In total, Biden has already accumulated 209 electoral college votes, while Trump has secured 112. There are still 217 in dispute.
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