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Democrat Joe Biden won the United States presidency, Edison Research and several television networks said Saturday, after voters narrowly rejected the tumultuous leadership of Republican President Donald Trump to embrace the promise of a renewed effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic and encourage the economy.
The 77-year-old Biden became the oldest elected president of the United States as Trump failed to significantly broaden his base beyond a committed core of rural and working-class white voters who embraced his right-wing populism and “America First” nationalism.
Along with the president-elect, his “number two” also enters the White House, the Californian Kamala Harris, who will become the first woman to reach the vice presidency of the United States.
Edison Research and major networks, including CNN and NBC, projected that Biden would garner more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to emerge victorious in the complex state-by-state system for electing a president, even though Trump’s campaign defied vote counting. in court and looking for a new count in a state.
It is worth mentioning that even Fox, the brand of the Republican Party and Trump’s favorite television network, recognized Biden’s triumph, alluding to the fact that he denied the now former president a second term in the White House.
Fox said this is “a victory for the former vice president after a bitter campaign and a dramatic and prolonged vote recount in battle states that sparked demands from the Trump campaign.” The outlet also projected that Biden would win the state of Nevada and Pennsylvania.
Biden thanked the Americans via Twitter and said he was honored that they have chosen him “to lead our great country.”
“The work ahead of us will be tough, but I promise you the following: I will be a President for all Americans, whether they have voted for me or not,” he said.
The declared president-elect also indicated that he will maintain the faith they have placed in him, in a message that pointed to the unity of the country after elections that left the country polarized.
The vice president-elect, Kamala Harris, also used the social network to deliver her first impressions after the triumph awarded by the press, underlining that “this election is much more than about Joe Biden or me.”
“It’s about the soul of the United States and our willingness to fight for it. We have a lot of work ahead of us. Let’s get started,” he said.
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