Preliminary results: Biden is ahead of Trump in electoral college votes

Democratic candidate Joe Biden has so far garnered electoral college votes over his Republican rival, President Donald Trump, so far.

The indicators, according to the Edison Research Center and the American Fox News Channel, showed that Biden is the expected winner in New Jersey (14 votes in the electoral college), Maryland (10 votes in the electoral college), Delaware (3 votes in the electoral college). electoral college) and Washington (3 votes in the electoral college). And in Virginia (13 electoral votes).

And in Vermont (3 votes in the electoral college), in Ohio (18 votes in the electoral college), in New York (29 electoral votes) and in New Mexico (5 votes in the electoral college).

While the indications showed that Trump won in West Virginia (5 votes in the electoral college), Oklahoma (7 votes in the electoral college), Tennessee (11 electoral votes), Indiana (11 votes in the electoral college) and Arkansas (6 votes in the electoral college).

Trump also won votes from Kentucky (8 electoral college votes), Wyoming (3 electoral college votes), South Dakota (3 electoral college votes), Connecticut (7 electoral college votes), and North Dakota (3 electoral college votes). electoral college).

Millions of Americans cast their vote Tuesday at public library polling stations, schools and plazas amid the Corona pandemic.

The masks that many voters were eager to don and the stores that lined their windows with wood paneling in some city centers were a clear indication of two main themes that marked the lines of the 2020 elections, as Covid-19 continues sweeping areas of the country after a summer of protests that were sometimes marred by violence against brutality. Police and racism.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Attorney General’s office in New York have opened investigations into a series of anonymous bots urging people in various states to stay home.

A federal judge ordered the United States Postal Service to conduct inspections of some facilities across the country for mail-in ballots that had not been delivered and immediately sent them to polling places for scrutiny.

The American president is chosen by the electoral college system, which has a total of 538 votes, and victories are decided by 270 or more votes.

Votes are calculated according to the “winner gets all” rule, which means that all votes in the electoral college are counted for whatever state the candidate gets the highest percentage of votes.