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In 2016 Trump was elected with 306 votes, at the time he called it a “landslide victory.” Biden, 78, appealed to him: “Those numbers represented a clear victory back then, and I respectfully suggest they do so now,” Biden said.
Less than six weeks after the election, all 538 voters in all 50 US states and the Capital District of Washington gathered on Monday. He voted on behalf of the people because the president is indirectly elected in the United States. In the vast majority of states, the winner of the election gets all the votes of the local electorate.
“Democracy won this battle for the soul of America,” Biden said. “The flame of democracy was lit in this nation long ago. And now we know that nothing, not even a pandemic or abuse of power, can put out that flame. “
Trump, 74, continues to refuse to admit defeat. He sees himself stripped of his victory by electoral fraud. Neither Trump nor his lawyers have provided evidence of this. Dozens of lawsuits have been dismissed, the latest from the state of Texas.
The election results will be officially announced on January 6 in Congress in Washington. Biden is due to be sworn in on January 20. On that day, Trump’s constitutional term ends automatically, even if he doesn’t admit defeat by then.
