WASHINGTON: On Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden took crucial clues about the US president. Donald trump in the key battlefield states of Georgia and Pennsylvania, taking him to the cusp of a historic victory in the tight elections.
In Georgia, after last round counting the results, Biden edged out Trump with a slight lead of 1,096 votes, a notable development for the former vice president who as of Wednesday night was behind his Republican rival by more than 50,000 votes.
In Pennsylvania, Biden took over from Trump with a narrow 5,587 vote lead. This is significant given that Trump led the transition state as of Wednesday night with more than 700,000 votes.
Biden continued to maintain his small lead in the other two Arizona states and Nevada. To be declared the winner of the US elections, either candidate needs 270 out of 538 electoral College votes.
According to the latest projections, Biden has 264 votes in the electoral college and Trump lags behind with 214.
In US elections, voters decide contests at the state level rather than at a single national level. Each state in the US gets a certain number of votes in polling stations partly based on population size, with a total of 538 up for grabs.
President Trump at a press conference at the White House accused Democrats of massive electoral fraud and alleged that the elections were being stolen. He offered no evidence to back up his claim.
His campaign has filed multiple lawsuits in the states of pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Nevada and has demanded a recount of votes in Wisconsin.
Biden’s campaign has denied the allegations.
Several US news channels cut off the live broadcast of Trump’s press conference at the White House Thursday night because they believed his allegations of voter fraud had no evidence.
“In America, the vote is sacred. It is the way the people of this nation express their will. And it is the will of the voters, no one and nothing else, that elects the president of the United States. Therefore Every ballot must be counted and that is what is happening now. And so it should be, “Biden said in his speech to the media in Delaware on Thursday.
“Democracy is messy sometimes, so sometimes it takes a little patience. But that patience has now been rewarded for more than 240 years with a governance system that has been the envy of the world. We continue to feel great about it. situation, “he said.
Trump, in his first press conference at the White House on Thursday night, alleged that his rivals were trying to “steal the election.”
“If you count the legal votes, I win easily. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. If you count the votes that were late, we are analyzing them very carefully. But many votes were late,” he said.
“Our goal is to defend the integrity of the elections. We will not allow corruption to steal such an important election or any election for that matter. And we cannot allow anyone to silence our voters and manufacture results,” Trump said. said.
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