Assured of victory, Biden-Harris begins to focus on bigger issues

Biden held his lead until Saturday, but the television networks held back from declaring a winner because margins are still close in the four states that will determine the winner of the election and votes are still being counted.

Biden, 77, has a 253-214 lead in the state-by-state Electoral College vote determining the winner, according to Edison Research. He got closer to victory when he took the lead Friday in Pennsylvania, whose 20 electoral votes would put him above the 270 needed for victory.

In the early hours of Saturday, Biden’s slim lead widened in Georgia, a typically Republican-leaning state, to put him ahead by 7,248 votes with the full count at 99%.

LIVE updates of the 2020 US elections:

• Biden-Harris begins to focus on public health and economics

Confident of their victory in the US presidential election, Democratic candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, have begun to work on the task that awaits them by focusing on two critical areas of public health and the economy. both hit by the raging COVID-19 pandemic. “I want everyone to know that on the first day we are going to implement our plan to control this virus. That may not save any of the lives that have been lost, but it will save many lives in the months to come, “said the 77-year-old former vice president of the United States.

The day before, he and Harris met with a group of experts on public health and the economic crises facing the country.

“Senator Harris and I also heard yesterday about how the recovery is slowing down due to the failure to control the pandemic,” he said. Read more here.

• Trump and GOP say they count ‘legal’ votes

President Donald Trump and some of his Republican supporters are testing a rallying cry for their uphill fight to reverse Joe Biden’s advantage in key states on the battlefield: counting all “legal” votes.

The language is loaded with a clear implication, namely that Democrats want illegal votes to be counted, a claim for which there is no evidence.

But it underscores Trump’s strategic imperatives as Biden moves closer to securing the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency – tactics that are based more on political messages than legal precedent. Read more here.

• Biden maintains lead as the count nears the end

Biden maintained his lead as election officials in four key states reviewed the ballots on Friday, but enough ballots remained outstanding that it was too early to definitively declare a victory in any of the states.

With 264 voters, Biden fell just short of the 270 majority a candidate must have to win an election. His lead was tightest in Georgia, where he parted ways with Trump by just 4,020 votes early Saturday, close enough that the race is likely heading for a recount.

In Pennsylvania, his former home state, Biden’s lead was 28.877 early Saturday, bolstered by results from Philadelphia that came in during the day. He also led in Nevada, where he was ahead of Trump by 22,657 votes early Saturday morning.

The former vice president spoke to the nation on Friday night, predicting an official victory soon, and said he has already started working to deal with the coronavirus, the economy and racial injustice. He said he would probably speak again on Saturday.

• Joe Biden extends Georgia’s margin by 7,000 votes

In Georgia, Democrat Biden’s lead is further widened to 7,248 votes over Prez Trump as the vote count continues, Edison Research says.

As Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden approaches the White House, US President Donald Trump warned his rival and asked him not to “unfairly claim” the White House. “Legal proceedings are just beginning,” Trump tweeted.

• As the vote count progressed, the United States reported new record cases of coronavirus for the third day in a row. Top Democratic candidate Joe Biden has promised to act against the pandemic on “day one” if he wins the presidential election, as the United States remains the worst-affected nation in the world.
• Democrat Joe Biden said he would win the U.S. presidency as his lead over President Donald Trump increased in battle states, though television networks refrained from declaring him the winner as officials continued to count votes.
• Democrat Joe Biden said he would win the U.S. presidency as his lead over President Donald Trump increased in battle states, though television networks refrained from declaring him the winner as officials continued to count votes. “The numbers tell us … it’s a clear and compelling story – we’re going to win this race,” Biden said late on Friday, adding that he and his running mate Kamala Harris were already meeting with experts as they prepared. for the road. White House.
• More U.S. Secret Service agents have been dispatched to Wilmington, Delaware, in anticipation of a possible presidential victory for Joe Biden after the Democratic Party candidate led the counting of votes against incumbent President Donald Trump, said a report from press on Friday.
• Additional airspace security measures are also implemented. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), temporary flight restrictions define an area restricted to air travel due to a dangerous condition, special event, or general warning for all FAA airspace. The temporary flight restrictions (TFRs) first went into effect Wednesday afternoon and will be in effect until at least Friday.
• A team of the 77-year-old former US vice president has been on hold since last week, the source said.
• Biden had leads in Pennsylvania, Nevada and Georgia, putting him in a stronger position to capture the 270 Electoral College votes needed to take the White House. The winner will lead a country facing a number of historic challenges, including the growing pandemic and deep political polarization.
• Global markets lost momentum on Friday after four consecutive days of gains on Wall Street as the vote count in America’s battle states showed Democrat Joe Biden poised for victory.
• Biden would win if he prevails in two of the other three key states he was far ahead on Friday: Georgia, Arizona and Nevada. Like Pennsylvania, all three were still processing ballots on Friday.
• Nationally, Biden led Trump by 4.1 million votes out of a record 147 million cast.
• Twitter Inc. is tagging tweets claiming victory for any of the candidates in the US presidential election, until more than the sources it considers official have called for the race.