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With about 98% of the votes counted nationwide, Joe Biden leads the popular vote, with almost 74 million votes, the most votes ever for any candidate in American history.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump has garnered nearly 70 million votes. Both figures reveal the true triumph of this election: electoral participation.
The electoral college map looks like this: Biden 253; Trump 214.
Early in the race, it seemed like Donald Trump had done better than many expected. The Republican president predominantly urged his supporters to vote in person on Election Day.
Since in-person votes are counted first in most cases, Donald Trump was ahead of many of the key states on the battlefield, giving an early illusion of success.
However, Joe Biden urged his supporters to vote early by mail, and it appears that many of them did.
The subsequent counting of mail-in ballots has resulted in a dramatic comeback for the Democrat.
“There will be no blue states or red states when we win, only the United States of America.” @Joe Biden says that “all votes must be counted” and is confident that he will be victorious, adding that his victory will be a victory for democracy | Live updates: https://t.co/gYGTI83tBI pic.twitter.com/5lmYBa7w4n
– RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 4, 2020
On Wednesday morning, Donald Trump claimed without proof that the election was a fraud and announced: “Frankly, we won this election.”
‘This is a huge fraud in our nation’: Donald Trump announces that he will go to the Supreme Court, claiming that there has been fraud involved in the ballot. “Frankly, we won this election,” he said. | Follow the updates live: https://t.co/GyIfFyiqLD pic.twitter.com/ap9oKAshAl
– RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 4, 2020
Calls to “stop the count” and a series of legal actions from the Trump camp followed, in several states.
But the truth remains: Joe Biden has gone ahead in nearly every state that remains to be declared, and the numbers now appear to be in his favor to become the next president.
The next few hours will determine if this trajectory will continue.
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