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WASHINGTON: The outcome of the US presidential election hinges on the tally of votes in a handful of key states, and the race is too close to call so far.
Democrat Joe Biden has multiple paths to victory with his 264 electoral votes, including Michigan and Wisconsin, compared to 214 for President Donald Trump, who would have to take all the remaining states.
270 electoral votes are required to win. Those votes are divided proportionally among the states.
In its current form, there are five states that have yet to be summoned, including major awards like Pennsylvania and the small key state of Nevada, as well as Georgia, North Carolina, and Alaska.
Much of the delay is due to a flood of mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus, and those kinds of votes have tended to favor Democrats.
If Biden’s leadership in Arizona holds, and Nevada wins and its six electoral votes as expected, he will have 270 electoral votes and can claim victory.
If Trump controls North Carolina and Georgia but loses Arizona, he must take Biden’s home state of Pennsylvania as well as Nevada to win. Simply winning Pennsylvania, or even Pennsylvania, as well as Alaska and its three electoral votes, as expected, will not be enough.
The paths to victory become more murky if some of the expected results change.
Below is a summary of the situation:
Nevada
If Biden takes Nevada, it could all be over.
The Democrat is expected to win all six of Nevada’s electoral votes, but the western state that is home to the mecca of gambling, Las Vegas, remains too close to call him.
With 86% counted, Biden had 49.3% to 48.7% for Trump.
State officials said Wednesday that no further results would be known until Thursday.
Pennsylvania
Perhaps the state that could take the longest to declare a winner, and one that could decide the outcome with 20 electoral votes at stake.
With 86% of the votes counted in the industrial state Rust Belt, Trump was ahead at 51.4% compared to Biden’s 47.3%, but the president’s lead was narrowing as the count continued. of votes.
The remaining ballots are expected to favor Biden, who was born in the state.
To Trump’s chagrin, Pennsylvania has decided to allow mail-in ballots to be mailed before Election Day but received up to three days later to be counted due to complications from the coronavirus. Authorities expect to complete the count on Friday.
But on Wednesday, the Trump campaign said it was suing to stop the count, accusing election officials of banning its “watchers” from getting closer than 7.6 million to the vote counters.
North Carolina
Trump appeared to be the favorite to win North Carolina’s 15 electoral votes despite a strong showing from Biden, but he remained too close to call.
With 95% accounted for in the Southeastern state, Trump had 50.1% and Biden 48.6%.
Mail-in ballots mailed on or before Election Day can be counted through November 12.
Georgia
Biden did unexpectedly well in the southeastern state that is traditionally a Republican stronghold, but Trump was still ahead, although his lead was narrowing. The state has 16 electoral votes.
With 94% counted, Trump had 50% compared to Biden’s 48.8%. The American media expected an extraordinarily close race.
A final result was expected on Wednesday or early Thursday.
