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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling for the White House, with polls gradually closing across the United States on Tuesday, and then a long night of waiting for results.
The first results are coming, and the US media is projecting victories for the Republican incumbent so far in 17 states, including Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee, all of the states he won in 2016.
Biden has captured 16 states, including his home state, Delaware, and Grand Prix, California and New York, as well as the United States capital. As with Trump, so far all the states claimed by Biden were won by Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.
So far, that gives Biden 209 electoral votes and Trump a maximum of 116, because Nebraska divides its electoral votes based on congressional district (see note below).
The magic number is 270. Observers expect the disputed race for the White House to come down to a handful of key states on the battlefield that have yet to be summoned.
The following is a list of the states won by each candidate and the corresponding number of electoral votes, based on projections from the American media, including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC / NBC News, ABC, CBS, and The New York Times.
Trump (116) *
Alabama (9)
Arkansas (6)
Indiana (11)
Kansas (6)
Kentucky (8)
Louisiana (8)
Mississippi (6)
Missouri (10)
Nebraska (5) *
North Dakota (3)
Oklahoma (7)
South Carolina (9)
South Dakota (3)
Tennessee (11)
Utah (6)
West Virginia (5)
Wyoming (3)
Biden (209)
California (55)
Colorado (9)
Connecticut (7)
Delaware (3)
District of Columbia (3)
Illinois (20)
Maryland (10)
Massachusetts (11)
New Hampshire (4)
New Jersey (14)
New Mexico (5)
New York (29)
Oregon (7)
Rhode Island (4)
Vermont (3)
Virginia (13)
Washington (12)
* Nebraska divides its five electoral votes: two electors are assigned based on the plurality of votes in the state, and the other three are awarded based on the congressional district. Biden could eventually eliminate at least one of these votes. – AFP
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