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WILMINGTON (DELAWARE) – Democratic candidate Joe Biden won the two crucial battlefield states of Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 4), US networks projected, bringing him close to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency, although the race remained. too close to the call.
With 16 electoral votes from Michigan and 10 from Wisconsin, Biden now has a total of 264, six fewer than the 270 needed, according to US network projections.
President Donald Trump’s campaign said it would seek a recount in Wisconsin and pursue legal actions to stop the counting of votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia.
Alaska, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and North Carolina have yet to be called up, but if Biden wins Nevada, where he has a slight lead, he would give him the necessary six votes.
Speaking from his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, Biden said he was not declaring victory, but that vote counts from Wisconsin, Michigan, and even Pennsylvania showed he was winning in enough states to reach the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. .
“I am not here to declare that I have won. I am here to report that when the count is over, I think I will be the winner,” he said, calling the unit after an election marked by rancor.
Biden said that with all votes counted, he had won Wisconsin and its 10 electoral votes by 20,000 votes, “roughly the same margin that President Trump won in the state four years ago,” he added.
The Wisconsin race was called by the Associated Press at 3.16am Singapore time, although the Trump campaign had already said before then that it would request a recount.
In Wisconsin, a recount can be requested if the margin between the top two candidates is less than 1 percent, the New York Times said.
“Despite ridiculous public polls used as a voter suppression tactic, Wisconsin has been a very fine race as we always knew it would be,” Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien said in a statement. “The president is within the threshold to request a recount and we will do so immediately.”
Stepien said the Trump campaign had not been given “meaningful access” to various counting sites in Michigan and had filed a lawsuit to stop the count until it was granted access. He later added that the Trump campaign would also pose a challenge in Pennsylvania.
Early poll counts Tuesday night saw Trump win more votes in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, but Biden gained traction as absentee and mail-in ballots, as well as ballots from Democratic strongholds, were later counted. .
Trump alleged, without evidence, that electoral fraud was taking place, in several tweets that were flagged by Twitter.
He also claimed victory in Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina, where the count is still ongoing and where he has an advantage over Biden for now.
“In addition, we hereby challenge the State of Michigan if, in fact, there were a large number of secretly cast votes, as has been widely reported.” Trump said in a tweet that Twitter flagged as misleading.
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