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WASHINGTON: Democrat Joe Biden said Thursday (Nov. 5) that he “has no doubt” that he will defeat President Donald Trump and be declared the winner of the US election, insisting that voters be patient and that the outcome will be known. “soon”.
“We continue to feel very good about where things are. We have no doubt that when the count is over, Senator (Kamala) Harris and I will be declared winners,” Biden told reporters in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.
“So I’m asking everyone to stay calm, everyone to stay calm. The process is working, the count is being completed. And we will find out very soon.”
Biden, 77, leads Trump in the race for the 270 electoral votes that will put one of them on top, and the Democrat’s campaign claims they believe he has enough votes to win in key states that remain undecided. like Pennsylvania.
President Donald Trump’s campaign has made legal efforts to stop the counting of votes in some states and is seeking a recount in Wisconsin.
The Associated Press has yet to call the presidential race because neither Biden nor Trump have secured the 270 Electoral College votes necessary for victory. Several key states are still too early to call: Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, and Nevada.
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The tabulation of the ballots continued in those battlefield states two days after the polls closed, while protesters from both sides staged demonstrations in major cities on the counting of votes.
After a bitter campaign waged during the coronavirus pandemic, the elections appeared to be moving towards an exciting conclusion in the next few hours and perhaps days.
There is still a narrow path for Trump to win if he stays in Georgia, where he leads by 12,800 votes, and Pennsylvania, where he is ahead by 108,600 votes, and beats Biden in Arizona, where he is behind by 68,100 votes, or Nevada, where he is 11,400 votes behind.
Poll workers examine ballots as vote counting continues in the general election at State Farm Arena on November 5, 2020 in Atlanta. (Photo: AP / Brynn Anderson)
But many of the prominent votes in Georgia and Pennsylvania were clustered in places that were expected to lean Democratic, such as the Atlanta and Philadelphia areas.
Trump, who attacked the integrity of the US voting system during the campaign, again on Thursday alleged election fraud without providing evidence and accused Democrats of trying to “steal” the election.
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His campaign has filed several lawsuits in battle states and has called for a recount in Wisconsin, although some legal experts said court challenges were a long shot that would likely not affect the election outcome.
What is at stake is whether to give Trump and his “America First” policies four more years in office after a tumultuous first term, or to turn to Biden, a figure on the national stage for half a century who promises to provide stability in the US. home and repair alliances abroad. .
One of the most unusual presidential races in modern American history took place amid the pandemic, which has killed more than 234,000 Americans and left millions more out of work. Concerns about the virus led to an increase in voting by mail, and the laborious recount contributed to delaying the results.
To conquer the White House, a candidate must accumulate at least 270 votes in the Electoral College state by state. These electoral votes are based primarily on the population of a state.
Most of the major television networks gave Biden a 253-to-214 lead in electoral college votes Thursday. The Associated Press gave him a 264-to-214 lead.
Trump supporter Charles Littleton, center, argues with Biden supporter Angelo Austin, right, as Trump supporters protest election results in front of the central tally board at the TCF Center in Detroit, Michigan, on November 5, 2020 (Photo: AP / David Goldman).
Biden also led Trump by more than 3.7 million in the national popular vote, though that plays no role in the winner’s decision. Trump lost the popular vote by roughly 3 million to Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016, but won crucial states on the battlefield to take over the White House in an unexpected victory.
He is trying to avoid becoming the first sitting US president to lose a re-election bid since his Republican colleague George HW Bush in 1992.
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Trump, who has often enjoyed legal battles during his turbulent corporate career, was in the White House working on the phones and monitoring events on television, two Trump advisers said. He has been speaking with state governors, as well as close friends and assistants, and sent some of his closest advisers to the field to fight for him.
Biden has remained at his home in Delaware and has consulted with assistants, including legal counsel Bob Bauer.
