After counting 99% of the votes in Georgia, Biden is minimally ahead of Trump, a victory in this state could be decisive



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According to CNN and Fox News, in Georgia, the gap between the US presidential candidates, former US Vice President Joe Biden and the current head of the White House, Donald Trump, is less than 1%. Under this condition, according to state law, a vote recount is possible, notes ABC News 4.

After counting 99% of the votes in the US presidential elections in the state of Georgia, the Democratic candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, leads by a narrow margin, according to data from CNN and Fox News.

The acting president of the White House, the Republican candidate Donald Trump, is behind Biden, according to CNN, by 1,096 votes, according to Fox News, by 917. The data from both television channels in percentage terms seem the same: 49 , 4% to 49.4%.

ABC News 4 notes that with such a gap between candidates, there is a possibility of a recount; Under Georgia state law, this is possible if the vote difference between Trump and Biden is less than one percentage point.

A victory in Georgia could give Biden 16 electoral college votes, bringing him significantly closer to or possibly guaranteeing the place of head of the White House: To win the election, he must win the support of 270 voters (basically, they cast your votes as the majority of voters in your state). There are 538 people in the electoral college.

According to CNN, Biden has already secured the support of 253 voters, and Trump, 213. Fox News cites other data: 264 votes for Biden and 214 for Trump.

The main vote in the US presidential election took place on November 3. More than 10 candidates are running for office, and Republican candidates Trump and Biden are considered his main competitors. Turnout in these elections was a 120-year record – some 160 million Americans participated in them.

Vox wrote that elections are likely to be determined by voters in six key states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Arizona and North Carolina.

According to CNN and Fox News, Trump has already won Florida. Fox News analysts believe that Biden has triumphed in Wisconsin, Arizona and Michigan (CNN has not yet released final figures for these states). In Pennsylvania and North Carolina, according to these channels, Trump is in the lead (the count is still ongoing).

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