The United States Electoral College votes for the new president. Biden has been supported by several controversial states

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In the United States, the results of the presidential election are confirmed (Photo: REUTERS / Mike Segar / File photo)

Democratic President-elect Joe Biden has already been voted in, according to the Washington Post. 156 voters, by current Republican President Donald Trump – 103… The College consists of 538 members.

In particular, Biden was supported by Pennsylvania voters. (20 votes), Arizona (11 votes) and Georgia (16 votes), where Trump headquarters tried to challenge the election results.

Joe Biden is expected to receive 306 electoral votes, while Donald Trump is expected to receive 232. 270 votes are required to win.

On November 13, the United States finished counting votes in all states. The winner of the presidential election was the Democratic candidate Joe Biden: he received 306 electoral votes against the 270 required. Donald Trump has 232 votes.

Trump refuses to admit defeat and calls the election rigged. At the same time, he announced that he was ready to step down as president if the electoral college gave Biden victory in the election.

The American electoral system assumes indirect (or elections in two stages). Initially, voters in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia vote for their candidate, after which the electoral college, the de facto representatives of the people entitled to elect the next president, approves the vote.