The fates of Democrat candidate Joe Biden and his Republic rival Donald Trump remain undecided on Wednesday even as the results of most states have been announced. Trump, who registered slow electoral votes earlier, slowly gained pace as he now indulges in a neck-to-neck battle with Biden.
Biden has maintained his lead after he projected victories in two midwestern states. In Michigan, Biden led by 32,000 votes of about 5 million cast and in Wisconsin, Biden led 20,000 votes out of 3.2 million cast. Out of the two states, Wisconsin could turn out the key decider in deciding whether Trump has to pack his bags to return from White House or Biden has to pack his bags to enter the White House.
However, the US president and Republic candidate, Donald Trump, has accused fraud in the vote count and has demanded Wisconsin recount. Trump, expressing belief in his victory, in a statement said, “After a long night of counting, it is clear that we are winning enough states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win presidency.”
Trump’s campaign manager, Bill Stepien, in a statement to Associated Press, said that the president will formally be requesting a recount in the state of Wisconsin. Stepien cited irregularities in several Wisconsin counties as the reason of disbelief.
While accusing Biden of fraud, Trump said that he has already won the elections and everything that is to be declared further will be nothing but “fraud on the American public.”
Addressing the nation at a little past 2 am on Wednesday local time, Trump said the “results have been phenomenal.” “I want to thank the American people for their tremendous support… A very sad group of people is trying to disenfranchise our support. We will not stand that. The results have been phenomenal. We were all set to get outside and celebrate. Such success. The citizens of this country has come out in record numbers, to support us.”
Biden, meanwhile, said that a legal team is ready to address if Trump moves to court to stop vote count.
Wisconsin remained a blue state for the most part until Trump registered an unexpected win in the state in 2016.
As of now, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is leading Donald Trump with 243 electoral votes. Trump, on the other hand, stands at 214.
