The electoral votes of US Election 2020 are in counting and the battle between Democrat Joe Biden and his Republican challenger Donald Trump seems to be as intense as ever. Polls for the further voting have been closed with President Trump and former vice-president Biden concluding their decisive campaigns.
As Trump and Biden await their entry to the White House, US media declared wins for the Republican candidate in 12 states so far including Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia. Biden has projected win over 10 states including New York, Washington Conneticut.
So far, Biden has managed to garner 131 electoral votes while Trump stands at 98. The number required to win is 270. While Biden might seem to have win this race, the battle is far from over as results of some key swing states are yet to be declared.
The main factors that Americans have decided their votes upon are surging covid-19 pandemic, economic fairness and racial injustice.
With Trump’s sweeping win in Alabama, Okalhoma, and Biden taking over his home state of Delware and Virginia, the night opened with predictable victories for both the candidates.
As of now, Joe Biden has established a lead in Utah and Arizona, according to US media projections. The collision is intense in North Carolina. Meanwhile, Trump has coasted victory in West Virginia, becoming the only Republican to register win in the state after Bill Clinton in 1996.
Millions of voters came out to vote and stood in lines for hours even amid pandemic to decide their fate for next four years. In a historic outcome, more than 102 million casted their early votes, days or weeks before the election.
Democratic candidate Joe Biden today said if he was elected to power, “there will be no red states or blue states, just the United States”.
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