New Delhi:
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are fighting for the White House, with polls gradually closing in the United States on Tuesday – then a long night of waiting for results to come.
The first results are coming, with US media forecasting victories for the Republican incumbent so far in 14 states, including Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia – all states that he won in 2016.
Joe Biden has captured 12 states, including his home state of Delaware, the New York Grand Prix, as well as the US capital Washington. As with Donald Trump, so far all of the states Biden claimed have been won by Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The magic number is 270. Observers expect the hotly contested race for the White House to come down to a handful of key battlefield states that have yet to be called up.
More than 100 million Americans voted before polling day Tuesday, according to the US Elections Project watchdog, a record figure widely attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, AFP news agency reported.
Here are the live updates on the current election results in USA 2020:
Joe Biden with 209 electoral votes, Donald Trump with 116: report
US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are fighting for the White House, with polls gradually closing in the United States on Tuesday – then a long night of waiting for results to come.
Joe Biden has captured 16 states, including his home state, Delaware, and big money, California and New York, as well as the US capital. As with Donald Trump, so far all of the states Biden claimed have been won by Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.
So far, that gives Joe Biden 209 electoral votes and Donald Trump a maximum of 116, as Nebraska divides its electoral votes based on congressional district (see note below).
The following is a list of the states each candidate won and the corresponding number of electoral votes, based on projections from US media, including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC / NBC News, ABC, CBS, and The New York Times.
Donald Trump (116)
- Alabama (9)
- Arkansas (6)
- Indiana (11)
- Kansas (6)
- Kentucky (8)
- Louisiana (8)
- Mississippi (6)
- Missouri (10)
- Nebraska (5)
- North Dakota (3)
- Oklahoma (7)
- South Carolina (9)
- South Dakota (3)
- Tennessee (11)
- Utah (6)
- West Virginia (5)
- Wyoming (3)
Joe Biden (209)
- California (55)
- Colorado (9)
- Connecticut (7)
- Delaware (3)
- District of Columbia (3)
- Illinois (20)
- Maryland (10)
- Massachusetts (11)
- New Hampshire (4)
- New Jersey (14)
- New Mexico (5)
- New York (29)
- Oregon (7)
- Rhode Island (4)
- Vermont (3)
- Virginia (13)
- Washington (12)
JustIn | Donald Trump wins Idaho: report
JustIn | Joe Biden wins California, Oregon, Washington: report
Joe Biden at 126 electoral votes, Donald Trump at 89: report
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are fighting for the White House, with polls gradually closing in the United States on Tuesday and a long night of waiting for results to come.
The following is a list of the states each candidate won and the corresponding number of electoral votes, based on projections from US media, including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC / NBC News, ABC, CBS, and The New York Times.
Donald Trump (89)
- Alabama (9)
- Arkansas (6)
- Indiana (11)
- Kentucky (8)
- Louisiana (8)
- Mississippi (6)
- North Dakota (3)
- Oklahoma (7)
- South Carolina (9)
- South Dakota (3)
- Tennessee (11)
- West Virginia (5)
- Wyoming (3)
Joe Biden (126)
- Colorado (9)
- Connecticut (7)
- Delaware (3)
- District of Columbia (3)
- Illinois (20)
- Maryland (10)
- Massachusetts (11)
- New Jersey (14)
- New York (29)
- Rhode Island (4)
- Vermont (3)
- Virginia (13)
JustIn | Donald Trump wins South Carolina: report
Joe Biden in the lead:
Donald Trump in the lead:
JustIn | Joe Biden wins in Colorado: reports
Joe Biden at 117 electoral votes, Donald Trump at 80: report
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are fighting for the White House, with polls gradually closing in the United States on Tuesday and a long night of waiting for results to come.
The following is a list of the states each candidate won and the corresponding number of electoral votes, based on projections from US media, including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC / NBC News, ABC, CBS, and The New York Times.
Donald Trump (80)
Alabama (9)
Arkansas (6)
Indiana (11)
Kentucky (8)
Louisiana (8)
Mississippi (6)
North Dakota (3)
Oklahoma (7)
South Dakota (3)
Tennessee (11)
West Virginia (5)
Wyoming (3)
Joe Biden (117)
Connecticut (7)
Delaware (3)
District of Columbia (3)
Illinois (20)
Maryland (10)
Massachusetts (11)
New Jersey (14)
New York (29)
Rhode Island (4)
Vermont (3)
Virginia (13)
JustIn | Donald Trump wins North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Louisiana: report
JustIn | Joe Biden wins New York: reports
Joe Biden at 88 electoral votes, Donald Trump at 63: reports
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are fighting for the White House, with polls gradually closing in the United States on Tuesday and a long night of waiting for results to come.
The following is a list of the states each candidate won and the corresponding number of electoral votes, based on projections from US media, including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC / NBC News, ABC, CBS, and The New York Times.
Donald Trump (63)
- Alabama (9)
- Arkansas (6)
- Indiana (11)
- Kentucky (8)
- Mississippi (6)
- Oklahoma (7)
- Tennessee (11)
- West Virginia (5)
Joe Biden (88)
- Connecticut (7)
- Delaware (3)
- District of Columbia (3)
- Illinois (20)
- Maryland (10)
- Massachusetts (11)
- New Jersey (14)
- Rhode Island (4)
- Vermont (3)
- Virginia (13)
Joe Biden wins in Illinois, Rhode Island: report
Donald Trump takes Alabama and Mississippi: report
Joe Biden wins in Connecticut: report
List of US electoral votes based on reports
So far Joe Biden has 57 electoral votes and Donald Trump has 42. The magic number is 270. Observers expect the hotly contested White House race to come down to a handful of key states in the field. of battle.
Here is a list of states won by each candidate and the corresponding number of electoral votes, based on US media projections.
Donald Trump – 42 years old
Indiana: 11
Kentucky: 8
Oklahoma: 7
Tennessee: 11
West Virginia: 5
Joe Biden – 57 years old
Delaware: 3
District of Columbia: 3
Maryland: 10
Massachusetts: 11
New Jersey: 14
Vermont: 3
Virginia: 13
Donald Trump wins Tennessee, Joe Biden wins New Jersey: reports
Donald Trump won Tennessee while Democratic candidate Joe Biden won in New Jersey, according to US media projections.
Republican U.S. Senate Leader McConnell has been re-elected in Kentucky, according to reports.
Joe Biden wins Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts
U.S. media projected winners in several expected states after the polls closed, with Joe Biden taking home the home state of Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland and Massachusetts.
Tight race in Florida between Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Early results showed a close race in the US battlefield states on Tuesday as Joe Biden hopes a polarized electorate defeats President Donald Trump in the face of a deadly pandemic.
Preliminary figures showed a nation deeply divided and mixed signs for every candidate, with Joe Biden appearing to underperform in crucial Florida state as Trump made inroads in Cuban-dominated Miami and the United States.
But Biden was also ahead of Trump in suburban areas that have traditionally shifted to the president’s Republican Party, including around Atlanta, Georgia.
U.S. election votes based on reports
Here is a list of states won by each candidate and the corresponding number of electoral votes, based on network projections, according to the AFP news agency.
Donald trump – 24
Indiana: 11
Kentucky: 8
West Virginia: 5
Joe biden – 16
Vermont: 3
Virginia: 13
Joe Biden wins in Virginia: report
Democratic challenger Joe Biden is winning in Virginia, according to reports.
As polls began to close in 10 states in an election held amid a pandemic that struck a deeply divided United States, Edison Research projected Trump would win Indiana and the Associated Press called the Kentucky for Trump, while Fox News projected Biden would win Vermont and Virginia.
As the first election results spread, reports showed Donald Trump won in West Virginia.
As polls closed in six US states, reports indicate Donald Trump won in Kentucky.
So far, that gives Trump 19 electoral votes to three for Biden. The magic number is 270. Observers expect the hotly contested race for the White House to come down to a handful of key states on the battlefield.
Joe Biden wins in Vermont: reports
According to the AFP news agency, US Democratic candidate Joe Biden won from Vermont.
Polls begin to close in US presidential election
Polls in U.S. battlefield states began to close on Tuesday, pushing the fight between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden to its heartbreaking conclusion, following a race under unprecedented pandemic conditions world and the most deeply divided electorate in decades.
At 7:00 p.m. (5:30 a.m. IST), voting ended in Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Virginia, Vermont and also Georgia, a rock-solid former Republican state that Biden Democrats are hoping for. overthrow.
Parts of Florida – an even bigger election prize that regularly sees knife elections – also closed at 7:00 p.m. Polls in the rest of the state and also in Pennsylvania, another zero point in the US presidential election, closed at 8:00 p.m. (6:30 a.m. IST).
US President Donald Trump won Indiana, according to the AFP news agency, as the results began to arrive.
CNN and NBC projected a victory for Trump in Indiana.
WE ARE REALLY GOOD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2020
In the closing hours of an election that took place amid a pandemic sweeping a deeply divided United States, Americans went to the polls to choose between incumbent President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden a day with little disruption that many feared.
Voters, many of whom wear masks and maintain their social distancing to guard against the spread of the coronavirus, have experienced long queues in a few places and short waits in many other places, the news agency reported Reuters.
There was no sign of disturbance or violence at the polling places, as some officials feared. The winner – who may not be determined for days – will lead a nation in the grip of a pandemic that has killed more than 231,000 people and left millions more unemployed, racial tensions and a political polarization that did only get worse during a vitriolic campaign.
US law enforcement is monitoring the current situation in the streets around the White House in Washington, which was closed before election day, a correspondent for the Sputnik news agency reported at the scene. Several dozen law enforcement officers were dispatched to the streets adjacent to the White House.
Numerous civilians, some with banners and posters, took to the streets of the US capital as voting in the presidential election continues. The police have not, at present, intervened to interrupt any activity, according to the correspondent.
A large, non-scalable fence was erected around the perimeter of the White House before Election Day. Parking restrictions have also been put in place in Washington, and local authorities are ready to temporarily close the streets if protests erupt.
Go out and vote! Under my administration, our ECONOMY is growing at the fastest rate EVER at 33.1%. Next year will be the BIGGEST ECONOMIC YEAR in American history!
Find your polling station below. https://t.co/OODmll3Snt
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2020
In the midst of ongoing election day in the United States, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden vowed that if elected he would not differentiate between Democratic and Republican states, the news agency reported ANI.
“I promise you, as I run as a proud Democrat if you elect me, I will be American President, there will be no Red or Blue States just the United States of America,” he said. Biden said. speaking to his supporters in Philadelphia.
Stay in line. DO NOT LEAVE.
We need you. #redwave
– Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) November 3, 2020
In Battleground Arizona, Latino effort to mobilize voters could help Joe Biden
When a marching band, mariachi musicians and a folk dancer in an embroidered TU VOTO CUENTA dress – “your vote counts” – marched through her West Phoenix neighborhood of Marizol Moreno, who had never voted in a presidential election , took out his pajamas to look at, Reuters news agency reported. Moreno, born in California, had never been interested in politics. But after her husband, father and several family members contracted coronavirus and got excited about the parade, she decided to go to the polls on Tuesday to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The Maricopans took part in the early voting in record numbers. By Monday, the county had processed 1.66 million ballots, surpassing the total of 1.6 million votes in the 2016 election, said Megan Gilbertson, communications director for the Maricopa County Elections Department.
Kamala Harris said today that she was “done talking” about US President Donald Trump and expressed confidence in her party’s presidential candidate, adding that she looked forward to electing Joe Biden as the next president, a reported the ANI news agency. “I’m at a point now that I’m done talking about the guy in the White House. We have to do that. Let’s talk about our opportunity to elect Joe Biden,” Ms. Harris during the last day’s appeal to Michigan voters. “Think about how racial injustice has been dealt with in America for a long time. Joe has the courage to say ‘Black Lives Matter’. He understands that it can be hard to think / speak / hear, but we have to face the truth of the matter. We have to face racial disparities, “she added. The US vice presidential candidate urged people to vote, saying” everything is at stake “in the elections presidential elections of 2020.
🚨 STATES WHICH HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED THEIR 2016 VOTING TOTAL 🚨
Colorado
Hawaii
Montana
Oregon
Texas
Utah
WashingtonJoin them in history and vote today: https://t.co/Zogkiu7VSQ
– When we all vote (@WhenWeAllVote) November 3, 2020
Dow Ends 2.1% Higher to End Strong Session on Election Day
Wall Street stocks had a dynamic election session on Tuesday, ending solidly higher in hopes of a direct end to a controversial presidential campaign, the AFP news agency reported. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 2.1%, or about 550 points, to 27,477.40, adding to gains from a positive Monday session that recouped a fraction of the week’s losses last.
On election day, everything is at stake. Our jobs. Our health care. Whether or not we control this pandemic. But here’s the good news: today you can choose to change. You can elect @Joe Biden and @KamalaHarris. Let’s win this thing. pic.twitter.com/rvW2uOknpl
– Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 3, 2020
Today is your last chance to vote in this election. If you haven’t voted early, I need you to vote today and stay online for as long as you need to. Our democracy is at stake. Go to https://t.co/EcbUdXjMe2 to find your polling station. pic.twitter.com/igwKdFba98
– Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 3, 2020
CDC, America’s Leading Health Organization, Allows Covid-Positive Voters to Vote in Person
Voters in the United States infected with the novel coronavirus are allowed to vote in person as long as they take steps to protect poll workers, according to the United States Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) , ANI news agency reported. “Voters who are sick or in quarantine should take steps to protect polling officials and other voters. This includes wearing a mask, staying at least six feet from others and washing your hands or using hand sanitizer before and after the vote, ”the CDC said was quoted. by the Sputnik news agency.
FBI Investigates Robots Urging Voters to ‘Stay Home’ on Election Day
The FBI is examining a series of mysterious robocalls urging people to stay home on election day as the country remains on high alert to ensure the vote is not compromised, an official said on Tuesday of the Department of Homeland Security, Reuters news agency reported. U.S. and local officials sounded the alarm bells in at least two separate robocall campaigns as millions of Americans voted Tuesday to decide between President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden. Experts who spoke to Reuters news agency say they are mystified by one of the campaigns, which tells people to stay home but does not explicitly mention the vote.
US Democrat Joe Biden wrote on Twitter: “Now is our time to choose: hope over fear. Unity over division. Science over fiction. The truth about lies.”
Let’s make history, @KamalaHarris. pic.twitter.com/JKF6spZZd0
– Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 3, 2020
VOTE‼ ️ WE ARE CHANGING ONE, ONE VOTE AT A TIME‼ ️ YOUR VOTE COULD BE THE VOTE THAT CHANGES THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. NO B.S, THERE ARE 2 BE
“THIS LAST VOTE”
THAT CHANGES OUR LIVES, OUR CHILDREN, FAMILIES
& LIVING FRIENDS. THERE IS
“A VOTE” THAT CAN CHANGE OUR DESTINY, &
ITS “YOUR” 🇺🇸– Look for) November 3, 2020
Vote today as if your life depends on it. This is a critical time to vote for kindness. Vote peacefully. And if you need it, here is some useful information for today from my daughter Ariana Grande. We need you! 💙 https://t.co/9atOPzlHAL
– Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) November 3, 2020
One day our children and grandchildren are going to look us in the eye and ask us what we have been up to right now.
And I want to be able to say, we did all we could to fight for our country and their future. Go vote.
– Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 3, 2020
This #ElectionNight, we don’t have an in-person event at Embassy London 🇺🇸🇬🇧, but we still wanted to mark the occasion … so tonight we lit up the Embassy! pic.twitter.com/WQYH6JM0DH
– U.S. Embassy London (@USAinUK) November 3, 2020
Hillary and I just proudly voted for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. They will work tirelessly to heal our divisions and build a better future for us all. If you haven’t already, vote today! pic.twitter.com/49fSwmlbst
– Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) November 3, 2020
“I’m going to have four wonderful years,” says Donald Trump in Virginia
“I’ve heard that we are doing really well in Florida, very well in Arizona, incredibly well in Texas, we are doing really well everywhere here. I think we’re going to have a great evening and above all we’re going to have a good four years, ”Trump said in Virginia, ANI news agency reported.
US “deserves to know who won” on election day, says Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday again sought to cast doubt on the counting of the ballots beyond election day, saying the country was “entitled” to know who won on voting day, the report said. AFP press agency. “You have to have a date, and the date happens to be November 3,” he said during a visit to the offices of the Republican National Committee in Arlington. “And we should have the right to know who won on November 3.”
Voters in several U.S. states have received mysterious robocalls urging them to stay home on election day, state and party officials say.
But at noon Eastern Time – with more than half the expected number of U.S. ballots already cast – there were few signs of digital interference long feared by those charged with protecting the vote.
“We are not out of the woods yet,” said Christopher Krebs, a senior official in the Department of Homeland Security who has become one of the government’s main spokespersons on electoral security. He said at a press conference earlier on Tuesday that “today in a sense is half time. There may be other events or activities or efforts to interfere or undermine the trust in the election “.
Fears that a foreign power might seek to intervene in the 2020 vote have been circulating since the last election in 2016, when Russian hackers threw tens of thousands of emails online to sway the vote for Republican Donald Trump and away from Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton.
Melania Trump votes in Florida
The First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, votes in Florida.
Over 100 million people voted early in U.S. elections: the watchdog of the U.S. elections project
More than 100 million Americans voted before election day Tuesday, according to the U.S. watchdog Elections Project, a record figure widely attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic, the AFP news agency reported. Ballots, which were mailed, deposited in drop boxes or dropped off at polling stations before Tuesday, account for more than 72% of the total number of ballots cast in the 2016 presidential election, according to the University-based watchdog count. from Florida. In Texas, Hawaii, Washington and Montana, the number of early votes exceeded the total number of votes cast there in 2016. Four years ago, some 57 million voters voted early, according to the Commission American electoral assistance. Of more than 100.2 million early votes this time around, more than 64.5 million are postal ballots – an option widely extended across the country in response to fears of Covid-19 contagion at the offices of crowded vote.
‘To the White House with God’s Grace’: Biden signs wall of childhood home on polling day
Joe Biden enjoys talking about his childhood in the industrial city of Scranton, and as Americans voted on Tuesday, the Democratic presidential candidate returned to his childhood home, signing his name on the wall for good luck, reported the AFP press agency. “From that House to the White House with the Grace of God,” Biden wrote in black pen on a living room wall behind a photo, signing his name and adding the date, “3-11-2020”.
On US election day, Trump says he feels ‘very good’ about the odds
President Donald Trump said he was happy with his chances of victory at the opening on U.S. Election Day Tuesday, predicting he would record big wins in key states such as Florida and Arizona, the U.S. reported. AFP press agency. “We feel very good,” a hoarse-voiced Trump told Fox News in a phone interview. Trump said he expected victory in all key states that would decide the election, but said he would not “play games” by declaring victory too soon. “We think we’re winning Texas really big. We think we’re winning Florida really big. We think we’re winning Arizona really big,” he said. “I think we’re going to do really well in North Carolina. I think we’re going to do well in Pennsylvania. We think we’re doing really well everywhere.”
Democrats are favored to come out of 14 hotly contested US Senate races with full control of Congress in Tuesday’s election, but the final results of at least five of those contests may not be available for days or even months .
With President Donald Trump’s public disapproval weighing on Republicans across the country, voters will decide to end the political careers of beleaguered Republican senators, including Trump ally Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and moderator Susan Collins of Maine , among others.
A total of 12 seats held by Republicans and two seats held by Democrats are at stake, based on a Reuters analysis of three non-partisan U.S. election forecasters – the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, the Cook’s political report and internal elections.
As millions of U.S. citizens vote in the presidential election, Franklin County, Ohio, which includes the city of Columbus, will use paper ballots to verify voters on Tuesday, said Aaron Sellers, chief of staff. Franklin County Election Council Public Information Aaron Sellers.
Vendors reportedly said the decision to use paper ballot books instead of an electronic ballot record system was made because there were difficulties in updating the electronic ballot book after early voting on the 2nd November, ANI reported.
Federal legal agencies in the United States are bracing for possible unrest over the outcome of the presidential election.
According to The Hill, the National Security Integration Center (NSIC), a key component of national security and the fight against terrorism within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), warned in a internal email last week against protests inside the Beltway. ANI reported.
Americans voted Tuesday in the shadow of a growing coronavirus pandemic to decide whether to re-elect Republican Donald Trump, one of the most polarizing presidents in American history, or send Democrat Joe Biden to the White House .
A record number of early votes – some 100 million – have already been cast in an election that has put the country in trouble and is closely watched in capitals around the world, AFP reported.
Americans voted Tuesday in the bitterly contested presidential race between incumbent President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden after four tumultuous years under the leadership of the businessman-turned-politician who left the United States as deeply divided as it was. ‘at any time in recent history, the new AFP agency reported. Voters lined up at polling stations across the country to vote amid a coronavirus pandemic that has disrupted daily life. Biden, the former Democratic vice president who has spent half a century in public life, has held a strong and consistent lead in national opinion polls for the Republican president. But Trump is close enough in several states to the electoral battlefield that he can muster the 270 state-by-state Electoral College votes needed to win the election, Reuters reported.
US Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf said on Tuesday there was no evidence that a “foreign actor” had compromised US votes in the 2020 presidential election.
The message came as Americans began the last day of voting in an election campaign hampered by concerns over foreign interference, Reuters reported.
Donald Trump’s top homeland security official urged voters on Tuesday to be patient while awaiting election results after announcing that the president may rush to claim victory.
“Voters must be patient while awaiting the outcome of this year’s election,” said Chad Wolf, acting Homeland Security secretary.
“It is important to recognize that this process can take time.”
Trump reportedly told confidants he would declare victory on Tuesday night if he appeared to lead the vote, though he denied the accusation, AFP reported.
President Donald Trump said he was happy with his chances of winning when the U.S. election opens on Tuesday, predicting he would record big wins in key states such as Florida and Arizona.
“We feel very good,” a hoarse-voiced Trump told Fox News in a phone interview. “I think we will have the victory.”
Trump has said he expects victory in all key states that will decide the election, AFP reported.