November 4, 2020: The presidential election is too close to call in six battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
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Election Update
With race calls in 41 states and Washington, D.C., former Vice President Joe Biden (D) has 224 electoral votes and President Donald Trump (R) has 213.
Trump won four battleground states: Florida, Iowa, Ohio, and Texas. Biden won two: Minnesota and New Hampshire.
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The following map shows the current state of the race:
Elections are too close to call in six battleground states. Here's the status of those states as of 9 a.m. EST.
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Arizona: State election officials expect to finish counting ballots on Wednesday. Biden is leading by 5.0 percentage points with an estimated 82% of votes
counted.
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Georgia: Ballot counting is expected to finish on Wednesday. Trump is leading by 2.2 percentage points with an estimated 92% of votes counted.
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Michigan: Secretary of State Joceyln Benson said on Tuesday that the state could “potentially see a full result of every tabulation out of Michigan in the next 24 hours.” Trump is leading by half a
percentage point with an estimated 86% of votes counted.
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North Carolina: Mail ballots postmarked by Nov. 3 can be accepted until Nov. 12. Trump is leading by 1.4 percentage points with an estimated 95% of votes counted.
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Pennsylvania: State election officials said they expected to count most ballots by Friday. Trump is leading by 11.5 percentage points with an estimated 75% of votes counted. According to
The New York Times, the uncounted absentee ballots in Pennsylvania are expected to favor Biden.
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Wisconsin: The state expects to finish counting absentee ballots on Wednesday. Biden is leading by 0.7 percentage points with an estimated 97% of votes
counted.
Election calls are pending in three other states:
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Alaska: Absentee ballots will not be counted until next week. Trump is leading by 26.7 percentage points with an estimated 36% of votes counted.
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Maine: Maine splits its electoral votes between the statewide and congressional district winners. It also uses ranked-choice voting. Biden is leading by 12.5 percentage points with an estimated 72% of votes counted.
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Nevada: State election officials said they would not announce any additional results until Thursday at noon. Biden is leading by 0.6 percentage points with an estimated 86% of votes
counted.
Candidates on the Election
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Donald Trump said in a speech, “This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country. We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this
election. We did win this election. So our goal now is to ensure the integrity for the good of this nation. This is a very big moment. This is a major fraud in our nation. We want the law to be used in a proper manner. So we’ll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court. We want all voting to stop.”
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Joe Biden said in a speech, “I’ve been talking to the folks in Philly, Allegheny County, Scranton, and they’re really encouraged by the turnout and what they see. Look, we can know the results as early as tomorrow morning. But it may take a little longer. As I’ve said all along, it’s not my place or Donald Trump’s place to declare who’s won this election. That’s the decision of the American people. But I’m optimistic about this outcome.”
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