WASHINGTON: Votes are being counted to elect America’s next president and so far Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden is leading the polls with 264 electoral votes. Biden needs just six more votes to deny Trump a second term.
The Republican President Donald Trump is being challenged by Democrat Joe Biden who is inches closer to victory. The later is popularly known as Barack Obama’s vice-president and has been in politics since 1970.
President Donald Trump’s campaign said Wednesday it was demanding a recount in Wisconsin, where returns show Democrat Joe Biden with a major lead.
“There have been reports of irregularities in several Wisconsin counties which raise serious doubts about the validity of the results,” campaign manager Bill Stepien said in a statement. “The president is well within the threshold to request a recount and we will immediately do so.”
Wisconsin is one of a handful of states where the fate of the US election hung in balance before Biden’s clean sweep.
As it stands, there are four states still left uncalled, including major prizes such as Pennsylvania — meaning both Trump and Biden still have a path to victory.
US media outlets have projected wins for the Republican incumbent in 23 states including big prizes Florida and Texas, as well as Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Ohio — all states he won in 2016.
Biden has captured 20 states including his home state Delaware and big prizes California and New York, as well as the US capital. The former vice president has flipped one state won by Trump in 2016 — Arizona, in the southwest.
Nebraska split its electoral votes between the two — four for Trump and one for Biden. Maine was won by Biden, but so far, he has only three of the four electoral votes on offer, with the last still to be decided.
Biden also won in Michigan and Wisconsin, grabbing another 26 electroal votes to be within touching distance of taking presidency.
So far, that gives Biden 264 electoral votes and Trump 214.
The results are flowing in, with US media projecting wins for the Republican incumbent so far in 22 states including big prize Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee — all states he won in 2016.
