US election results LIVE: Results slow in Pennsylvania; Trump yet ahead

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: Among key states with most electoral votes, Trump is leading in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Texas and Florida. Joe Biden is ahead in Arizona, Nevada, California, NYC

9:08 AM

US election results LIVE: Biden's lead widens in Georgia, trims in Arizona

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8:14 AM

US Election Results 2020 LIVE Updates: Where things stand in remaining states

The following shows the state of play and potential outlook for these seven states, two days after voters flocked to the polls nationwide in a surge in turnout.

 

Arizona (11 Votes)

 

The Associated Press has called the race for Biden.

 

Where it stands: Biden led Trump by almost 56,000 votes as per latest update.

Wisconsin (10 Votes)

 

The AP has called the race for Biden.

 

Where it stands: Unofficial counts showed Biden with 20,808 more votes than Trump.

Michigan (16 Votes)

Where it stands: Biden won Michigan with 50.6% of the vote, compared with Trump’s 47.9% according to figures posted on the Michigan secretary of state website that showed 5.5 million votes had been tallied.

Nevada (6 Votes)

 

The state has yet to be called.

 

Where it stands: Biden has retained a narrow lead of around 11,000 votes as ballots continue to be counted. 

Pennsylvania (20 Votes)

 

The state has yet to be called.

 

Where it stands: Trump was leading Biden by about 42,000 votes

Georgia (16 Votes)

 

The state has yet to be called.

 

Where it stands: Trump led Biden by less than 2,500 votes

North Carolina (15 Votes)

 

The state has yet to be called.

 

Where it stands: Trump led Biden by about 76,000 votes 

8:04 AM

US-China tensions will remain even if Biden joins Paris climate pact, say observers

Chinese observers say that Washington and Beijing have more challenges to overcome even if they work together on the climate change issue, even as US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has said that he will immediately rejoin the Paris climate pact if elected as the president.

 

Even though the relationship between the US and China might improve on the climate change issue if Biden fulfills his promise, Shi Yinhong, an expert on US affairs at Renmin University in Beijing, stated that both sides would have other challenges to deal with, reports Echo Xie for South China Morning Post.

 

"China and the US could seek cooperation on areas such as climate change, non-proliferation, global health, and civilian cybersecurity in principle, but the results would be limited," he said.

 

Li Shuo, a senior global policy adviser for Greenpeace East Asia in Beijing.

7:59 AM

US daily Covid-19 cases hit record two days running, topping 120,000: Johns Hopkins

7:57 AM

US Election Results 2020 LIVE Updates: Pennsylvania has less than 10% of absentee ballots left to count

Pennsylvania has less than 10% of its absentee ballots left to count, according to data posted on the official election site.

7:55 AM

US Election Results 2020 LIVE Updates: Results slow in Pennsylvania as officials count some ballots by hand

With more than 100,000 mail-in ballots still uncounted in Pennsylvania, results have slowed as officials hand count some ballots that could not be scanned by machines.

7:46 AM

US Election Results 2020 LIVE Updates: Republicans disagree with Trump's 'fraud counting' claims

A few Republicans are breaking with President Donald Trump’s efforts to falsely claim victory again by accusing, without evidence

 

Who said what?

 

Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who spoke at a recent Trump campaign rally, tweeted saying that if a candidate believes “a state is violating election laws they have a right to challenge it in court & produce evidence in support of their claims." “Taking days to count legally cast votes is NOT fraud. And court challenges to votes cast after the legal voting deadline is NOT suppression," said Rubio.

 

From retirement, former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, said, " “No Republican should be okay with the President’s statements just now. Unacceptable. Period.”

 

Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Hogan said, "There is no defense for the President’s comments tonight undermining our Democratic process. America is counting the votes, and we must respect the results as we always have before.”

 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Trump ally who won reelection Tuesday in Kentucky, said, "Claiming you’ve won the election is different from finishing the counting.”

7:17 AM

Judge orders US postal service to do twice daily sweeps for states still receiving ballots, reports Reuters

7:06 AM

US Election Results 2020 LIVE Updates: Where the vote-counting stands in Georgia

With over 18,000 ballots still outstanding across the state, Biden, with 24,43,364 votes, stands close in the race with Trump's 24,46,850, at 7 am IST. 

7:02 AM

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: Trump’s lead in Pennsylvania is now less than 60,000

Erie County, Pa., a bellwether county that voted for Trump in 2016, just flipped to Biden.

6:59 AM

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: Why does a win in Pennsylvania matter?

Pennsylvania is now referred to by most experts as the tipping point, meaning if you win Pennsylvania, you're going to carry enough other states to get the 270 electoral votes. The state carries 20 electoral votes.
 

Trump is seen leading in the state,however Biden has managed to narrow the gap

 

Georgia		Est. vote count 99%
Candidates	Votes	Per cent
Donald Trump	3,267,879	49.9%
Joe Biden	3,209,598	49%
Jo Jorgensen	75,348	1.1%

6:46 AM

Democracy sometimes messy, requires little patience: Biden on delayed election results

Democracy is sometimes messy and requires a little patience, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has said as the counting of votes for the US election is taking longer than usual.

 

"In America, the vote is sacred. It's how the people of this nation express their will. And it is the will of the voters, no one and not anything else that chooses the President of the United States. So, each ballot must be counted and that's what is going on now. And that's how it should be, Biden said in his address to the media in Delaware on Thursday.

 

"Democracy is sometimes messy, so sometimes it requires a little patience. But that patience has been rewarded now for more than 240 years with a system of governance that has been the envy of the world. We continue to feel very good about where things stand, he said.

In the US election, voters decide state-level contests rather than a single, national one. Each US state gets a certain number of Electoral College votes partly based on the size of the population, with a total of 538 up for grabs.

 

6:38 AM

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: No one is going to take our democracy away from us. Not now, not ever, says Biden

America has come too far, fought too many battles, and endured too much to let that happen, says Joe Biden.

6:36 AM

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: The people will not be silenced, be bullied, or surrender, says Biden

6:35 AM

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: Can't have an election stolen like this, says Trump

We think we will win the election very easily. We think this is going to be a lot of litigation because we have so much evidence & it's going to end up, perhaps, at the highest court in the land....we can't have an election stolen like this: US President Donald Trump

6:32 AM

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: Trump campaign looses lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia

US courts have dismissed Trump campaign's lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia related to electoral malpractice.

 

In Michigan, the campaign had sought to stop counting of absentee ballots, while in Georgia it had alleged that even improper ballots were being counted.

 

Multiple news networks have declared Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden winner in Michigan.

6:25 AM

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: Biden narrows gap in Georgia

Long a Republican stronghold, southern Georgia has recently become more of a battleground state due to its growing black electorate. In the 2018 governor’s election, Republican Brian Kemp defeated Democrat Stacey Abrams by just 1.4 percentage points. The state has 16 electoral votes.

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Georgia		Est. vote count 99%
Candidates	Votes	Per cent
Donald Trump	2,446,850	49.4%
Joe Biden	2,443,364	49.3%
Jo Jorgensen	61,227	1.2%

 

6:18 AM

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: There has been a lot of shenanigans and we can’t stand for that in our country, says Donald Trump

6:17 AM

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: If you count the legal vote, I easily win, says Trump

If you count the legal vote, I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us....I have already decisively won many critical states....We won by historic numbers: US President Donald Trump

5:50 AM

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: Trump’s lead in Georgia narrows to less than 4,000

More votes have been reported in Chatham and Clayton Counties, narrowing Trump’s lead in Georgia to less than 4,000.

5:49 AM

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: Democrat Joe Biden declares "no doubt" he would beat President Donald Trump

5:45 AM

US election results 2020 LIVE: Trump says will win unless Democrats steal polls

5:45 AM

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: Trump is speaking from the White House

President Trump is speaking right now from the White House briefing room.

5:28 AM

US election results 2020 LIVE updates: Donald Trump to address media shortly

3:00 AM

Pennsylvania which could decide the Presidential race ‘definitely could’ announce results by day’s end, reports New York Times. While Trump is ahead in the state, Biden is steadily cutting down the lead

2:54 AM

I urge people to stay patient and calm, every vote must count. We've to keep trusting the process: Biden says in his brief address to the nation

2:35 AM

Biden is trump card for India-US trade

With Democrat Joe Biden nearing majority to overthrow Donald Trump as the President of the United States, expectations heighten for improved bilateral trade ties with India. Besides restoration of the duty-free access scheme for New Delhi will be tough, a more lenient stance on the H1B visa regime and reformation and revival of the World Trade Organization (WTO) look likely, say experts. Read more here

2:25 AM

US at inflexion point: Who's better for South Asia?

As Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden advances steadily to the 270-vote mark that will enable him to take up office in the White House, analysts are beginning to discuss what the new US Administration’s policies could mean for South Asia and India. Read more here

2:09 AM

Biden-Trump counting presses ahead 2 days after Election Day

Election officials in key battlegrounds pressed forward Thursday with presidential vote counting as Democrat Joe Biden urged patience and President Donald Trump pursued legal options, insisting the processing of ballots should be stopped.

 

The president spent Thursday at the White House, working the phones and escalating efforts to sow doubt about the outcome of the race. In a series of tweets, he pushed baseless allegations of electoral misconduct and said the ongoing vote count of ballots submitted before and on Election Day should cease. Trump followed up with an all-caps official campaign statement. (AP)

1:28 AM

Where the race to 270 stands

Joe Biden is currently leading the White House race with 253 electoral votes, while President Trump has 214.

 

Biden is chipping away at President Trump's lead in Georgia and Pennsylvania, but the race in those states is still too early to call as votes continue to be counted. Biden is also leading in Nevada, where officials say it may take days to declare a winner.

 

How can Biden win:

 

One scenario is Biden needs to win just one state of Georgia (16 electoral votes) or Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes) where he is steadily closing the gap with the President.

 

Another scenario is Biden just need to hold on to the lead in Nevada (6 electoral votes). Arizona has already been called in favour of Biden, by the Associated Press.  

 

How can Trump win:

 

The road to White House is much more complex and tiring for Trump than Biden

 

Trump has to desperately win three swing states of Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. He also needs to wrest lead from Biden in Nevada, which brings him closer to the halfway mark.