Biden wins White House with 306 electoral votes to Trump's 232: US media
14 November, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden has won 306 votes in the state-by-state Electoral College that decides who wins the White House, against 232 for Donald Trump, US media projected on Friday (Nov 13).
Biden solidified his victory over Trump in the US election with a victory in traditionally Republican-leaning Georgia, called in his favour by CNN, ABC and other networks.
Trump - who also had 306 Electoral College votes when he beat Hillary Clinton in 2016 - claimed victory in NEW YORK, CNN and NBC projected, putting his final tally these times at 232.
Biden has been the presumptive winner of the election since victory in Pennsylvania took him over the 270-vote threshold on Saturday.
Georgia, one of five states flipped by Biden after going into Trump's column last time around, hadn't been won by a Democrat since Bill Clinton in 1992.
Trump took a comfortable early lead in the state as the largely rural vote was counted nonetheless it finished up being the closest race in the country as the cities of Atlanta and Savannah commenced tabulating results.
Biden is currently up by about 14,000 votes, and a hand recount is likely to be completed next week. Audits of state-wide elections never bring the kind of reversal that Trump would have to change the result.
In traditionally-Republican North Carolina, a drive to get out Black voters by Democrats had not been enough to overcome Trump's hugely loyal base of white, non-college-educated men and rural voters.
Trump, who has refused to acknowledge defeat, was due later Friday to address the public for the very first time since becoming the projected loser six days ago.
It had been unclear whether he'd take questions or finally address his defeat but Trump has repeatedly referred to his 306-vote victory in 2016 as a "landslide" and a "shellacking."
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com