Georgia's vote count was delayed by a burst pipe in a polling centre. Biden's hopes of flipping Florida and, even less likely Texas, were soon dashed on Tuesday evening, as he failed to get out the vote, particularly the Latino vote in Florida, in his favour and made no inroads in rural communities. Biden also beat Barack Obama's 2008 popular vote record with over 70 million votes. The election saw the highest turnout ever, some 161 million votes (according to Bloomberg). In some states, such as Texas, Montana and Hawaii, the early vote was greater than the entire 2016 turnout. Around 100 million Americans voted early, either by mail-in ballot or in-person, a stunning number, caused mostly by the coronavirus pandemic. Here's a round-up of some of the key moments we've lived through in this presidential election: It feels like this time yesterday was a lifetime ago.
And in Portland, Oregon where civil unrest has ruled for months now, protests focused not only on vote counting, but police brutality too. Meanwhile, from New York City to Seattle, thousands of demonstrators turned out to demand that every vote be tallied. This is evidence of democracy, not fraud.” “Everyone should want all the votes to be counted, whether they were mailed or cast in person,” said the statement signed by Clint Hickman, the GOP chair of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, and Democratic Supervisor Steve Gallardo. Paul Gosar, an Arizona Republican and staunch Trump supporter, joined the crowd, declaring: “We’re not going to let this election be stolen. Wearing Trump gear, the Phoenix protesters filled much of the parking lot at the Maricopa County election center, and members of the crowd chanted, “Fox News sucks!” in anger over the network declaring Joe Biden the winner in Arizona yesterday. The protests came as the president insisted without evidence that there were major problems with the voting and the ballot counting, especially with mail-in votes, and as Republicans filed suit in various states over the election. Trump fans harass election offices in Michigan, Arizonaĭozens of angry supporters of President Donald Trump descended on vote-counting centres in Detroit and Phoenix as the returns went against him Wednesday in the two key states, while thousands of anti-Trump protesters demanding a complete tally of the ballots in the still-undecided election took to the streets in cities across the U.S. Republicans likely to retain the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wins re-election in Kentucky, while minority Democrat congresswomen "The Squad" all win fresh terms Biden: "To make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as enemies. Twitter slaps warnings on Trump tweets falsely claiming foul play over continued ballot counting "they are finding Biden votes all over the place" Biden says he's "on track to win this election" but quickly points out he's not claiming he's won it, something Trump did in a shameful speech last night, in which he threw doubt on the integrity of the election
That request would cost $3 million as the margin isn't tight enough to really require a recount. Trump says he's filing lawsuits to attempt to halt the routine ballot count in Pennsylvania and Michigan, and he's demanding a recount in Wisconsin, where he's lost by around 1%. Result from Georgia expected by Thursday morning with Pennsylvania, North Carolina to take longer Trump is up in Georgia (by 0.5% with 95% reported) and Alaska (by 30% with 56% reported with remaining mail-in ballots to be counted next week) Trump leads by 2.6% with 89% of votes reported, but the remaining votes to be counted are expected to favour Biden. Pennsylvania expects to have most ballots counted by Friday. The outstanding states with electoral college votes are: Georgia (16), Nevada (6), Pennsylvania (20), North Carolina (15), Alaska (3). Nevada is not expected to report final numbers until Thursday morning. Which is exactly what's on offer in Nevada, where Biden is around 8,000 votes up with 86% of votes counted. Michigan has now been called by AP for Biden, meaning per their tally he is on 264 electoral college votes, just six shy of the winning number.
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