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Middle blue on the edges donald trump the republicans are taking a bite out of the heartland from north dakota all the way down to texas and of course the joe biden winning on the west coast as well as on the east coast california we see there in the biden column new york of course in the biden column what the democrats are trying to do is trying to redraw this map very much what it might have looked like in 2008 when barack obama was able to win his 1st president ial cycle that means winning states like North Carolina lets look at the next graphic North Carolina is absolutely essential to joe biden specifically because it looks like hes lost florida and may very well lose in the state of pennsylvania donald trump 50 percent. Joe biden at about 48 percent with 94 percent of the votes coming in at this point now its very interesting bill Stepien Campaign manager has been crunching the numbers and all along he has said that the president has about 3 pathways to 270. 00 electoral votes No
Days of the projections we have for you at this hour starting in kentucky with 8 Electoral College votes they go the way of donald trump that is exactly as we would expect but just have a look at some of the detail on it of the popular vote and its solid isnt it 53 percent with 14 percent and this is just how to understand it even with 14 only 14 percent of precincts reporting it is enough for us to be able to make a solid projection for donald trump also looking at vermont which is going to the column of joe biden the 3 Electoral College votes which the democratic candidate pretty much always gets at this time of the night and just running through a few others now the polls are close but that doesnt mean we can actually decide at this point indiana too early to call in indiana with its 11 South Carolina as well if its 9 its too early to call as is virginia more on offer in virginia 13 that should be blue when the time comes but it was a swing state in past years and finally we will lo
United states while the announcement has sparked celebrations across the country large crowds have gathered in washington d. C. As well as new york city and philadelphia well lets go live now to alan fischer in washington d. C. Yes so allan we know that the Trump Campaign is contesting this vote but it has been called so joe biden is now finally i guess after days since the election president elect of the United States. Well here is when the states can from the Election Results of the still a few steps but the convention is that when the media call and the data points in that direction then there is a call on who is the president elect in this time of the United States theyve decided that joe biden is well enough states enough elect a College Coach that would mean that he cannot be defeated therefore he is the president elect and will be sworn in on january the 20th 2021 it was saturday the day after the last inauguration that hundreds of thousands of people gathered in washington d. C
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