Presidential Election Undecided as Trump, Biden See Tight Races in Key States

Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Nevada. After former Vice President Joe Biden was named the winner of Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday afternoon, these three states could decide the election.
Biden officially holds 264 electoral votes and Trump has 214. The winner needs 270. Biden needs to secure an additional 6 electoral college votes; Trump, 57. Pennsylvania is a must-win for Trump, but mail-in ballots that make up the remaining votes are expected to continue heavily favoring Biden and could give him an edge to carry the Keystone State.
Tallies from Alaska (3 electoral votes) and Nevada (6 electoral votes) are also outstanding. Alaska is a heavy favorite to go to Trump. Nevada, where Biden is ahead by less than 1 percentage point, might not have its final results until Thursday. North Carolina is also still undecided, but Trump holds a lead of more than 1 percentage point.
If Biden wins Nevada, it would be enough for him to reach 270 electoral votes. Trump’s path includes winning Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada.
Biden could also secure the presidency if he carries Georgia, which could be called Wednesday, or Pennsylvania, which has 20 electoral votes. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, said his state’s results could be finished counted by the end of Wednesday or Thursday. It is taking Pennsylvania the longest to finish counting all votes because of the deluge of 2.6 million mail-ballots the state received during the coronavirus pandemic. Despite requests from election officials, Republican-controlled state legislatures in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin refused to change their state laws to allow extended pre-processing of ballots before Election Day..
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Joe Biden makes history with total votes received, beating Barack Obama’s record.
With votes still being counted, former Vice President Joe Biden has broken the record for most votes received by a presidential candidate and now has amassed more than 70 million. The record was held by Barack Obama, who in the 2008 election received 69,498,516 votes when he beat John McCain, the late Republican senator.
Biden eclipsed that mark at 1:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, according to The New York Times, and he later broke the 70-million vote threshold.
President Donald Trump also has a chance to break Obama’s previous record for the popular vote. By 3:30 p.m. ET, Trump had more than 67.6 million votes.
Source: usatoday.com