US Election 2020 Results highlights: Results continue to pour in from across the United States. Democratic Party candidate and former vice president Joe Biden is taking on Republican Party’s nominee and incumbent President Donald Trump. California Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence are their respective running mates. Biden is leading Trump in the overall Electoral College vote tally. But, things can change as the margins are narrowing in multiple battleground states. Yet, Trump has moved court in three states over the ballot counting process. Voters were urged to vote early this time, especially through mail-in ballots, to avoid queues amid the coronavirus pandemic. Thus, over 101 million votes were cast and recorded even before the Election Day. Voters had cast about 73.4 percent of the total votes counted in the 2016 presidential election, even before Election Day. But counting of mail ballots is more laborious and that is delaying the result.
Who's ahead in the battleground states (as of 4.00 pm IST):
> Biden has won in Minnesota, Michigan, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. He is leading in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada with narrow margins.
> Trump has won in Florida, Iowa, Ohio and Texas. He is leading in North Carolina.
Watch out for what happens in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Arizona in the next few hours.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Donald Trump faces tough road in getting Supreme Court to intervene
Facing the potential for narrow losses in multiple battlegrounds, President Donald Trump might have a tough time persuading the Supreme Court to take up his call to intervene and prevent Joe Biden from becoming president.
Trump could need the court's help in two or more states, an unlikely scenario that is far different from what took place in 2000, the only time the court has effectively settled a presidential election. Twenty years ago, the entire fight was over Florida’s electoral votes and involved a recount as opposed to trying to halt the initial counting of ballots.
Trump's campaign and Republicans already are mounting legal challenges in several states, although most are small-scale lawsuits that do not appear to affect many votes.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Twitter flags 'president-elect Biden' posts as premature
Twitter on Friday flagged as premature posts referring to Joe Biden as "president-elect," as the vote count continued in the knife-edge US election with the Democrat leading Donald Trump in several key states.
Tweets referring to the former vice president with the victor's title and his running mate Kamala Harris as "vice president-elect" were tagged with messages saying counts were not yet final
"Official sources may not have called the race when this was tweeted," read a message below a post from Democratic Coalition co-founder and podcaster Scott Dworkin using the two titles for Biden and Harris.
The notice came with a link to information about the status of the election. (AFP)
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Donald Trump: I 'will never give up fighting for you'
President Donald Trump says he “will never give up fighting for you and our nation” as he is on the cusp of losing his bid for reelection.
He says in a statement released by his campaign: “We believe the American people deserve to have full transparency into all vote counting and election certification.” And he adds that, "This is no longer about any single election. This is about the integrity of our entire election process.”
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Joe Biden's lead inPennsylvania, meanwhile, continues to widen. CNN is reporting thatAllegheny County, which is the second largest county inPennsylvania, is still in the process of counting28,000 votes.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Mitt Romney: Donald Trump's election fraud claim wrong, 'reckless'
Key Republican lawmakers, including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, on Friday slammed President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election, even as GOP leaders struck a more neutral tone — and others urged the White House to fight.
Romney, now a senator from Utah, said Trump was within his rights to request recounts and call for investigations where evidence of irregularities exists.
But Trump “is wrong to say the election was rigged, corrupt and stolen,″ Romney said on Twitter. Trump’s claim ”damages the cause of freedom here and around the world ... and recklessly inflames destructive and dangerous passions,″ Romney said.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Away from the noise surrounding Pennsylvania and Georgia, here's The Associated Press taking a closer look at Arizona, which they have called for Joe Biden:
State officials say there are about 250,000 votes still to be counted in Arizona, a Western presidential battleground state, where Democrat Joe Biden has a 1.4 percentage point lead over Republican Donald Trump, an advantage of about 43,779 votes.
“The Associated Press continues to watch and analyze vote count results from Arizona as they come in,” said Sally Buzbee, AP’s executive editor. “We will follow the facts in all cases."
The vast majority of the ballots still being counted are from Maricopa County, the most populous area of the state.
The Trump campaign says it is confident the president will overtake Biden when all votes in the state are tallied.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Joe Biden widens gap in Pennsylvania
Joe Biden has furthered widened the gap in key battlegroundPennsylvania, where he is now leading by12,497 votes, as per latest batch of ballots.
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According to The Guardian, President Donald Trump is likely in the working areas of the West Wing, like the Oval Office right now. He hasn't addressed any press conference or released an official statement since the night-time (ET) press conference.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Philadelphia official says it could take days to count remaining votes
Lisa Deeley, chair of the Philadelphia City Commissioners said in a press conference that Philadelphia has about 40,000 ballots left to count, which could take several days to complete, CNN has reported.
"Ignore a lot of the noise that's going on, allow us to complete the counting process,"Philadelphia City Commissioner Omar Sabir said.
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Biden to address nation Friday evening, says campaign
Joe Biden will deliver an address to the nation Friday evening as he takes the lead in voting in key states needed to win the US presidential election, a campaign official said.
Biden -- who has stopped short of claiming victory but has been called "president-elect" by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- will speak later in the day from his home city of Wilmington, Delaware, the official said on condition of anonymity. (AFP)
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Joe Biden set to give primetime address
Joe Biden, who seems to be heading for a victory, will be giving primetime address at night Eastern Time, CNN has reported. His aides believe that he will be giving victory speech then, though that depends on when the race is called.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Battleground states and why they matter
Things now revolve around certain key battleground states in the US including Georgia, Nevada,Pennsylvania and Arizona (which The Associated Press and Fox News have called for Joe Biden).
Here's an explainer on the battleground states and why they matter.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Joe Biden widens lead in Nevada
CNN is reporting that Joe Biden's lead in Nevada has widened further. Biden is 20,000 votes ahead of Donald Trump.
What is interesting with Nevada is that if the state is called for Biden by Associated Press, that helps Biden reach the required 270 mark with the state's six electoral votes. However, other channels have not called Arizona yet, which AP has and which is giving Biden that advantage. In Arizona, much like other states, the contest is turning out to be a nail-biter.
US Election 2020 LIVE Updates | Wall Street pauses as Biden edges closer to victory
Wall Street's main indexes took a breather on Friday after sharp gains this week as Democrat Joe Biden edged closer to victory in a nail-biting election, while the monthly jobs report underlined the economic challenge facing America's next president.
"Markets have been pretty comfortable with that idea (of a Biden win), but if it's contested, it adds a little bit of uncertainty," said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James in St. Petersburg, Florida.
"Even with these states being really close, we might have to go back and recount, so we're in for a long period of uncertainty."
Despite Friday's losses, the benchmark S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq were on track for their best week since April as the prospect of a policy gridlock in Washington eased worries about tighter regulations on U.S. companies.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Over the course of past few hours, a lot has changed in certain key states. Here's a status update:
Pennsylvania (20):Joe Biden in lead by 8,867 votes
Georgia (16): Biden in lead by 1,585 votes
Nevada (6): Biden leading by 22,076 votes
Arizona (11):Biden leading by 43,779 votes
North Carolina (15):Trump leading by 76,737 votes
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | GOP divided over Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud
A key Republican senator said he saw no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s baseless claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election, even as GOP leaders struck a more neutral tone — and others urged the White House to fight.
Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, whose state is a key battleground in the presidential election, called the president’s claim of fraud “very disturbing.”
"There’s simply no evidence anyone has shown me of any widespread corruption or fraud," Toomey told "CBS This Morning."
Yet Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell struck a more neutral tone, and other top Republicans more defiantly urged Trump to fight to defeat Democrat Joe Biden.
“Every legal vote should be counted,” McConnell tweeted early Friday. “All sides must get to observe the process."
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Joe Biden's lead in Pennsylvania
declines slightly
Now, The Guardian is reporting that Joe Biden's lead inPennsylvania has declined slightly from 9,027 votes to 8,867 votes.
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Meanwhile, The Associated Press has said that it is still counting votes in the presidential election and has not declared a winner yet. The news agency has also been putting out explainers on why it still hasn't called the key races, including Georgia,Pennsylvania and Nevada.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Philadelphia police probe alleged plot to attack vote counting venue
Philadelphia police said on Friday they were investigating an alleged plot to attack the city's Pennsylvania Convention Center, where votes from the hotly contested U.S. presidential election were being counted.
Local police received a tip about a Hummer truck with people armed with firearms driving toward the vote counting venue late on Thursday, a Philadelphia Police spokesman said in an emailed statement.
Police arrested two men and seized their firearms as well as the Hummer truck about which they had received the tip, the spokesman said, adding the probe was being conducted by the police and the FBI.
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Meanwhile, The Spectator Index is now reporting that Joe Biden's lead in Navada has doubled and now stands at 22,076 votes.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | What are the recount rules for Georgia?
Automatic recount: No
Recount law: A candidate can request a recount if the margin of victory is less than or equal to 0.5 percentage point.
Deadline: A recount must be requested within two business days after results have been certified.
Who pays: State law does not specify who is responsible for recount costs.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | What are the recount rules for Pennsylvania?
Automatic recount: Yes
Recount law: A recount is automatic if the margin of victory is less than or equal to 0.5 percentage point. Two other avenues for requesting recounts include requiring at least three voter signatures that attest to an error in the vote tally, and going to state court to file petitions alleging fraud and error.
Deadline: By 5 p.m. on the second Thursday following the election, for automatic recounts. If a recount is requested, the deadline is five days after the election.
Who pays: The candidate requesting the recount.
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Now, The Spectator Index is reporting thatPennsylvania, too, might go for a recount.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Election officials worried by threats and protesters
Meanwhile, even as the votes are counted and we wait for an official call on the Presidency race, The Associated Press has reported that election officials in several closely contested states said they are worried about the safety of their workers amid threats and gatherings of angry protesters outside vote tabulation centers, drawn by President Donald Trump's baseless claim of widespread fraud in the race for the White House.
“I can tell you that my wife and my mother are very concerned for me,” said Joe Gloria, the registrar in Clark County, Nevada, which includes Las Vegas. He said his staff was bolstering security and tracking vehicles coming and going from the election offices.
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Larry Kudlow, Donald Trump's economic adviser has said that he thinks there will be a peaceful transfer of power amid Trump campaign's claim that the election is not over yet, and their likely move to knock the doors of the Supreme Court.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Joe Biden's lead narrows in Arizona
In what is turning out to be a nail-biter, Joe Biden's lead has narrowed in Arizona, The Guardian has reported.All eyes, currently, are onPennsylvania, which, if called for Biden, might make results in other states inconsequential.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Over 4,000 ballots yet to be counted in Georgia
CNN has reported that there are4,169 outstanding ballots yet to be counted across counties in battleground Georgia.
US Election 2020 Result LIVE Updates | Nancy Pelosi calls Joe Biden 'president-elect'
Although the race is yet to be called for Joe Biden after he secured a lead in the key battleground state ofPennsylvania, House Speaker and top Democrat Nancy Pelosi has calledBiden 'president-elect' .
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Here are some of the key developments from today:
> Joe Biden gained lead in key battleground states of Georgia andPennsylvania, making his path to the Presidency clearer.
> Donald Trump campaign, however, has responded saying the "election is not over".
>Some US outlets havecalled Pennsylvania, projecting Biden as the winner. They also declared him the next US President.
> There will be a recount in Georgia, where the difference in votes between Biden and Trump is thin.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Georgia secretary of state says there will be a recount
Georgia's secretary of stateBrad Raffensperger has confirmed there will be a recount in the state.“There will be a recount in Georgia,” Raffensberger said, according to The Guardian.
US Election 2020 Result LIVE Updates | Twitter bans former Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon's account over violence call
Twitter said Friday it permanently banned an account created by former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon which had called for the execution of federal officials during this week's post-election social media turmoil.
The @WarRoomPandemic account was "permanently suspended for violating the Twitter Rules, specifically our policy on the glorification of violence," a statement from the social media platform said.
Before the account was blocked, it included a call by Bannon to cut off the heads of FBI director Christopher Wray and top pandemic official Anthony Fauci.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Joe Biden campaign responds to reports that Donald Trump won't concede
Joe Biden's campaign has responded to reports suggesting that Donald Trump won't be conceding the election.
"As we said on July 19th, the American people will decide this election. And the United States government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the White House,” campaign spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement, according to CNN.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Donald Trump has tweeted:
Philadelpiha has got a rotten history on election integrity.
Trump was ostensibly quoting Fox News.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Joe Biden ahead in Georgia, Pennsylvania; Donald Trump attacks process
Democrat Joe Biden overtook President Donald Trump in the vote count in Pennsylvania and Georgia Friday morning, closing in on a presidency that hinges on the outcome of tight contests in key battleground states.
With millions of ballots yet to be tabulated, Biden has already received more than 73 million votes nationally, the most in history.
Trump showed no sign of giving up and was was back on Twitter around 2:30 a.m. Friday, insisting the “U.S. Supreme Court should decide!"
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Republican SenatorPat Toomey of Pennsylvania says he saw no evidence to support President Trump’s claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election and called the president's words “very disturbing", The Associated Press has reported.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Joe Biden leads in Pennsylvania by over 6,000 votes
With Pennsylvania posting the results of about 3,000 additional ballots in Bucks County, Joe Biden’s lead has grown to 6,737 votes, The Guardian has reported.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Here's The Associated Press explaining why the agency hasn't called the result yet:
A close margin and a large number of outstanding votes are what’s making the Pennsylvania contest between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden too early to call.
The Democrat opened a lead of about 6,000 votes over Trump, of more than 6.5 million votes cast — a lead of less than 0.1 percent. State law dictates that a recount must be held if the margin between the two candidates is less than 0.5%= percent. There are tens of thousands of votes left to count.
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CNN is reporting that Joe Biden's lead is increasing inPennsylvania, which has 20 electoral votes. This effectively narrows Donald Trump's path to victory, something that the Trump campaign has denied and said they would be challenging.
US Election 2020 Result LIVE Updates | Donald Trump campaign says 'this election is not over'
US Donald Trump's campaign said Friday that "this election is not over" as his challenger Joe Biden edged closer to victory in the cliffhanger White House race.
"This election is not over," a statement from campaign general counsel Matt Morgan said while making further allegations of irregularities.
"The false projection of Joe Biden as the winner is based on results in four states that are far from final," it said.
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CNN is reporting that Donald Trump campaign will challenge Joe Biden's victory, even as the election is yet to be called by major networks.
"This election is not over. The false projection of Joe Biden as the winner is based on results in four states that are far from final," Trump campaign general counsel Matt Morgan said in a statement.
US Election 2020 Result LIVE Updates | Meanwhile, the Donald Trump campaign has said that 'This election is not over', The Guardian is reporting.
US Election 2020 Result LIVE Updates | What is the status of rest of the votes in Philadelphia?
CNN is reporting that the remaining pool ofPhiladelphia votes yet to be counted is about25,000. That, according to a city official, is going to "take a while".
US Election 2020 Result LIVE Updates | AP says both Georgia and Pennsylvania too early to call
The Associated Press has said that both the Georgia andPennsylvaniaraces remain too early to call with votes still being counted. Neither candidate has reached the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, though Biden has the advantage after eclipsing Trump in Wisconsin and Michigan, two crucial Midwestern battleground states. Biden leads Trump by nearly 6,000 votes in Pennsylvania and just over 1,000 in Georgia.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Airspace restricted over Joe Biden's house
In another major development, CNN is now reporting that airspace has been restricted over Democratic nominee Joe Biden's house. According to CNN, new"national defense airspace" has bee put over his house inWilmington, Delaware.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Here's the latest vote count in Philadelphia
, whichshows that Joe Biden has 553,953 votes to PresidentDonald Trump’s 125,513, according to CNN.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | After Pennsylvania lead, an outlet calls the presidency for Joe Biden
Decision Desk HQ has calledPennsylvania and the Presidency along with it for Joe Biden. According to the number game, with 253already won,Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes make it 273 for Biden, enough to clear his path for the White House and become the 46th President of the US.
US Election 2020 Result LIVE Updates | Joe Biden leads in Pennsylvania, why does this matter?
For starters, this means that the paths are closing for Donald Trump to be back in the White House. WithoutPennsylvania and its 20 electoral votes, things are looking grim for the incumbent President. To add to that, Biden is now leading in Georgia, Nevada and Arizona, the key states to determine the Presidential race.
Trump's lead had already been dwindlingto about 18,000 votes with 95 percent of the ballots counted.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Joe Biden leads in Pennsylvania
After Georgia, Joe Biden has nowtaken a lead inPennsylvania by over 5,587 votes. The state has20 electoral votes, and Donald Trump cannot hope to win the presidential race if he does not winPennsylvania.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | What are the paths to victory for Joe Biden and Donald Trump?
Much of the delay has resulted from a flood of mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic -- and those votes have tended to favor Democrats. If Biden's lead in Arizona holds, and he wins Nevada or Georgia, he would pass the threshold of 270 electoral votes.
Should Trump hold North Carolina and Georgia but lose Arizona, he must take Nevada as well as Pennsylvania to win. Simply winning Pennsylvania will not be enough for the president.
Much to Trump's chagrin, Pennsylvania has decided to allow mailed ballots sent by election day but received up to three days afterwards to be counted. Authorities expect to complete the count by Friday.
Another factor that could keep the battle alive: The Trump campaign has unleashed a legal blitz in key states vital to the incumbent's reelection.
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Despite Trump-Erdogan ties, Turkey says it will work with whoever wins U.S. vote
Turkey is ready to work with whoever wins the U.S. election, two top Turkish officials said on Friday, despite a friendship with President Donald Trump that has helped the two countries through turbulent times.
"Regardless of which candidate takes office in the U.S., we will pursue a sincere approach to improve our relations," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.
"Of course, individuals have an impact, positive and negative. The sincere friendship between our president and Mr. Trump continued through the most difficult times," Cavusoglu said.
Analysts say Turkey's bilateral ties could suffer if Biden becomes U.S. president. The lira, which is already trading at a record low against the dollar, could come under more pressure. (Reuters)
