Biden nears 270 in US elections

SANAA, Nov. 5 (YPA) – Democratic US presidential candidate Joe Biden is nearing 270 electoral votes after key victories in Michigan and Wisconsin, while President Donald Trump demanded a recount and threatened legal action.

Victories in those Midwestern states gave Biden a critical boost in the race to obtain the magic number of 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House.

Trump had won both Michigan and Wisconsin in 2016. With the count still underway, he has falsely declared victory, accusing the Democrats of trying to steal the election and vowed to fight the states in court.

Biden has so far secured 264 electoral votes while Trump stands at 214.

If Biden were to win in Nevada, which has 6 electoral votes, he would in theory have the necessary 270.

Neither candidate expected to win Nevada, which has only six electoral votes and is not usually paid much attention, to be the decisive state in this year’s elections.

Biden’s victory in Nevada would mean that he would be the 46th president of the United States, and his defeat to the president in the state would mean that the Democratic candidate must reverse the results of Georgia or North Carolina, where Trump is outnumbered, which is unlikely.

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