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Biden wins the presidency, defeating Trump

June 16, 2021
in General News
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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on October 30, 2020 shows
US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Londonderry, New Hampshire on October 25, 2020.
Democratic Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a voter mobilization event in Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 12, 2020, where he will speak to the importance of Ohioans making their voices heard this election. (Photos by MANDEL NGAN and JIM WATSON / AFP)

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on October 30, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Londonderry, New Hampshire on October 25, 2020. Democratic Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a voter mobilization event in Cincinnati, Ohio, on October 12, 2020, where he will speak to the importance of Ohioans making their voices heard this election. (Photos by MANDEL NGAN and JIM WATSON / AFP)

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Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected the 46th president of the United States, narrowly emerging victorious from a contentious White House campaign that stretched days past election night, as vote tallies in several swing states were slowed by an unprecedented surge in mail-in ballots.

Biden edged President Trump, who in the days since voting ended has falsely claimed a premature victory and baselessly said Democrats were trying to steal the election. The Trump campaign is still contesting the process in several states, and said in a statement Friday morning: “This election is not over.”

Despite the president’s rhetoric, Biden’s team projected confidence as ballots were tabulated, knowing that large chunks of the vote still to be counted were in diverse Democratic strongholds like Milwaukee, Detroit and Philadelphia.

Americans are also electing members to the two chambers of Congress, the main law-making body of the US. Those chambers are the Senate and the House of Representatives. Biden wins the presidency

Without support in the Senate and the House, the president’s ability to enact key policies is severely limited.

The winner of the election is determined through a system called the electoral college. Each of the 50 states, plus Washington DC, is given a number of electoral college votes, adding up to a total of 538 votes. More populous states get more electoral college votes than smaller ones.

A candidate needs to win 270 electoral college votes (50% plus one) to win the election. Biden wins the presidency

In every state except two – Maine and Nebraska – the candidate that gets the most votes wins all of the state’s electoral college votes.

Due to these rules, a candidate can win the election without getting the most votes at the national level. This happened at the last election, in which Donald Trump won a majority of electoral college votes although more people voted for Hillary Clinton across the US.

Biden wins the presidency
Biden wins the presidency

How are the results reported?

The election results on this page are reported by the Associated Press (AP). AP “call” the winner in a state when they determine that the trailing candidate has no path to victory. This can happen before 100% of votes in a state have been counted. Biden wins the presidency

Estimates for the total vote in each state are also provided by AP. The numbers update throughout election night, as more data on voter turnout becomes available.

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StateCandidateVoteStatus
AlaskaDan Sullivan (R) Incumbent62.3%58.37% reporting
Al Gross (D)32.1%58.37% reporting
John Wayne Howe (O)5.5%58.37% reporting
AlabamaTommy Tuberville (R)60.4%Declared
Doug Jones (D) Incumbent39.6%Declared
ArkansasTom Cotton (R) Incumbent66.7%Declared
Ricky Harrington (O)33.3%Declared
ArizonaMark Kelly (D)51.3%Declared
Martha McSally (R) Incumbent48.7%Declared
ColoradoJohn Hickenlooper (D)53.4%Declared
Cory Gardner (R) Incumbent44.4%Declared
Raymon Doane (O)1.7%Declared
DelawareChristopher Coons (D) Incumbent59.5%Declared
Lauren Witzke (R)37.9%Declared
Mark Turley (O)1.6%Declared
Georgia (special election)Raphael Warnock (D)32.9%Runoff
Kelly Loeffler (R) Incumbent25.9%Runoff
Doug Collins (R)20%Runoff
GeorgiaDavid Perdue (R) Incumbent49.8%Runoff
Jon Ossoff (D)47.9%Runoff
Shane Hazel (O)2.3%Runoff
IowaJoni Ernst (R) Incumbent51.8%Declared
Theresa Greenfield (D)45.2%Declared
Rick Stewart (O)2.2%Declared
IdahoJim Risch (R) Incumbent62.6%Declared
Paulette Jordan (D)33.3%Declared
Natalie Fleming (O)2.9%Declared
IllinoisRichard Durbin (D) Incumbent53%Declared
Mark Curran (R)40.3%Declared
Willie Wilson (O)4%Declared
KansasRoger Marshall (R)53.5%Declared
Barbara Bollier (D)41.6%Declared
Jason Buckley (O)4.9%Declared
KentuckyMitch McConnell (R) Incumbent57.8%Declared
Amy McGrath (D)38.2%Declared
Brad Barron (O)4%Declared
LouisianaBill Cassidy (R) Incumbent59.3%Declared
Adrian Perkins (D)19%Declared
Derrick Edwards (D)11.1%Declared
MassachusettsEdward Markey (D) Incumbent66.5%Declared
Kevin O’Connor (R)33.5%Declared
MaineSusan Collins (R) Incumbent51.1%Declared
Sara Gideon (D)42.2%Declared
Lisa Savage (O)5%Declared
MichiganGary Peters (D) Incumbent49.8%Declared
John James (R)48.3%Declared
Valerie Willis (O)0.9%Declared
MinnesotaTina Smith (D) Incumbent48.8%Declared
Jason Lewis (R)43.5%Declared
Kevin O’Connor (O)5.9%Declared
MississippiCindy Hyde-Smith (R) Incumbent56%Declared
Mike Espy (D)42.1%Declared
Jimmy Edwards (O)1.9%Declared
MontanaSteve Daines (R) Incumbent55%Declared
Steve Bullock (D)45%Declared
North CarolinaThom Tillis (R) Incumbent48.7%100% reporting
Cal Cunningham (D)46.9%100% reporting
Shannon Bray (O)3.1%100% reporting
NebraskaBen Sasse (R) Incumbent67.6%Declared
Chris Janicek (D)26.1%Declared
Gene Siadek (O)6.4%Declared
New HampshireJeanne Shaheen (D) Incumbent56.7%Declared
Corky Messner (R)40.9%Declared
Justin O’Donnell (O)2.4%Declared
New JerseyCory Booker (D) Incumbent58.4%Declared
Rikin Mehta (R)40%Declared
Madelyn Hoffman (O)0.8%Declared
New MexicoBen Ray Lujan (D)51.6%Declared
Mark Ronchetti (R)45.7%Declared
Bob Walsh (O)2.6%Declared
OklahomaJim Inhofe (R) Incumbent62.9%Declared
Abby Broyles (D)32.8%Declared
Robert Murphy (O)2.2%Declared
OregonJeff Merkley (D) Incumbent57.1%Declared
Jo Rae Perkins (R)39.3%Declared
Gary Dye (O)1.8%Declared
Rhode IslandJohn Reed (D) Incumbent66.3%Declared
Allen Waters (R)33.7%Declared
South CarolinaLindsey Graham (R) Incumbent54.5%Declared
Jaime Harrison (D)44.2%Declared
Bill Bledsoe (O)1.3%Declared
South DakotaMike Rounds (R) Incumbent65.7%Declared
Dan Ahlers (D)34.3%Declared
TennesseeBill Hagerty (R)62.2%Declared
Marquita Bradshaw (D)35.1%Declared
Elizabeth McLeod (O)0.6%Declared
TexasJohn Cornyn (R) Incumbent53.6%Declared
Mary Hegar (D)43.8%Declared
Kerry McKennon (O)1.9%Declared
VirginiaMark Warner (D) Incumbent55.6%Declared
Daniel Gade (R)44.4%Declared
West VirginiaShelley Moore Capito (R) Incumbent70.4%Declared
Paula Jean Swearengin (D)26.9%Declared
David Moran (O)2.7%Declared
WyomingCynthia Lummis (R)73.1%Declared
Merav Ben-David (D)26.9%Declared

The US legislature, Congress, has two chambers. The lower chamber, the House of Representatives, has 435 voting seats, each representing a district of roughly similar size. There are elections in each of these seats every two years.

The upper chamber, the Senate, has 100 members, who sit for six-year terms. One-third of the seats come up for election in each two-year cycle. Each state has two senators, regardless of its population; this means that Wyoming, with a population of less than 600,000, carries the same weight as California, with almost 40 million. Biden wins the presidency

Most legislation needs to pass both chambers to become law, but the Senate has some important other functions, notably approving senior presidential appointments, for instance to the supreme court.

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In most states, the candidate with the most votes on election day wins the seat. However, Georgia and Louisiana require the winning candidate to garner 50% of votes cast; if no one does, they hold a run-off election between the top two candidates. Biden wins the presidency

Biden at age 10 (1953)

How are the results reported?

The election results on this page are reported by the Associated Press (AP). AP “call” the winner in a state when they determine that the trailing candidate has no path to victory. This can happen before 100% of votes in a state have been counted.

Estimates for the total vote in each state are also provided by AP. The numbers update throughout election night, as more data on voter turnout becomes available.

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