WASHINGTON (Web Desk) – President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls gradually closing across the United States Tuesday — and then a long night of waiting for results ahead.
The first results are trickling in, with US media projecting wins for the Republican incumbent so far in Texas, Florida Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee — all states he won in 2016.
Biden has captured his home state Delaware and big prizes California and New York, as well as the US capital. As with Trump, so far, all states claimed by Biden were won by Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.
So far, that gives Biden 237 electoral votes and Trump a maximum of 210, because Nebraska splits its electoral votes based on congressional district (see note below).
The magic number is 270. Observers expect the hotly contested race for the White House to come down to a handful of key battleground states that have yet to be called.
On US election day, Trump says he feels very good about chances
President Donald Trump said he felt good about his chances for victory as US election day opened Tuesday.
He said he expected victory in all the key states that will decide the election, but said he would not “play games” by declaring his win too early.
Running behind in most opinion polls, Trump bashed Democratic opponent Joe Biden, “biased” media and the “extreme” left as he repeated his argument for reelection to four more years in the White House.
“Joe Biden is not prime time” he said.
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