US election: Joe Biden closes in as count drags on

World Thursday 05/November/2020 16:30 PM
By: DW
US election: Joe Biden closes in as count drags on

Washington: Polls have closed across the US, but vote-counting could take some time due to the unprecedented number people who cast their ballots early. 

Donald Trump has won Florida, Texas, Ohio, Kentucky, Kansas, Louisiana, Indiana, Wyoming, West Virginia, South Carolina, Idaho, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Utah, South Dakota, North Dakota, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Montana.

Joe Biden has sealed Michigan, Wisconsin, Maine, Arizona, Hawaii, Minnesota, Colorado, New Mexico, California, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Illinois, Delaware and Connecticut, as well as the District of Columbia.

Five states still need to be called, with millions of votes uncounted.

Biden is six electoral votes away from reaching the 270 needed to reach the White House.