US Election 2020 report: Donald Trump in critical condition as result evolves

The election which is been keenly contested by Donald Trump (republican) and @Joe Biden (Democrat) has kept people around the in tension, waiting for the final result to be announced.

An Electoral College delegate carried out has shown that Joe Biden of the democrat 238 while Donald j trump has 214 out of 42 states as at the time of filling this report.

Joe Biden has declared it is “clear” he has won the US presidential election as Donald Trump launches legal challenges with the result still in the balance.

On Wednesday night, Mr. Biden was projected to have won Michigan and Wisconsin, putting him within touching distance of the White House.

The key states of Nevada and Georgia could be declaring in the next few hours – which mean the next president of the United States could be known very shortly.

However, Mr. Trump and his campaign have already claimed victory and are seeking to halt vote counts in battleground states through the courts, suggesting a turbulent few days to come.

Protests have already begun to escalate across as the election teeters on a knife-edge. In Detroit, video captured Trump backers as they stormed a vote counting Centre.

“Stop the count!” They chanted. “Stop the vote!”

Reports from some states still counting results

Donald Trump’s lead in Georgia has progressively dropped as votes are counted in the states. But why is this case?

The main explanation relates to where votes are being counted. Fulton County, the state’s largest, has just 7,500 absentee ballots left to go.

Fulton County is home to Atlanta and its suburbs, which all traditionally lean towards the Democrats. This means that as votes are counted, Donald Trump is unlikely to increase his lead.

Around 1,500 votes are being counted each hour, so the result could be revealed soon.

Absentee ballots are processed and verified by the Fulton County Registration and Elections Department in a large room at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

Right now, Joe Biden has 72.5 per cent of the vote in Fulton County, while Donald Trump trails with 26.3 per cent. Across the state as a whole Mr. Trump is just about in the lead, with 49.6 per cent versus Mr. Biden’s 49.2.

As batches of votes come in the president’s lead steadily drops. The big question remaining is how many ballots are left to count and whether this will be enough to close the gap between the two candidates.

Currently 96 per cent of votes have been counted, which means Mr. Biden’s chances of victory are tight.

But the common ground between each area of Georgia with outstanding votes is key: they are all blue areas. The nail-biting race continues.