By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Nov 5 : Seventeen electoral votes stand between Joe Biden/Kamala Harris and the White House. Or six electoral votes, depending on which version of the numbers you’re following. Either way, the Biden-Harris ticket believes it is on the brink of defeating Donald Trump and smashing through the 270 barrier to win the White House.
As the Trump White House absorbs the grim maths, The New York Times is reporting that Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner spent Wednesday hunting for a “James Baker-like” figure — the attorney who oversaw former President George W. Bush’s successful 2000 presidential election recount in Florida, to lead Trump’s “stop the count” lawsuit strategy.
At 10 a.m. EST on Thursday, Trump’s favourite network Fox News and The Associated Press have their numbers posted as 264-214 in Biden’s favour.
The AP called the race at 2.50 a.m. EST Wednesday, “after an analysis of ballots cast statewide concluded there were not enough outstanding to allow Trump to catch up”.
If we consider Arizona too close to call, then it’s 253-214 for Biden.
Updates on the latest vote count will be flowing thick and fast from state officials in Georgia, Nevada, Arizona and Pennsylvania all day Thursday.
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