By Nikhila Natarajan New York, Nov 7 : It is now clear that Kamala Harris, the first Indian American and Black American candidate on a US presidential ticket, will be America’s next Vice President, capping a historic run for the nation’s second-highest office.
The Biden-Harris ticket is at 273 electoral votes against 214 for Trump-Pence.
Harris’ mighty achievement comes at a time when the US President is rage tweeting as his hold on power slips away.
The Biden-Harris team knew the hammer would come down either late Friday or Saturday at best and even had a stage ready in Wilmington, Delaware since the evening of November 5.
With millions of votes still to be counted, the Biden-Harris ticket has received the most votes ever – more than 74 million – in the history of America’s elections.
Harris’ lightning fast political rise and her triumph marks a high point for women of colour in politics at an anxious time in American society.
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