U.S. election results: Joe Biden elected 46th president of the United States

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Democratic nominee Joe Biden has prevailed over incumbent President Donald Trump, according to projections. His running mate, Kamala Harris, makes history as the first woman and first Black U.S. vice-president

, Rust Belt states that had been reliably Democratic before going narrowly for Mr. Trump in 2016. Mr. Biden also looked to make inroads in once reliably red Republican bastions such as Georgia and Arizona, where demographic changes have favoured the Democrats.than in any other country, and accused the President of racism for his response to protests against police brutality.

But the Democrats failed to achieve the landslide repudiation of Mr. Trump that they had been hoping for. Instead, the President actually won more votes than he had in 2016 and fought Mr. Biden to a near-draw in several key swing states. Mr. Biden won by significantly boosting his own voter turnout; the more than 73 million votes for him are the most any presidential candidate has ever received.

In the coming weeks, Mr. Biden will also have to deal with the President’s attempts to undermine the legitimacy of the vote and challenge various aspects of it in court. Mr. Biden will not replace Mr. Trump in the White House until January 20, 2020. As Mr. Biden closed in on his victory, Mr. Trump made sweeping accusations of voter fraud and his campaign launched a wide-ranging legal battle.

People hold posters and campaign signs for U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and running mate, Senator Kamala Harris as they watch live results of the U.S. election at a bar in Taipei, Taiwan, November 4, 2020.

 

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Congratulations! Well done! Love from Canada!

How can Biden lose?polls and the press reinforced each other in anti Trump narratives-yes he doesn’t help himself. They said Dems were riding a wave towards taking the Senate and House to shape the election outcome -that’s election interference not to mention suppression Twitter

Congratulations USA

This is excellent for so very many reasons...

Only the second Catholic President in U.S. history. JFK was of course the first in 1960. RobertFife brianlilley brianrmitchell4

Corruption is deep. Media played a big part.

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Fraud. Cheaters. Will be exposed. So sad it had to come to this

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