Votes are still being counted in key battleground states as the 2020 election between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden remains too close to call. Yahoo News is providing complete coverage throughout the day, with instant updates and analysis as the results come in.
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Pennsylvania vote count could be done by end of day, official says
On CNN, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar estimated that there are about 500,000 ballots yet to be counted and said the overwhelming majority could be counted by the end of the day.
President Trump currently lead Joe Biden by 108,000 votes in the Keystone State.
RA U.S. Marine is seen posted at the West Wing door, an indication that President Trump is in the Oval Office, as people wait for the results of the 2020 presidential on Nov. 5. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
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Joe Biden waves as he heads into a coronavirus briefing with staffers in Wilmington, Del., Thursday. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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For Biden, any of the four remaining battleground states will do
Via the Associated Press:
Democrat Joe Biden pushed closer Thursday to the 270 Electoral College votes he needed to win the White House, securing victories in the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan and narrowing President Trump’s path to reelection.
Two days after Election Day, neither candidate had amassed the votes needed to win the White House. But Biden’s victories in the Great Lakes states left him at 264, meaning he was one battleground state away — any would do — from becoming president-elect.
Trump, with 214 electoral votes, faced a much higher hurdle. To reach 270, he needed to claim all four remaining battlegrounds: Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia and Nevada.