Joe Biden has taken a narrow lead in the key swing states of Wisconsin and Michigan, pushing him closer to an overall victory, despite Trump claiming overnight that he’d won the entire election, labeling it a ‘fraud’ that he didn’t yet have enough electoral college votes and vowing to go to the Supreme Court to challenge it.
Neither the President nor Joe Biden has yet reached the 270 electoral college votes they need to claim the White House and ballot counting will continue throughout the day and even the week.
But if Biden wins in Michigan and Wisconsin then takes Nevada – which he is expected to but where the result will take at least until tomorrow – he will storm to victory.
The lead keeps bouncing between the two candidates in the two key states of Wisconsin and Michigan – which are the next likely to be called – but on Wednesday morning, Biden inched ahead in both.
In Wisconsin, Biden is ahead with 49.4% of the vote to Trump’s 48.85%. In Michigan, Biden has now squeaked ahead 49.5% and Trump has 48.9% of the vote. Michigan holds significantly more electoral college votes – 16 – than Wisconsin’s 10.
Biden campaign officials welcomed the news on Wednesday morning, saying: ‘Things are moving to a conclusion — and moving to a conclusion in our favor.’
Pennsylvania has said will keep counting mail-in ballots until Friday and it’s unclear when a final result will come in in the other states. Trump is currently leading there with 54% of the vote but only 65% of the ballots have been counted.
Despite the huge outstanding uncertainty, Trump held a victory party on Tuesday night and said at the White House: ‘Frankly we did win this election. We want all voting to stop. We don’t want them to find any ballots at four in the morning and add them to the list.’
