WASHINGTON: The US presidential election race is on a knife edge, with no clear winner as vote-counting continues.
Results suggest tight contest between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic Joe Biden in major battlegrounds: Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
So far, Trump is projected to win 23 states, including Ohio, Texas, and must-win Florida, having outperformed pollsters’ predictions, BBC reported.
Meanwhile, Trump has made baseless claims of fraud saying he will launch a Supreme Court challenge.
The result of the US presidential election is on a knife edge, with Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic Joe Biden neck and neck in key swing states.
Trump today claimed to have won while vowing to launch a Supreme Court challenge, baselessly alleging fraud, BBC reported.
Earlier Biden said he was “on track” to victory.
Millions of votes still remain uncounted. Therefore, no candidate can claim victory as yet. Meanwhile, there has been no evidence of fraud.
The final result may not be known for days.
Over 100 million people cast their ballots in early voting before the Election Day, setting the country on course for the highest turnout in a century, according to BBC.
Trump, meanwhile, defied the pre-election polls to do better than predicted.
Biden, however, is in the race and the overall result is not yet clear.
Voters in the United States decide state-level contests rather than an overall, single, national one.
To be elected, a presidential candidate must win at least 270 votes in what is called the Electoral College.
The winner is determined by the outcome in each of the 50 states with each state winner collecting all the state’s electoral votes.
(With inputs from BBC)
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