US elections: 95% chance of a Donald Trump win, projects ‘The New York Times’
Significant number of votes were yet to be counted in several battleground states.
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Republican Party candidate and former President Donald Trump was leading Vice President Kamala Harris, who represents the Democratic Party, as the votes in the United States presidential elections were counted on Wednesday.
Trump had won Florida, Texas, Georgia, Ohio, West Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Utah and Alabama, among other states. This took his electoral college tally to 248 as of 12.30 pm Indian time on Wednesday, according to AP.
The popular votes determine the electoral college seats candidates win in every state. A candidate needs to win at least 270 out of the 538 electoral college votes in order to be elected as the president.
Trump, who served as the president between 2017 and 2021, was also leading in several other states, including Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona.
With this, Trump had a 95% chance of winning the election, The New York Times projected.
Harris had won California, New York, Washington, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, Illinois, Colorado and New Mexico. This took her electoral college tally to 214 as of 12.30 pm Indian time.
The Democratic Party candidate was leading in Maine and Minnesota.
A significant number of votes were yet to be counted even in several states where American news agencies and local news organisations had called the race.
The election is expected to come down to just...
