Democratic presidential candidate Joseph Biden broke the nation’s record for the most popular votes received in the elections. This was reported to RIA Novosti with reference to CNBC.
According to the channel, the politician received the largest number of votes in the history of the country and broke the record of Barack Obama, set in 2008, when he received about 69.5 million votes, gaining 52.93%.
According to Fox News, Joe Biden had 70,722,759 votes (50.3%) at time of publication
Earlier, NBC reported that the authorities in Wisconsin, where Biden is in the lead, processed all ballots in the US general election.
However, the American media has not yet named the name of the winner of the Wisconsin election. According to the TV company, Biden is in the lead there with 49.5% of the vote, Trump – 48.8%. Earlier, Biden’s campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon said the Democrat would win in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin is among a relatively small number of wavering states – those where until the last moment it is not clear which party and which candidate will prevail in the elections. A victory in Wisconsin gives the candidate 10 electoral votes out of the 270 required to become president.
Earlier, Trump’s headquarters said there was no access to tracking the counting of votes in Michigan. In this regard, Trump’s representatives have filed a lawsuit to suspend the counting of votes, said headquarters manager Bill Stepien.
The incumbent himself said about the manipulation of votes in a number of key states. According to him, votes for his Democratic opponent Joe Biden were suddenly found in the states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.
According to the latest data from an Izvestia correspondent in the US, Trump is behind Biden over the night of the vote count.
Moreover, both presidential candidates have already announced their victory.
On November 3, presidential elections were held in the United States. The rival of the incumbent head of state, Republican Donald Trump, is the former US Vice President, Democrat Joseph Biden.
The US electoral system assumes that the candidate with the most American votes may not always be the winner. The fact is that the choice of the head of the country rests with an electoral college of 538 people representing their states. The number of electors from each state is equal to the number of representatives of the state in Congress. In elections, electors must vote for the candidate who previously won in their state, but there is no law binding them to this.