The outcome of the US presidential election was still suspended Thursday morning in a few key states where the vote count was still underway, and the race too close to declare a winner. Update on the situation in each of them.
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Each state assigns a certain number of electors. With those already determined, Joe Biden currently has 253 or 264 electors, due to uncertainties over results in Arizona, and Donald Trump 214.
It takes 270 to get to the White House.
Alaska’s three big voters have yet to be awarded, but no Democrats have won in decades and the outcome of the poll is in no doubt.
11 major voters at stake.
Joe Biden won 50.5% of the vote, against 48.1% for Donald Trump, a difference of 68,000 votes, according to a partial count of 86% of the vote Thursday morning.
Fox and the American News Agency Associated Press (AP) ruled on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday that the Democrat had won this western state, considering it impossible for the president to catch up.
Other media, such as the New York Times or CNN, prefer to wait to award victory in this state which traditionally votes Republican.
Local authorities do not think they will be able to finalize the count before Friday, probably.
16 major voters at stake.
96% of the votes were counted in this Southeastern state which traditionally votes Republican.
Donald Trump has been in the lead since Tuesday evening, but his lead has gradually narrowed and he has only 18,500 votes ahead of Joe Biden with 49.6% of the vote against 49.2% to his opponent, according to US media.
Local authorities have scheduled a press conference at 10:30 am.
6 major voters at stake.
86% of the votes were cast in this western desert state, which had chosen Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Joe Biden is currently in the lead, with 49.3%, against 48.7% for Donald Trump. This represents a gap of less than 8,000 votes.
Local authorities have planned to communicate in the middle of the day.
20 major voters at stake.
89% of the votes were cast in this industrial northeastern “rust belt” state, where both candidates campaigned fiercely.
Donald Trump’s comfortable advance was reduced on Wednesday but he still retained 160,000 more votes than his rival Thursday morning (50.7% against 48.2% for Joe Biden).
There are about 750,000 ballots left to count, all arrived by mail, a modality much more used by Democratic voters, which, according to the American media, could reverse the final result.
Local authorities hope to be able to complete the count by Friday.
15 major voters at stake.
95% of the votes were counted in this Southeastern state, traditionally Republican.
Advantage for the time being to Donald Trump (50.1%) over Joe Biden (48.7%), an advance of about 77,000 votes.
But postal votes sent by election day – November 3 – are accepted there if they arrive within nine days.
Consult the interactive map for all the results: