Biden Wins Michigan, Wisconsin, Now On Brink of White House
Source: AP News
40 mins ago. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Joe Biden won the battleground prizes of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the "blue wall" that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and dramatically narrowing President Donald Trump's pathway to reelection.
A full day after Election Day, neither candidate had cleared the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. But Biden's victories in the Great Lakes states left him at 264, meaning he was one battleground state away from crossing the threshold and becoming president-elect.
Biden, who has received more than 71 million votes, the most in history, was joined by his running mate Kamala Harris at an afternoon news conference and said he now expected to win the presidency, though he stopped short of outright declaring victory.
"I will govern as an American president," Biden said. "There will be no red states and blue states when we win. Just the United States of America." It was a stark contrast to Trump, who on Wednesday falsely proclaimed that he had won the election, even though millions of votes remained uncounted and the race was far from over...
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Blue Owl
(50,325 posts)C Moon
(12,212 posts)Maybe they fear riots, etc in the night time hours.
Either way...oh boy, this must be KILLING Trump.
appalachiablue
(41,113 posts)niyad
(113,205 posts)Cha
(297,026 posts)being up all night.. Michigan hadn't been called for Biden/Harris yet!
TY!
appalachiablue
(41,113 posts)ArizonaLib
(1,242 posts)I can feel it... I can feel it... I can FEEL it!!!
BigmanPigman
(51,582 posts)This means that Biden/Harris have one half of all eligible voters....more to come!
tclambert
(11,085 posts)Could you have meant 140 million? Don't make me get out my slide rule! It's too late to be doing arithmetic.
BigmanPigman
(51,582 posts)ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)I'd hate to wake up to a defeat... (I know-- it's not logical)
But I guess not much is going to happen between now and early tomorrow morning, right?
appalachiablue
(41,113 posts)God I hope this is decided soon.
ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,829 posts)I WANT IT ALL......