The U.S. presidential election is still too close to call. Here’s what we know about the remaining states that have yet to be called for either former Vice President Joe Biden or President Donald Trump, with vote tallies from the Associated Press.
Five states fall in that category, after the AP on Wednesday evening declared Biden the winner in Michigan. Earlier in the afternoon, it called Biden the winner in Wisconsin and Trump as the victor in Maine’s 2nd congressional district.
The latest calls give Biden 264 electoral votes to President Trump’s 214. That means the former vice president needs just 6 more electoral votes to deny the president a second term.
For Trump to win, he’d have to run the table on the four battleground states left to be called: Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Nevada. Alaska has yet to be called, but it is widely assumed that Trump will eventually win its three electoral votes.
Pennsylvania, with 20 electoral votes: With 86% reported, Trump has a 51.6%-to-47.3% lead. Most votes are expected to be counted by Friday, and the most of the remaining votes outstanding are from Biden strongholds in the Philadelphia area.
Georgia, 16 electoral votes: With 96% reported, Trump has a lead of 50% to 48.8%. Results from the state were delayed by a pipe bursting at State Farm Arena, where counting was being conducted. Georgia officials hope to have a result on Wednesday.
North Carolina, 15 electoral votes: With 94% counted, Trump has a 50.1%-to-48.6% lead. Ballots there are accepted until Nov. 12, as long as they were postmarked by Election Day.
Nevada, 6 electoral votes: With 75% reported, Biden has a 49.3%-to-48.7% lead. Nevada is still counting mail-in ballots received on Election Day, those received over the next week and provisional ballots. The state’s election officials tweeted that they won’t provide additional updates on election results until around noon Eastern on Thursday.
Alaska, 3 electoral votes: With 50% counted, Trump is up 63.6% to 32.4%.
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