US Election 2020 LIVE Updates: Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden is leading Republican nominee President Donald Trump in terms of electoral votes. Results are coming in from states were polls have closed.
US Election 2020 Results
LIVE Updates: In-person voting is still on in some parts of the United States. But, results are pouring in from states where polling has closed. Democratic Party candidate and former vice president Joe Biden is taking on Republican Party’s nominee and incumbent President Donald Trump.
California Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence are their respective running mates.
Biden is ahead of Trump in the overall Electoral College vote tally. Things can still change. Voters were urged to vote early, especially through mail-in ballots, to avoid queues amid the coronavirus pandemic. More than 101 million early votes have been cast.
Additionally, about 26.8 million mail ballots are yet to be returned to polling authorities. As a result, over 100 million votes would have been cast and recorded even before the Election Day. Voters had already cast more than 73 percent of the total votes counted in the 2016 presidential election, even before Election Day. But counting of mail ballots is more laborious and that may delay the result.
HIGHLIGHTS
10:00 AM IST
Who’s leading in the traditional swing states?
09:58 AM IST
States won by Donald Trump so far
09:58 AM IST
States won by Joe Biden so far
09:57 AM IST
Biden wins California, Washington and Oregon: Report
09:52 AM IST
What we know so far
09:40 AM IST
Polls close in California, Washington and Oregon
08:09 AM IST
What we know so far
07:52 AM IST
Trump wins Louisiana, Nebraska, Wyoming and South Dakota: Report
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Biden wins New York and New Mexico: Report
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Where Biden and Trump have won so far (6.55 am IST)
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Biden set to win Massachusetts, Maryland and Delaware: Report
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Biden wins Virginia: Report
06:12 AM IST
Trump wins West Virginia: Report
06:05 AM IST
Polls close in battleground states of Ohio and North Carolina
05:48 AM IST
Why we’re unlikely to know the winner on election night
05:40 AM IST
Biden wins Vermont: Report US Election 2020 LIVE Updates | JUST IN: Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden has won the state of Vermont, according to The Associated Press. This is based on early leads from the state where polling has closed. The state has three Electoral College votes.
05:32 AM IST
Polls close in some states; early results begin to pour in
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The Battle: Donald Trump vs Joe Biden
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US Election 2020: LIVE Updates
November 04, 2020 09:57 AM IST
US Election 2020: The Joe Biden vs Donald Trump battle in quotes
US Election 2020: The Joe Biden vs Donald Trump battle in quotes
US Election 2020: Here are some of the best quotes around the Joe Biden vs Donald Trump election battle.
November 04, 2020 10:42 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Donald Trump continues to lead in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – states where Biden was expected to lead (though with a narrow margin). Incidentally, these are the states with the lowest counting rate so far among all states were polls have closed, according to data from The New York Times.
That brings us to what we had reported earlier: due to the evident disparity between how Democrat and Republican-leaning voters have voted this time, initial counting results may not show a correct picture of who is winning the presidential polls.
Read – Explained: Why the result may swing from ‘red’ to ‘blue’ as counting progresses
November 04, 2020 10:33 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | JUST IN: Joe Biden will win the crucial battleground state of Arizona, Fox News’ Decision Desk has projected. The state has 11 electoral votes. Biden’s win here would further narrow Trump’s path to re-election. Trump had won the state in 2016 by around 3.5 percentage points.
November 04, 2020 10:22 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Indian-origin Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has been re-elected to the US House of Representatives for the third consecutive term.
Krishnamoorthi, 47, was born in New Delhi. He easily defeated Preston Nelson of the Libertarian Party. Tentative result suggests that he has secured nearly 71 percent of the total votes counted so far.
Read: Indian-origin congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi wins US House race
November 04, 2020 10:11 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | “In normal times, Trump may have easily been toast on November 3 as the results streamed in. That may very well still be the result as polls indicate his chances of being re-elected are slender. But helped by blockbuster economic numbers and fattening up the slimmest of threads to attack Biden with, have caused a degree of uncertainty to enter the process, and may lead to many wondering whether he actually has a chance,” Toronto-based columnist and commentator Anirudh Bhattacharyya writes for Moneycontrol.
Read the full opinion piece here: Like in 2016, can Donald Trump win playing the victim card?
November 04, 2020 10:00 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Who’s leading in the traditional swing states? As of 10.00 am IST
Arizona: Joe Biden
Georgia: Donald Trump
Florida: Donald Trump
Iowa: Joe Biden
Michigan: Donald Trump
Minnesota: Joe Biden
Nevada: Details awaited
New Hampshire: Joe Biden
North Carolina: Donald Trump
Ohio: Donald Trump
Pennsylvania: Donald Trump
Wisconsin: Donald Trump
Texas: Donald Trump
November 04, 2020 09:58 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | States won by Donald Trump so far:
Utah, Mississippi, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina and West Virginia.
November 04, 2020 09:58 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | States won by Joe Biden so far:
California, Washington, Washington DC, Oregon, Colorado, New York, New Mexico, Vermont, Illinois, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Virginia, New Jersey and Maryland.
November 04, 2020 09:57 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Joe Biden has won Washington, Oregon and California, according to CNN. These states together hold electoral votes 74.
November 04, 2020 09:52 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | What we know so far:
Polling has closed in West Coast states of California, Washington and Oregon. But it’s still on in other states including Alaska and Hawaii.
Results are pouring in from states were polling has concluded.
Democratic Party candidate and former vice president Joe Biden is leading the electoral vote tally over Republican candidate and incumbent President Donald Trump. As of 9.30 am IST, Biden had 205 electoral votes as compared to Trump’s 112, according to The New York Times. A candidate needs at least 270 such votes.
Biden and Trump are locked in a neck and neck battle in the crucial battleground state of Florida and Pennsylvania, and Texas. Winning these states is important for both candidates.
Democrats are likely to retain control of the House of Representatives, most projections suggest.
Follow Moneycontrol’s full coverage of the 2020 US presidential elections here
November 04, 2020 9:40 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Polling has closed in California, Washington and Oregon – the West Coast states. We are expecting early results from these states soon. Together, these three states hold 74 electoral votes.
November 04, 2020 9:32 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Joe Biden will win the state of Illinois, CNN has projected. The state has 20 Electoral College votes. Biden is currently leading with 55.9 percent popular votes against Trump’s 40.7 percent, according to The New York Times.
November 04, 2020 9:21 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Donald Trump has won the state of Missouri, according to The Associated Press. The state has 10 electoral votes. In 2016, Trump had defeated Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton in the state by 18 percentage points.
November 04, 2020 9:11 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Meanwhile, Democratic candidate Subramanian Raja Krishnamoorthi has been re-elected to US House of Representatives from Illinois.
November 04, 2020 9:05 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Current electoral vote tally, as of 9.05 am IST:
Joe Biden – 131
Donald Trump – 108
A candidate needs at least 270 such votes to win the presidency. Early results so far have been on expected line. Most experts and news organisations have not called the election so far. Check the latest electoral vote tally on Moneycontrol’s US election dashboard here.
(Aggregate numbers. Based on inputs from news reports and agencies)
November 04, 2020 8:55 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Meanwhile, Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, popularly known as AOC, has been re-elected to US House of Representatives from New York’s 14th Congressional District.
November 04, 2020 8:44 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Donald Trump has won the state of Kansas, according to The Associated Press. The state holds six electoral votes.
November 04, 2020 8:39 AM IST
US Election 2020 | Donald Trump or Joe Biden: Who is better for India?
US Election 2020: Let’s find out who is better for India – Republican candidate and incumbent President Donald Trump or Democratic Party’s Joe Biden – based of their stand on key issues concerning…
November 04, 2020 8:36 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Social media giants Twitter and Facebook have suspended several recently created news accounts posting information about voting in the US election for violating their policies.
Twitter has said the accounts had been suspended for violating its policy against “coordination,” posting identical content while appearing independent or engaging in other covertly automated behaviour. Facebook suspended them for inauthentic behaviour.
Read: Twitter, Facebook suspend some accounts as election misinformation spreads online
November 04, 2020 8:28 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Why The Associated Press has called Connecticut for Joe Biden: The AP has declared Biden as the winner in the state of Connecticut as soon as polls closed in the state, even though election officials there had not released results from polling.
The news agency explained that it did so after results from their ‘AP VoteCast’ – a survey – and an analysis of early voting statistics confirmed expectations that the state’s longstanding political trend of favouring Democratic presidential candidates will hold.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton had won Connecticut by over 13 percentage points in popular vote. A Republican presidential candidate hasn’t won here since George HW Bush in 1988.
November 04, 2020 8:19 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Joe Biden has won Colorado and Washington DC, according to The Associated Press. Colorado and Washington DC have nine and three electoral votes, respectively.
November 04, 2020 8:09 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | What we know so far:
Polling has closed in most eastern states. But it’s still on in the central and western states.
Early results are pouring in from states were polling has concluded.
Democratic Party candidate and former vice president Joe Biden is leading the electoral vote tally over Republican candidate and incumbent President Donald Trump. As of 8.00 am IST, Biden had 89 electoral votes as compared to Trump’s 59. A candidate needs at least 270 such votes. But, this could change as votes are counted in more states.
Biden and Trump are locked in a neck and neck battle in the crucial battleground state of Florida. Winning the state’s 29 electoral votes is important for both candidates.
Democrats are likely to retain control of the House of Representatives, most projections suggest.
Follow Moneycontrol’s full coverage of the 2020 US presidential elections here
November 04, 2020 7:59 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Fox News’ Decision Desk has projected that the Democrats are set to retain control of the US House of Representatives. Besides the presidential election, voters in some states were also polling to elect their Representatives for some seats.
November 04, 2020 7:52 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Donald Trump has won Louisiana, Nebraska, Wyoming and South Dakota, according to The Associated Press. Louisiana and Nebraska have eight and five electoral votes, respectively. Wyoming and South Dakota have three each.
Check the latest electoral vote tally on our dashboard here
November 04, 2020 7:47 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Joe Biden has won New York state and New Mexico, according to The Associated Press. New York and New Mexico have 29 and 5 electoral votes, respectively.
November 04, 2020 7:43 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Early electoral vote tally has placed Democratic Party’s candidate and former vice president Joe Biden ahead of Republican candidate and incumbent President Donald Trump. But, which of the two candiates is better for India, based on their stand on key issues concerning India and Indian-Americans.
In pictures: Donald Trump or Joe Biden: Who is better for India?
November 04, 2020 7:36 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | The election night has opened with predictable wins for each candidate, with Trump taking Alabama and Oklahoma and Biden winning his home state of Delaware and Virginia, a former battleground that has become a Democratic stronghold.
It was too early to call, in a tight race, the 2020 battleground of Florida as well as Georgia and Pennsylvania.
Read: Joe Biden, Donald Trump score wins, but battlegrounds too early to call
Follow Moneycontrol’s full coverage of the 2020 US presidential elections here
November 04, 2020 7:27 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | The US Postal Service has said it could not meet a federal judge’s order to sweep processing centers for undelivered mail-in ballots, arguing that doing so would disrupt its Election Day operations.
US District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of Washington DC, gave the agency until November 3 afternoon to search 27 facilities in several battleground areas for outstanding ballots and send out those votes immediately. (Input from The Associated Press)
November 04, 2020 7:18 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Due to the evident disparity between how Democrat and Republican-leaning voters have voted this time, initial counting results may not show a correct picture of who is winning the presidential polls.
Psephologists have said that Trump could be leading in many states on the evening of November 3 as more in-person votes are processed. But, with every passing day, Biden’s tally would rise and cut Trump’s lead. If opinion polls are to be believed, Biden’s popular votes would eventually cross that of Trump this way.
Read – Explained: Why the result may swing from ‘red’ to ‘blue’ as counting progresses
November 04, 2020 7:08 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Donald Trump has won Arkansas, according to The Associated Press. The state has six Electoral College votes.
November 04, 2020 7:01 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Impact in the Indian market: It is difficult to predict the outcome of the US presidential election, but experts feel that Indian markets would cheer a Biden win, or at least there would be a positive impact on the Indian market.
Indian market ran into rough waters in the last week of October largely on account of the US election. Historically, under a Democratic president the S&P500 has on an average given an 11 percent annual return versus annual average return of 7 percent under a Republican president, data from Vested Finance shows.
Read: Joe Biden victory could mean a strong rally in Indian market, say experts
November 04, 2020 6:55 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Where Biden and Trump have won so far:
Joe Biden: Delaware, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Vermont, Virginia, Illinois and Connecticut.
Donald Trump: Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi, West Virginia and Alabama.
(Based on inputs from CNN and The Associated Press)
November 04, 2020 6:48 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Polling has closed in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania, The Guardian has reported. Election watchers are suggesting that Pennsylvania could be make-or-break for both candidates. Unlike Florida, where counting had already started in October, counting can only start in Pennsylvania now.
November 04, 2020 6:42 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Donald Trump has won South Carolina and Alabama, The Associated Press has reported. Both states have nine electoral votes each.
November 04, 2020 6:36 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | Biden is set to win Massachusetts (11 electoral votes), Maryland (10) and his home state Delaware, according to a CNN projection. Trump is likely to win Oklahoma (7).
While some states are counting early votes first, others are tallying in-person votes first.
November 04, 2020 6:30 AM IST
US Election 2020 Results LIVE Updates | You just need 270 electoral votes, not the popular vote
Under the American political system, the president is not directly elected by the people but by the Electoral College — a constitutional group of 538 members. This group is formed every four years to elect the president and the vice-president.
Each state legislature determines the manner in which they want to choose their electors. Other than Maine and Nebraska, states require electors to pledge all votes for that state’s winning candidate (by popular vote). For example, under this ‘winner takes all’ method, a candidate who secures the popular vote in California wins all of the state’s 55 electoral votes. A candidate needs at least 270 such electoral votes to win the election.
In 2000 and 2016, the candidates with the popular vote nationally (Al Gore and Hillary Clinton, respectively), did not become the president.
November 04, 2020 6:25 AM IST
US Election 2020 LIVE Updates | Biden has won the state of Virginia, according to The Associated Press. The state has 13 electoral votes.
The current electoral votes’ tally stands at Biden 16 – Trump 13. A candidate needs 270 such electoral votes to win the presidency.
November 04, 2020 6:16 AM IST
US Election 2020 LIVE Updates | Joe Biden (50 percent) and Donald Trump (49.1 percent) are neck and neck in Florida, according to CNN, where in-person early votes are currently being counted. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (49.02 percent) had lost the state to Trump (47.82 percent). The state has 29 electoral votes.
November 04, 2020 6:12 AM IST
US Election 2020 LIVE Updates | JUST IN: Trump has won West Virginia, according to The Associated Press. The state has five electoral college votes.
November 04, 2020 6:05 AM IST
US Election 2020 LIVE Updates | It is 7.30 pm Eastern Time. Polling has now closed in crucial battleground states of Ohio and North Carolina. Early results are expected to coming in from these states soon. Ohio and North Carolina have 18 and 15 electoral votes, respectively.
November 04, 2020 6:01 AM IST
US Election 2020 LIVE Updates | Important dates and events to watch out for (after counting):
December 14: Members of the Electoral College cast their ballots for president.
January 6, 2021: Congress meets at 1 pm in Washington DC to count the electoral votes and declare a winner.
January 20, 2021: Inauguration Day. The winner and his running mate are sworn in as president and vice president at the US Capitol in Washington DC.
Find out more: Election calendar – day by day
November 04, 2020 5:48 AM IST
US Election 2020 LIVE Updates | Barack Obama’s historic election as the US president in 2008, his re-election in 2012 and the then-Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s shock defeat to Trump in 2016 had one thing in common — the outcome of the presidential race was clear on the election night.
Counting of mailed ballots is more laborious. While some states are counting ballots as they come in, others have laws that forbid processing mail ballots until Election Day. That’s going to delay the result.
Read: Why we’re unlikely to know the winner on election night
November 04, 2020 5:41 AM IST
US Election 2020 LIVE Updates | Most major opinion polls had given Biden a clear advantage over Trump. But remember, some polls had gone wrong in 2016 when Trump defeated then Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
November 04, 2020 5:40 AM IST
Biden wins Vermont: Report US Election 2020 LIVE Updates | JUST IN: Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden has won the state of Vermont, according to The Associated Press. This is based on early leads from the state where polling has closed. The state has three Electoral College votes.
November 04, 2020 5:32 AM IST
US Election 2020 LIVE Updates | JUST IN: Polling has closed in Indiana and Kentucky and the results from the two states have started pouring in. Trump has won Kentucky, The Associated Press has reported.
November 04, 2020 5:32 AM IST
US Election 2020 LIVE Updates | Besides the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, there are many other political groups in fray. However, they do not enjoy enough popularity.
November 04, 2020 5:30 AM IST
US Election 2020 LIVE Updates | The Battle: Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden is taking on Republic Party’s nominee and incumbent US President Donald Trump. California Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence are their running mates, respectively.
If re-elected, this would be the second and final presidential tenure for Trump, according to the US Constitution.
November 04, 2020 5:29 AM IST
Hello and welcome to Moneycontrol’s LIVE coverage of the 2020 United States presidential election.
More than 101 million early votes have been cast, especially through mail ballots. Counting of votes is underway in some states, but the numbers are not disclosed until polling concludes. There are many other states where counting can only begin after polling ends.
The election result is typically clear on election night (the following morning in India). But, it is widely expected that counting will take more time this year due to the large amount of mail ballots.
In-person voting in the general election is underway. Stay tune for the latest updates.
