(Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden won the Nov. 3 U.S. election after a longer-than-usual process of counting mail-in ballots that a record number of Americans relied on during the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden, a former U.S. vice president, surpassed the 270 Electoral College votes needed to clinch the presidency on Saturday. Edison Research, which compiles live election results for the National Election Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) media consortium, has yet to call three U.S. states: Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina.
Here are some key tallies in the 2020 race for the White House, as of 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
ELECTORAL COLLEGE: Biden 279; Trump 217
POPULAR VOTE: Biden - 77,320,380; Trump - 72,221,116
STATES REMAINING TO BE DECIDED:
ARIZONA (11 electoral votes) - Biden 49.4%, Trump 49.0% with 98% estimated vote tallied
GEORGIA (16 electoral votes) - Biden 49.5%, Trump 49.2% with 99% estimated vote tallied
NORTH CAROLINA (15 electoral votes) - Biden 48.7%, Trump, 50.0% with 98% estimated vote tallied