He defeated the incumbent Donald Trump in a bitterly fought contest. Biden polled 75.2m (50.7%) votes and has secured 290 of the 538 electoral college votes that are allocated among the states roughly in proportion to the size of the population in each state.
Trump polled 70.8m (47.7%) and has 214 Electoral College votes. The final vote tallies will be a little higher because some votes are yet to be counted. But those votes will not affect the result because Biden already has 290, that is above the minimum 270 needed to win.
Usually, US Presidential Election winners are called within a few hours after the polls close. This time it dragged on for four days from November 3 to November 7.
The main reason was the massive increase in mail-in voting that totalled about 65m and in-person early voting before November 3 that totalled 36m.
In some states, these were counted before November 3, but in some others only after the polls closed on November 3. The latter was mainly responsible for the delay in announcing the results.
Trump has refused to concede the race and has vowed to fight the results in courts of law on the grounds that there has been widespread fraud and corruption in voting and the count.
The few cases that were filed after the polls closed have not been accepted by courts owing to lack of credible evidence. Trump may listen to his closest advisers many of whom realise that he has no path to victory and concede defeat.
THE OLD AND THE NEW
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