Thank you for joining us for us by szell coverage of the u. S. Election on a key errand bringing you all the latest on what is already an extraordinary u. S. Election will donald trump be reelected for a 2nd term or will joe biden become the 46th president of the United States stay with us as america decides. Well all eyes are on america as the ballot counting is in full swing in the race for the white house let me bring you up to speed on how both candidates are doing so far but the race is extremely tight as you can see with biden already securing 238 electors and trump having the backing of 213 the magic number here is 270 thats how many they needed this needed to win the white house and it all comes down to the socalled Electoral College each state has a fixed number of electors based on the number of People Living there which of a candidate secures a simple majority of votes in each state when the only exceptions are maine and nebraska which allocate electors based on local distri