But there is still a path to victory for both biden and President Trump as Battle Ground states continue to tally votes. Here is where we stand. Vice President Biden has 253 electoral votes. President trump has 214. 270 is needed to win. Were waiting on alaska, arizona, nevada, pennsylvania, North Carolina and georgia. Voter turnout is expected to be high in this unusual Election Year but how high in comparison to past president ial elections . Abc 7 news Leslie Brinkley looked into that question today in Contra Costa County that could be a micro cost m for the rest of the bay area. Reporter here in the east bay, there was a big push to register new voters. They received more on the roster than four years ago but no so much the sheer number of voters but the percent of those voters who actually vote. This machine takes pictures of signatures on ballots. First step in the process of counselling a vote. There are ballots dropped off at the polls and those that arrived in the mail today.
Will talk to economics professor richard wolf about what this means for afaik we have a lot to get to so lets get started. U. S. President ial Election Results theyre still coming in with some pretty big states still in question and really its it seems like its too close to call but its one joins us hes going to walk us through then what do we have ok there will restart out now with some breaking news before we get into the numbers and the states of whats happening because apparently the Trump Campaign has filed 2 lawsuits in just the last hour one in the state of pennsylvania and one in the state of michigan in both cases they are asking judges to halt the count heres what theyre saying President Campaign says it is suing to temporarily stop the vote count in pennsylvania what are they saying theyre saying that the democratic Election Officials are hiding the ballot counting process from republican poll observers and that the campaign wants to temporarily halt the counting until there
Become our next president. Right now, the race in nevada is essentially a tie with biden up by just 8000 votes. Pennsylvania, north carolina, and georgia are also still too close to call. Control of the u. S. Senate is still up for grabs. 48 seats. Democrats needed to flip four seats to take back the majority. They won in colorado and arizona but lost a seat in alabama. Five races remain too close to call, including two in georgia that could wind up in run offs in january. Democrats will keep their majority in the house. There may be fewer democrats. Republicans have picked up five seats in the house so far and were still waiting for results on 41 seats. Lets bring in political reporter grecian lee for a closer look at whats going on in nevada, pennsylvania, north carolina, and georgia. Reporter his path to the presidency becomes more clear while trumps become more narrow. Lots of eyes on nevada. Like you said, there are still several states on the board and still a number of votes to
Lot of votes to count there. Pueblo has 20 electoral votes up for grabs. The president has 52 of the vote right now compared to joe bidens 47 . And the race remains close in North Carolina, as well. President trump is in the lead here, with 50 bank account of the vote. Compared to joe bidens nearly 49 . North carolina, by the way, has 15 electoral votes and President Trump also slightly ahead at this point in georgia, with 96 of the vote counted. He leads with 50 of the vote compared to joe bidens 49 . Georgia has 16 electoral votes to offer now, earlier this afternoon both michigan and wisconsin were called for joe biden. Lets look now at the electoral vote total. Joe biden now has 264 of the 270 that he needs. Nevadas six could give him the white house, though. We have live coverage of the race for the white house. Our political reporter greg greg lee. Here we are a day after the election and the election remains unclear. Yes. With michigan and wisconsin going to biden his path to th
Win the election. Now, specifically, lets go to georgia where the race is getting closer by the hour. Donald trump only leads there now by 23,000 votes. A democrat hasnt carried georgia since bill clinton back in 1992. This afternoon, Election Officials said they had about 200,000 votes left to count. Theyre expected to announce more results tomorrow morning. Georgia has 16 electoral votes. 20 electoral votes are at stake in pennsylvania. Election Officials Say it could be days until we have a final count there. There is a mustwin for President Trump, but his lead has been shrinking throughout the day. In the upper midwest, it was Mission Accomplished for joe biden. He won two of the crystal states today including michigan with its 16 electoral votes. The other blue wall state biden picked up, wisconsin. President trump a lead in that state disappeared overnight as votes from milwaukee turned the numbers. Today, the Trump Campaign laid the ground work for contesting the election launch