Published 16:48 IST, November 13th 2020
Joe Biden concretes US election victory with Arizona win, Trump continues legal gambit
US President-elect Joe Biden, on November 12, concreted his victory in the Presidential polls by capturing the battleground state of Arizona.
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US President elect Joe Biden, on vember 12, concreted his victory in Presidential polls by capturing battleground state of Arizona. With his recent feat, 77-year-old has become only second Democratic candidate in seven deces to have secured a majority in tritionally Republican state. Despite this, his transition to White House remains clouded in scepticism as incumbent Donald Trump is yet to concede to results.
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Biden has alrey crossed magic mark of 270 Electoral College votes by winning much-prized state of Pennsylvania on vember 7. However, his win in Arizona gives Democrat 290 electoral votes in state-by-state Electoral College. Biden is also winning popular vote by more than 5.3 million votes, or 3.4 percent points, latest statistics have shown.
Trump cries 'Frulent elections'
Meanwhile, Trump who is finding electoral math difficult to digest has blatantly termed elections as fraudulent. t only has President spent months making unsubstantiated claims that mail-in ballots could le to rigged elections, but his campaign has also filed multiple lawsuits against same.
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Recently, Senator Roy Blunt refused to ackwledge Biden's victory and said it is time for Trump to present ‘facts’, referring to allegations of voter fraud by President. GOP South Dakota Goverr Kristi em also reiterated claim that Democrat’s win was result of 'illegal activities'."When you break process on which we elect our leers, you will break America forever," she said.
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Joe Biden defeated Trump in a closely contested election, becoming 46th president of United States. At 78, he is oldest person elected President in history of country. In his third attempt at White House, Biden, a four-dece Senator and n a vice president, received over 74 million votes, which is four million more than Trump, and more than any or presidential candidate.
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Im: AP
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16:49 IST, November 13th 2020