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In this presidential election that saw much excitement between Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican opponent Donald Trump, all 50 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia cast their votes. The much-needed 270 Electoral College votes from the most important battleground states will decide which of them will hand them the presidency. Most battleground states still remain too close to call in this eagerly awaited election.
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The U.S. presidential election system uses the Electoral College, whereby most states give all of their electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote in that state. Nebraska and Maine are different, however; they split their electoral votes by congressional district, adding a dimension of competition.
At last count, Donald Trump has 247 electoral votes while Kamala Harris counts 194. By the popular vote, he has 66.9 million votes (51.2%) while Kamala Harris has 61.7 million votes (47.2%). Many states have gotten too close to calling because battlegrounds like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Nevada are still in strong battles.
In battlegrounds like Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina, Trump is leading by a hair, but Harris is maintaining a very strong base in the urban centers and is sure to pick up more with the final counts tabulated. Some of the traditionally Democratic states, such as Michigan, have seen surprising gains for Trump, adding to the uncertainty of the race.
Both sides will go all-out guns blazing in their battle to woo last-minute votes, especially from swing states, in a democracy in which literally every vote counts and millions of early ballots have been cast. Then the result is to be declared in the coming days when each state completes its count.
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