The former United States Vice President and Democratic party candidate, Joe Biden has broken the record for the most vote amassed by a single candidate in the United States election as he crossed the 70 million votes mark.
Biden has now become the first candidate for President of the United States ever to win 70 million votes, US Politics Poll reports.
With the vote, Biden surpassed Barack Obama’s 2008 popular vote total.
Breakdown of the popular vote so far:
Joe Biden 50.0%
Donald Trump 48.4%
Jo Jorgensen 1.1%
Howie Hawkins 0.2%
Other 0.3%
Biden is also leading in results from the electoral votes.
So far, Biden leading in results from 238 electoral votes and Trump 213.
The magic number of electoral votes is 270.
The following is a list of the states won by each candidate and the corresponding number of electoral votes, based on the projections of US media including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC/NBC News, ABC, CBS and The New York Times.
In the case of Arizona, AFP used the projection made by the Associated Press.
TRUMP (213)
Alabama (9)
Arkansas (6)
Florida (29)
Idaho (4)
Indiana (11)
Iowa (6)
Kansas (6)
Kentucky (8)
Louisiana (8)
Mississippi (6)
Missouri (10)
Montana (3)
Nebraska (4)*
North Dakota (3)
Ohio (18)
Oklahoma (7)
South Carolina (9)
South Dakota (3)
Tennessee (11)
Texas (38)
Utah (6)
West Virginia (5)
Wyoming (3)
BIDEN (238)
Arizona (11)
California (55)
Colorado (9)
Connecticut (7)
Delaware (3)
District of Columbia (3)
Hawaii (4)
Illinois (20)
Maine (3)**
Maryland (10)
Massachusetts (11)
Minnesota (10)
Nebraska (1)*
New Hampshire (4)
New Jersey (14)
New Mexico (5)
New York (29)
Oregon (7)
Rhode Island (4)
Vermont (3)
Virginia (13)
Washington (12)
STATES NOT YET CALLED
Alaska
Georgia
Michigan
Nevada
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
* Nebraska splits its five electoral votes — two electors are assigned based on the plurality of votes in the state, and the other three are awarded based on congressional district. Biden took one vote, in the 2nd congressional district.
** Maine has a similar method to Nebraska. Of its four electoral votes, three have been projected for Biden, while the fourth is outstanding.
