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Social Media Speculates as U.S Presidential Elections Nearing to an End
4 Nov, 2020 / 12:26 pm / Omnes Media

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The most searched and sought after news in social media during these days is U.S presidential elections update. Speculations and debates about the results have filled its platform and twitter and Facebook are the two platforms which give maximum updates on it

US President Donald Trump, seeking re-election, and Democratic candidate Joe Biden have made early wins in several states as polls close across the United States. All eyes are now on the key battleground states of Arizona, Iowa, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin, the results of these are important for both the candidates. The latest tally shows that  Biden had 223 electoral votes against Trump’s 145 and a candidate needs 270 votes to win.

So far, Trump has won Alaska, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wyoming, Indiana, South Carolina, and Utah. Biden, meanwhile, has taken Democratic-leaning states like California, Colorado, Columbia, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.

Fox News has projected a win for Trump in Florida and Texas and for Biden in Arizona. Meanwhile, CNN has projected a win for Trump in Ohio.

The US is heading for a historic election with the voter turnout indicating the largest participation in a century. According to the United States Election Project, in at least six states — Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Oregon, Texas, and Washington State — the turnout has been more than what we saw in the 2016 polls.

The latest tally of early voting in the US shows that almost 102 million Americans cast their votes before Election Day.  Earlier in the day, Americans were seen voting in large numbers in one of the most divisive bitter elections in decades in which incumbent Republican Donald Trump is challenged by Democrat Joe Biden.

Source- CNN