US election 2020 results live: Biden narrowly ahead of Trump as count goes on
Biden continues to chip away at Trump’s lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia as last presidential election counts trickle in
Biden continues to chip away at Trump’s lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia as last presidential election counts trickle in
Live coverage / Biden and Trump virtually tied in Georgia as Pennsylvania tightens
No winner has been declared yet
Millions of votes are still to be counted, including in key battleground states. In addition, AP has called Arizona’s 11 votes for Biden while other news organisations regard the race as still too close to call
Which states haven’t been called yet?
How do I read this map?This table shows an estimate for the amount of votes remaining to be counted in each state where the winner is not yet known, and the number of votes separating the current leading candidate from the second-placed party (the margin). Taken together the two things suggest how much scope there is for the positions to change in the final count.
| State | Votes left to count (est.) | Current margin | Current leader | |
| % | votes | |||
| Georgia | 1% | 50,000 | +1,775 | Trump |
| Pennsylvania | 5% | 349,000 | +18,042 | Trump |
| North Carolina | 6% | 348,000 | +76,701 | Trump |
| Nevada | 16% | 233,000 | +11,438 | Biden |
| Alaska | 50% | 191,000 | +54,610 | Trump |
The race for the presidency is usually decided in a small number of key battleground states that switch party allegiance between elections.
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| 2,447,343 | 49.4% | ||
| 2,445,568 | 49.4% | ||
| 61,269 | 1.2% |
Why does it matter?
Long a Republican stronghold, southern Georgia has recently become more of a battleground state due to its growing black electorate. In the 2018 governor’s election, Republican Brian Kemp defeated Democrat Stacey Abrams by just 1.4 percentage points.
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| 3,285,965 | 49.6% | ||
| 3,267,923 | 49.3% | ||
| 76,135 | 1.1% |
Why does it matter?
Pennsylvania was one of the largest states to swing to Trump in the 2016 election. He won the state by a margin of just 0.7 percentage points, turning it Republican for the first time since 1992.
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| 2,732,084 | 50.1% | ||
| 2,655,383 | 48.7% | ||
| 47,215 | 0.9% |
Why does it matter?
Historically Republican-leaning, North Carolina has become increasingly competitive in recent years. The state’s recent voting patterns mirror a national trend towards more polarisation, with cities swinging further towards the Democrats and rural areas towards the Republicans.
| Candidate | Votes | Percent | |
| 604,251 | 49.4% | ||
| 592,813 | 48.5% | ||
| 11,647 | 1% |
Why does it matter?
Nevada’s population has grown rapidly in the past two decades, as has the share of Latino, Black and Asian American voters in the state. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won Nevada by a margin of 2.4 percentage points.
Americans are also electing members to the two chambers of Congress, the main law-making body of the US. Those chambers are the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Without support in the Senate and the House, the president's ability to enact key policies is severely limited.
The winner of the election is determined through a system called the electoral college. Each of the 50 states, plus Washington DC, is given a number of electoral college votes, adding up to a total of 538 votes. More populous states get more electoral college votes than smaller ones.
A candidate needs to win 270 electoral college votes (50% plus one) to win the election.
In every state except two – Maine and Nebraska – the candidate that gets the most votes wins all of the state’s electoral college votes.
Due to these rules, a candidate can win the election without getting the most votes at the national level. This happened at the last election, in which Donald Trump won a majority of electoral college votes although more people voted for Hillary Clinton across the US.
How are the results reported?
The election results on this page are reported by the Associated Press (AP). AP “call” the winner in a state when they determine that the trailing candidate has no path to victory. This can happen before 100% of votes in a state have been counted.
Estimates for the total vote in each state are also provided by AP. The numbers update throughout election night, as more data on voter turnout becomes available.
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