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US Update; Trump leads Harris in Presidential polls as early results trickle in
Republican candidate Donald Trump surged ahead as results of the United States presidential election trickled in.
As at press time (4:00am), Trump had amassed more Electoral College Votes than Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump was leading in 20 states with 198 Electoral College votes. Harris had won in 10 with 109 Electoral College votes.
There are 50 states in the United States.
The states won by the Republican candidate are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kentuky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming Harris won so far in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Colorado.
The former president took the lead in the early results that trickled in, taking crucial swing state of Georgia.
Both candidates were battling to find a path to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.
President Joe Biden was at the White House making congratulatory calls to Democrats who won their races.
He called Senator-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester from his home state of Delaware.
Blunt Rochester had breakfast with Biden last Monday when he voted in his home state.
He also called Delaware’s Govenor-elect Matt Meyer and Wilmington’s new Mayor, former Governor John Carney.
The 81-year-old also talked to New Jersey’s incoming-Democratic Governor, Representative Andy Kim and North Carolina’s incoming-Democratic Governor, Attorney-General Josh Stein.
