Why is Nevada taking so long and which states are still counting votes?
NO presidential winner has been declared yet as millions of votes are still to be counted, including in key battleground states.
Whoever gets to 270 electoral votes – a majority of the 538 – wins the election.
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Why is Nevada taking so long?
only offers six electoral votes, but the state remains a crucial one in the close battle between and .
The Associated Press says it has not yet declared a winner in the state of Nevada because it is too early to call the race.
It might be several more days before a result is known.
About 87 percent of the votes are in and Biden led by roughly 20,000 votes as of Friday, November 6.
But there are tens of thousands outstanding ballots left to be counted in the coming days.
Under state law, mail-in votes can still be accepted so long as they were postmarked by the November 3 Election Day.
About 51,000 of the 63,262 uncounted ballots would be counted by Friday at 10am local time, said an official.
Counting is delayed due to a verification process to make sure none of those people have already voted.
The official added: “We need to make that verification.
“Staff [are] working on those ballots to make sure the voter was eligible to cast that provisional ballot.”
The count is also being hindered by angry protesters, with security having to be beefed up to protect staff.
Election officials in several states – including Nevada – said they are worried about the safety of employees amid threats and crowds of angry protesters outside their doors.
They’ve been drawn by Trump’s baseless claims of widespread fraud in the race for the White House.
“I can tell you that my wife and my mother are very concerned for me,” said Joe Gloria, the registrar in Clark County, Nevada, which includes Las Vegas.
He said his staff was bolstering security and tracking vehicles coming and going from the election offices.
But he added that he and others would not be stopped from “doing what our duty is and counting ballots”.
Trump narrowly lost Nevada in 2016 as the state has trended toward the Democrats in the past decade.
Which states are still counting?
Due to the pandemic and mail-in voting, some states are still counting.
The mail-in ballots, which soared this year as a result of Covid-19, are expected to favor Biden, as his campaign encouraged to vote early.
In-person voting on Election Day may has given Trump an advantage.
Key areas where results are still being counted include several battleground states.
States that haven’t declared their Electoral Votes include:
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Alaska
- Pennsylvania
- Georgia
- Arizona
was expecting to announce its result soon. If it goes to Joe Biden, so would the White House.
The Associated Press has called for Biden but the state is yet to declare a winner.
Trump to claim he is being cheated out of re-election as his Democratic opponent .
The Republican incumbent alleged he was the victim of interference from “phony polls” as well as “big media, big money and big tech” after launching battles to stay in office.
In an extraordinary White House press conference late on Thursday, November 5, the President said: “If you count the legal votes I easily win. If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us.”
The presidential election remains too close to call after polls closed on Tuesday, November 3, but Biden remains the favourite after winning three key battleground states.
How many electoral votes are those states worth?
With and any candidate of the party they represent and win the state.
The key states that Biden and Trump are fighting over are worth the :
- Pennsylvania: 20
- Nevada: 6
- a: 15
- : 3
- : 16
- Arizona: 11
Thirty-eight out of the 50 states have voted for the same party since the 2000 presidential election, which has made it relatively easy to predict which states will vote for a Democratic candidate and which will vote for a .
When will we find out the final results?
Biden and Trump are locked in a tense fight to the finish, as the task of counting millions of votes continues.
The count is still ongoing but may not be completed for some time.
Trump needs to win key battleground states such as Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania to remain in the White House.
What is the popular vote?
The popular vote is the sum total of everyone who votes in the election.
Two of our last three presidents won without winning the popular vote – George W Bush and Trump.
won the popular vote against Trump in 2016 yet still lost the election.