224 votes in the electoral college for Biden and 207 for Trump

The results of the US presidential election, which took place on Tuesday, showed that Democratic candidate Joe Biden won 224 votes in the electoral college, compared to 207 votes for Republican candidate Donald Trump, according to the Associated Press.

This came after Biden won 19 states: Vermont, Virginia, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New Mexico, New York, the District of Columbia, Colorado, New Hampshire, California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii and Minnesota.

In return, Trump won 22 states, namely Kentucky, West Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Arkansas, Indiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Louisiana, Kansas, Missouri, Idaho, Utah, Ohio, Montana, Iowa, Florida, and Texas.

Meanwhile, Nebraska’s share of the electoral college votes was divided between 4 for Trump and Biden 1 vote.

And the results so far are not surprising; Biden is strong in most of the states that have favored him, and Trump is strong in most of the states he won.

But Trump has won an important victory in one of the eight “swing states”, which is Ohio, which has a share of 18 “electoral college” votes.

Thus, Biden secured 223 electoral votes in the states: Vermont (3), Virginia (13), Connecticut (7), Delaware (3), Illinois (20), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (11), New Jersey (14) and Rhode Island (4) New Mexico (5), New York (29), the District of Columbia (3), Colorado (9), New Hampshire (4), California (55), Oregon (7), Washington (12), Hawaii (4), Minnesota (10) and Nebraska (1).

While Trump won 207 votes in the pool, which are the shares of Kentucky (8), West Virginia (5), South Carolina (9), Alabama (9), Mississippi (6), Oklahoma (7), Tennessee (11) Arkansas (6), Indiana (11) and North Dakota. (3) South Dakota (3), Wyoming (3), Louisiana (8), Nebraska (4), Kansas (6), Missouri (10), Idaho (4), Ohio (18), Montana (3), Iowa (6), Florida (29), Texas ( 38).

Opinion polls, whether conducted nationally or at the level of critical states (swing states) show that Biden has a lot of chances.

However, surprises remain, especially since the 2016 polls were somewhat favorable to Democrat Hillary Clinton, but Trump won in the end.

The US elections are held indirectly; There is the “Electoral College” that includes the so-called “senior voters”, their numbers 538, with the exception of the states of Nebraska and Maine, which are the two units that divide the electoral college votes according to the percentage of votes that each candidate gets.

Each state has a specified number of “senior electors” equal to the number of its representatives in the House of Representatives and Senate, and any candidate who wins the votes of the state’s citizens gets their share of the “senior electorate.”

In order for any candidate to win the office, he must obtain the absolute majority of the “senior electorate” votes; That is 270 votes.

Source: Anatolia