The U.S. presidential election hung in the balance with a handful of states set to decide the outcome in the coming hours or days, even as Donald Trump falsely claimed victory and made unfounded allegations of electoral fraud..
The trio of “blue wall” states that unexpectedly sent Trump to the White House in 2016, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin,remained too close to call. Biden held a slight lead in Nevada, where officials said they would not resume counting until Thursday.
Two Southern states, Georgia and North Carolina, were also still in play; Trump held leads in both. A win for Biden in either one would narrow Trump’s chances considerably.
Currently Biden leads 224 to 213 over Trump in the Electoral College vote count.
Trump appeared at the White House in the early hours to declare victory and said his lawyers would be taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court, without specifying what they would claim.
“We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election,” Trump said, in an extraordinary attack on the electoral process by a sitting president. “This is a major fraud on our nation. We want the law to be used in a proper manner. So we’ll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court. We want all voting to stop.” He provided no evidence to back up his claim of fraud.
