Washington: Democrat Joe Biden overtook US President Donald Trump in the vote count in both Pennsylvania and Georgia on Saturday morning (AEDT), closing in on a presidency that hinges on the outcome of tight contests in key battleground states.
Both races remained too early to call as counting continued. Neither candidate has reached the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, though Biden has the advantage after eclipsing Trump in Wisconsin and Michigan, two crucial Midwestern battleground states. Biden leads Trump by almost 12,500 votes in Pennsylvania and just over 1500 in Georgia.
Democrat Joe Biden is closing in on victory over Donald Trump.Credit:AP
It could take several more days for the vote count to conclude in some states, preventing a clear winner from emerge. With millions of ballots yet to be tabulated, Biden has already received more than 73.7 million votes nationally the most in history.
With his pathway to re-election appearing to narrow, Trump was testing how far he could go in using the trappings of presidential power to undermine confidence in the vote.
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