Joe Biden has won more votes than any other candidate in US history. Biden has broken Barack Obama’s record, with 70,427,609 ballots cast in his favour.
Voting has closed in the United States and all eyes are on the count in key states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia and North Carolina to decide the race for the White House.
Addressing supporters, Biden said he believes he is “on track” to win. He flipped Arizona, while taking California, Washington, New York and Illinois.
Trump however claimed victory prematurely and has continued to falsely claim ballots counted after election day signal malfeasance. He takes Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri and Texas.
Early voting surged to unprecedented levels with just over 100 million early votes cast either in person or by mail before polls opened on Election Day.
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