But that does not include electors from Georgia, where Biden leads Trump by 0.3 percentage points as officials conduct a hand tally. If Biden's lead holds he will win the Electoral College on 306-232 vote — the identical margin Trump won in 2016. His finding: Biden's win was right in the middle — tighter than landslides like Barack Obama's 2008 win or Ronald Reagan's 1984 wipeout re-election, but broader than Trump's 2016 victory or either of George W. Bush's two wins. A handful of Republicans have acknowledged Biden's win, including former President George W. Bush and former nominee Senator Mitt Romney. The GOP's public silence on the reality of Biden's victory amounts to tacit approval of Trump's baseless claims of election fraud.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 19, 2020 02:23 UTC