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Biden's Lead Grows in US Presidential Election

Brian Padden

   WASHINGTON - U.S. news organizations on Wednesday projected former Vice
   President Joe Biden as the winner in the battleground states of
   Michigan and Wisconsin, putting him almost within reach of victory in
   the U.S. presidential election.

   "I'm not here to declare that we've won. But I am here to report that
   when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners," Biden
   said Wednesday afternoon.

   Biden could reach the 270 Electoral College vote threshold needed to
   win the election if in addition to Michigan and Wisconsin, he holds on
   to his leads in Arizona and Nevada. All but Nevada went for Donald
   Trump in the 2016 election.

   In the U.S. Electoral College system, the popular vote winner in each
   state -- with two exceptions, Maine and Nebraska -- receives all of
   that state's electoral votes, which are allocated on the basis of
   population.

   States do not declare a winner before all votes are counted, but news
   organizations project winners when they conclude there are not enough
   uncounted votes remaining to change the outcome.

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