After a tense election week, former Vice President Joe Biden has won the election to become the 46th President of the United States.
Voters waited anxiously as the remaining battleground states of Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, and Pennsylvania processed thousands of ballots. Biden’s growing margin in his home-state surged as mail-in ballots from democratic counties were processed greatly diminishing Trump’s lead. On Saturday morning, the Associated Press called the state of Pennsylvania, pushing Biden’s total electoral votes to 284, surpassing the 270 needed to win the presidency.
Biden’s running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, makes history as the first African-American, Asian-American, and woman to become the Vice President. Her victory follows a wave of historic wins in the elections of BIPOC and LGBTQ people across the country this week.
As people across the country took to the streets to celebrate the victory of Biden, lame-duck President, Donald Trump tweeted his disillusion of the outcome, professing victory to his followers.
I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take office on January 20, 2021.