Biden wins 2020 presidency

By KTSU2 News Wire

Joe Biden has been elected president of the U.S., several media organizations reported on Saturday after a grueling competition and four days after polls closed.

CNN’s Wolfe Blizter called Biden’s win a “historic moment” in this election.  He said they made the call because Biden had enough votes to win the state of Pennsylvania.

The historic moment when @CNN projected the winner. pic.twitter.com/Op4GwCChdE

— Wolf Blitzer (@wolfblitzer) November 7, 2020

Winning Pennsylvania brought Biden’s Electoral College votes to 273; 270 votes are required to win the presidential contest.  There are a total of 538 electors in the Electoral College system.

The Associated Press said it called Pennsylvania for Biden because he held a 34, 243 vote lead over President Trump and the remaining ballots would not allow Trump to catch up.

The @AP called Pennsylvania for Biden, who held a 34,243-vote lead, after it determined that the remaining ballots left to be counted would not allow President Trump to catch up. https://t.co/YnkymD3bVG https://t.co/mBf0PCtjS4

— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) November 7, 2020

The New York Times reported that by winning Pennsylvania Biden secured “enough electoral votes to win the presidency.”

By winning Pennsylvania, Joe Biden has secured enough electoral votes to win the presidency. See full election results here. https://t.co/FWJ0soiBZ6 pic.twitter.com/tzd1Xnn73X

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 7, 2020

This election has been one of the most unbridled in American history as voters faced a pandemic and barrage of negative election campaign ads.

Biden would become the 46^th president of the of the U.S. and would be sworn into office on January 20, 2021.