In Georgia, Us president Donald Trump held a narrow 0.4 point lead of 22,567 votes over his rival democratic candidate Joe Biden on Thursday morning, with 98% counted, according to Associated Press.
The president leads his Democrat challenger by 49.6 % to 49.2 %, with Trump having 2,430,156 votes and Biden 2,407,589.
The state that has not backed a Democrat for president since 1992.
While Americans await the results of the US elections’ count to know their next president, Republican Trump, and Democrat Biden continue their race to win the states in succession and accumulate votes in the electorate.
No official results have been issued so far, but rather preliminary results reported by research centers and local media.
In this context, some polls reported that Biden won 264 votes in the electoral college, compared to 214 for Trump.
Without declaring victory, Biden said he believed his Democratic campaign would prevail.
On his part, Trump, a Republican, claimed to have won. His campaign has filed lawsuits in two states where Biden leads.
It is worth mentioning that each candidate needs to win 270 votes from the electoral college.
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