OnPolitics: After all that, we're down to a handful of states
Louie VillalobosBiden is one state away
Democrat Joe Biden is one state away Wednesday from capturing the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidential race, a dramatic demonstration of how rapidly the landscape of the contest changed in 24 hours.
Biden won both Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday, huge electoral prizes that represented the partial rebuilding of the "blue wall" of Democratic-leaning states that collapsed around Hillary Clinton in 2016.
The wins there left Biden standing at 264 electoral votes — just six shy of the needed 270.
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The results meant that President Donald Trump has to capture all of the outstanding states, hope that the projections of a Biden win in Arizona were wrong or find a legal strategy.
Biden's wins on Wednesday shifted the focus to the Southwest, specifically Nevada and Arizona. Biden has, as of 7 pm EDT, an extremely slim lead in Nevada, which was too close to call throughout Wednesday. Election officials there said they did not expect to report additional results there until Thursday.
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What else is going on?
- Trump campaign says it's suing to stop vote counting in Michigan, Pennsylvania
- Democrats, GOP grapple with mixed emotions over election
- Biden did not magically 'find' votes in Michigan like a Trump retweet suggests
- House Democrats didn't see 'blue wave' to expand majority
- Joe Biden makes history with total votes received, beating Barack Obama's record