The victorious Trump camp is touting its newfound “historic” mandate while the dejected Harris camp accuses the country of being “racist and sexist” for letting them down. Both are untrue. Trump won with 295 electoral votes to Harris’ 226. A solid victory, but hardly a landslide.
Hundreds marched from Freedom Plaza towards the White House in Washington and across the country in support of Harris.
The debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump offered American voters a glimpse into two contrasting visions for their country's future, marked by intense exchanges on key issues.
'While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again,' he said.
As Biden appealed to Americans to "turn the page" on the divisive contest, electors met across all US states to seal his win, with California pushing Biden over the majority of 270 votes.
Democratic challenger Biden is edging towards the presidency after pulling ahead in the key states of Pennsylvania and Georgia.
Three days after the US election in which there was a record turnout of 160 million voters, a winner had yet to be declared.
The president spoke as late vote-counting in battleground states showed Democrat Joe Biden steadily closing in on victory.
Mr Thanedar, 65, also a scientist, raised a record-breaking USD 438,620, primarily from his own wealth, in the state House primary against six other opponents of the Democratic Party.
In New York's Democratic stronghold demonstrators were hopeful but wary of calling it for their candidate Biden just yet.
