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USA Elections 2020: US President Donald Trump wins Florida, Iowa and Texas

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: November 4, 2020 12:01 IST

US President Donald Trump has won the battleground state of Florida, Iowa and Texas in the presidential polls, according ...

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US President Donald Trump has won the battleground state of Florida, Iowa and Texas in the presidential polls, according to Reuters. Florida is the largest of the traditional battleground states.

The state has backed a Republican candidate three times and has supported a Democratic candidate twice in the last five presidential elections.

Joe Biden is at 205, Trump at 171 ( the winning mark is 270).  

Each candidate needs to secure a minimum of 270 out of 538 electoral votes to win the White House again.

Some 239 million people are eligible to vote this year. The mail-in ballots could take days to be counted - meng a winner might not be declared in the hours after polls close on Tuesday.

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