The Electoral College (EC) is set to announce Joe Biden as the next President of the United States on Monday. The members of EC will formally vote and complete the formality of President-elect Biden’s victory.
The outcome of the November 3 elections has been certified by all of the 50 states of America and the District of Columbia. The Democrats swept the votes in their favour by winning 81.3 million votes or 51.3 per cent of the total share, setting a record for most votes in an election.
Meanwhile, Republican party’s 74.2 million or 46.8 per cent vote share still irks sitting president Donald Trump who continues to deny the ultimate outcome of the result. He alleges foul play in the process even after a month of the election day.
The winner of the Presidential election is decided by indirect universal suffrage, a method unique to the USA, where, each state allocates its electors. The elector then goes and elects the person representing their state and the final outcome of this vote decides the winner of White House race.
The results, as confirmed by multiple election services and media outlets confirm an easy win for Biden who earned 306 of 538 electoral seats with 270 needed to win. Donald Trump won 232.
Biden is expected to deliver his commemorative speech on Monday evening after the Electoral College confirms his election.
However, Donald Trump, still the legal occupant of the White House continues to make a baseless claim about the November 3 elections by calling the entire process corrupt. He has erupted multiple times on Twitter making bold claims and asking unnecessary questions. “How do states and politicians confirm an election where corruption and irregularities are documented throughout?” he said in a tweet on Sunday.
Donald Trump and his administration has filed several cases in court against the process and manner of the elections citing irregularities but have not succeeded in any. Some court judges even humiliated the filings.
Regardless, Trump’s nonstop attack on vote counting and election result makes up for a steep challenge for incoming Joe Biden who gets to sit in White House with the country more divided than ever.
