Neck And Neck In Florida: Trump Marginally Ahead After Around 90 Per Cent Votes Reported

Donald Trump and Joe Biden are locked in a tight contest in the south-eastern American state of Florida which holds 29 electoral college votes of the 270 needed by either candidate to be elected president.

According to the New York Times, of the total votes reported so far from Florida, Donald Trump has received a little more than 50 per cent while Biden has got more than 48.

It is likely that the state is eventually carried by Trump.

Florida, the closest American state geographically to Cuba has a significant Hispanic population, and in 2016 too, the state was in the limelight on Election Day of the United States.

In 2016, Donald Trump had taken Florida en route to his eventual victory.