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North Carolina Battleground: More Than 90 Per Cent Ballots Reported; Trump Leads

Swarajya Staff

Nov 04, 2020, 09:02 AM | Updated 09:02 AM IST


NC staying red?
NC staying red?

Incumbent President Donald Trump is now leading in the key battleground state of North Carolina. Out of the 270 electoral college votes needed by any candidate to be chosen president, North Carolina holds 15.

As per USA Today, at the time of writing, more than 90 per cent of the ballots had been reported and Trump had got 49.7 per cent of that vote while Biden was at 49.1 per cent.

In 2016, Trump had won North Carolina with a difference of 3.5 percentage points over Hillary Clinton.

In the run up to Election Day 2020 in America, North Carolina was considered as amongst the most crucial battleground states.


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