US Election: Electoral College Confirms Biden’s Victory

The Electoral College has affirmed Joe Biden, Democratic Candidate, as winner of the December 3 US presidential election.

Biden won the majority votes of the electors on Monday.

There are 538 electors in the Electoral College and a majority of 270 is required to win.

Biden went over the top earlier in the day when California, the largest US state, cast its 55 electors for the Democratic ticket.

The Pacific island state of Hawaii was the last to cast its votes, bringing Biden’s total to 306 electoral votes. Trump won 232.

“The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. And we now know that nothing – not even the pandemic – or an abuse of power – can extinguish that flame,” Biden said in a televised address to the nation from Wilmington, Delaware, on Monday night.

“In America, politicians don’t take power – the people grant it to them,” Biden said, taking direct aim at President Trump’s refusal to concede the November 3 election and attempts by Trump and Republican allies to overturn the results in the courts and with state officials.

“In this battle for the soul of America, democracy prevailed,” Biden said, calling on Trump to recognize his win as a “landslide”.