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Infographic: What are Biden and Trump’s paths forward?

With the election sitting at razor-thin margins, what are the candidates’ paths to victory in the Electoral College?

A combination picture shows US presidential candidates President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden pumping their fists during a campaign events [File: Jonathan Ernst/Brian Snyder]
A combination picture shows US presidential candidates President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden pumping their fists during a campaign events [File: Jonathan Ernst/Brian Snyder]

6 Nov 2020

To win the White House, a candidate must win at least 270 electoral votes, a majority of the 538 that are up for grabs in the 50 states, but not the popular vote.

Nearly 2.9 million more people voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, but she still lost.

President Donald Trump won because he prevailed in the Electoral College, under a system set up in the US Constitution and refined through the centuries.

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Currently, the path to 270 looks increasingly difficult for Trump, though Democratic challenger Joe Biden appears set to clinch it.

Biden’s path forward 

Democrat Joe Biden’s campaign has a relatively easy and straightforward path forward. Biden maintained the so-called “Blue Wall” in the Midwest, flipping Wisconsin back from Trump’s 2016 win.

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Biden is also doing well in Arizona, a state that has not backed a Democratic presidential candidate since 1996.