Democratic Party candidate, Joe Biden, is on the verge of becoming the next US president after taking the lead in one of the deciding cities, Pennsylvania, on Friday.
Recall that Biden has previously taken the lead in Georgia, another major city that is a stronghold of the Republican Party in the early hours of Friday.
As it stands, Biden who now has at least 3,295,327 popular votes in the city, leads Trump who has 3,289,731 votes with 5,596 votes, according to AP tally.
Biden also leads on the electoral college votes with 264 over Trump’s 214, according to AP tally as of 3:37 pm Nigerian time.
The Telegraph reports that of the key swing states where the 2020 US election will be won or lost, Biden is ahead in three of the remaining four swing states having won four and lost two:
Arizona – Biden wins
Michigan – Biden wins
Minnesota – Biden wins
Wisconsin – Biden wins
Florida – Trump wins
Texas – Trump wins
Georgia – Biden leads with 1097 votes.
North Carolina – Trump leads with 76701 votes, mail-in ballots postmarked by November 3 are accepted until November 12
Pennsylvania – Biden leads with 5,596 votes, most votes will be counted by this Friday, November 6th.
Nevada – Biden leads with 11,438.