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The campaign has gone on for months, the voters have gone to the polls but we still don't know the results of the US election
So why don’t we know who will be president yet?

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Not enough votes have been counted for Trump or Biden to claim victory
Because of the time it takes to count the huge number of postal votes cast during this pandemic election, it could take days
And if there are legal challenges, it might even take weeks
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A few key battleground states decide the election

So far the race is still very close in those crucial competitive states

In some of those tight races, officials haven't even started counting postal votes, and those could change everything

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Key states include:

Florida: Projected for Trump

Arizona: The state has not voted Democrat since 1996 but looks like a potential gain for Biden

Wisconsin and Pennsylvania: These states haven't started counting postal votes which could take days

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Both candidates have addressed their supporters

Joe Biden urged patience saying: "We're going to win this"

Donald Trump then tweeted: "We are up BIG, but they are trying to steal the election." Twitter has flagged that tweet as potentially misleading

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Senate elections are also happening:

- Trump ally Senator Graham is projected to win in S. Carolina
- Marjorie Taylor Greene (Rep), supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory won her seat
- Democrats lost Alabama, but gained Colorado from the Republicans
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We might not know the result for days as decisive postal votes are counted

Trump has said previously that he would mount legal challenges if the result is close which could potentially take weeks

The only thing we can do is wait and see

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