US Presidential Election 2020 Results : Biden wins US Presidency, Kamala Harris becomes first Indian origin Vice President
The former Vice President of US and Democratic Party candidate for President, Mr. Joe Biden has finally defeated Republican Party’s nominee and the present President Mr. Donald Trump. By defeating Trump, Mr. Biden become the 46th President of the United States of America.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was elected as the 46th President of United States. Biden to US promised to restore political normalcy and a spirit of national unity to confront raging health and economic crises due to the COVID-19.
Specially Mr. Biden’s victory amounted to a repudiation of Mr. Trump by millions of voters exhausted with his divisive conduct and for his chaotic administration. Mr. Trump is the first incumbent to lose re-election in more than a quarter-century. Infact before election it was came to the limelight that the people of US this time going to elect a new face.
The result also provided a history-making moment for Mr. Biden’s running mate, Senator Kamala Harris of California, who is now become the first woman to serve as the Vice President of USA.
After winning the election in the victory speech, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris thanked the US citizens jointly and said that it is a time to heal for America.
Mr. Biden will be only the second Catholic to attain the presidency, along with John F. Kennedy.
How does the election work in US?
The winner of the election of US is mainly decided through a system called the Electoral College. Each of the 50 states and the Washington DC, is given a number of electoral college votes, adding up to a total of 538 votes. More populous states get more electoral college votes than smaller ones.
A candidate in US needs 270 electoral college votes to win the election.
In every state except Maine and Nebraska – the candidate who gets the most votes wins all of the state’s electoral college votes.
Due to these rules, a candidate can win the election without getting the most votes at the national level. This happened at the last election where Donald Trump won a majority of electoral college votes as well as most of the people voted for Hillary Clinton as Prime Minister across the US.
* Bonus Points : About Kamala Harris —
1. Kamala Harris has made history by becoming the first woman Vice President of the United States.
2. Harris will be the first Black woman and African American elected as the Vice President. Born to Jamaican father and an Indian mother, Harris is a former Attorney General of California.
3. She also becomes the first person of Indian descent to hold the national office in the United States .
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