So … as of time of writing, it's all too close to call. This morning the US Election result is still up in the air with no clear winner emerging yet in a tight contest. The polls are now closed, with Trump winning Ohio and Florida, however important states like North Carolina, Georgia and Arizona are still to be called, with ballot counters in the vital swing state of Pennsylvania having gone home for the night, meaning the full result may not be known for hours. At this stage in the race Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in the Electoral College count 238 to 213.Both Biden and Trump voiced confidence about the eventual outcome. Biden saying, he believes ‘we're on track to win this election’ and asked Americans to be patient until all the votes are counted. As for Trump, he said as far as he's concerned he’s won the election and suggests he will be going to the Supreme Court if needed to defend that perception.
One interesting comment was from Barack Obama's former campaign manager David Plouffe, who has called Trump's claim of victory ‘scary’. He said ‘We've never seen anything like this in the history of our Republic. Obviously, Trump doesn't want to go meekly into the night no matter what damage he does to our country’. He went on to say ‘Even if Trump is successful, and I don't think he will be, you're going to have 45 per cent of the country believing him. It's startling, it's dark, it's scary. These are going to be dark and scary days, or weeks’ finishing with ‘That was super painful to watch as an American citizen. The sooner we get the votes counted the better’.