Live coverage ended 14 Nov, 05:00 EST (10:00 UTC)
14 Nov, 05:00 EST (10:00 UTC): After 18 days of waiting, the final projections are in and President-elect Joe Biden will take Georgia with 16 electoral votes, incumbent President Donald Trump will take North Carolina with 15 votes. And our final say is that Biden is projected to take 306 electoral votes over 232 votes for Trump. That's all for our projection updates for the 2020 US presidential election. Thank you for tuning in and we'll see you in 2024.
12 Nov, 23:20 EST (13 Nov, 04:20 UTC): Welcome back. President Donald Trump has been projected to take the state of Alaska with 3 electoral votes. Once again, we'll return for more updates.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters, AP9 Nov, 22:45 EST (10 Nov, 03:45 UTC): As it stands, President-elect Joe Biden has 290 electoral votes, while incumbent president Donald Trump has 214 votes. Only the states of Alaska, Georgia (on a recount) and North Carolina are counting votes. Thank you for tuning in to our live projection updates. We'll return for further developments.
7 Nov, 22:30 EST (8 Nov, 03:30 UTC): Welcome back to our live projection updates on the 2020 US presidential election. Joe Biden has been projected by Outfit7 News and other media outlets to win the election and be the next President of the United States. Biden is now projected to take Nevada with 6 electoral votes, bringing his total electoral votes to 290.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters, AP7 Nov, 11:30 EST (16:30 UTC): Biden is projected to take Pennsylvania with 20 electoral votes.
Outfit7 News projects that Joe Biden will be the 46th President of the United States based from data by NEP/Edison (via Reuters) and the Associated Press. At 77 years old, he is the oldest person to be elected as US president, and by his inauguration on 20 January 2021, Biden will be the oldest president to take office at 78 years old, pending the outcome of any legal challenges.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters, AP; additional reporting from Outfit7 News5 Nov, 22:05 EST (6 Nov, 03:05 UTC): Some news sources, including the Associated Press which we receive data from, have already projected that Joe Biden would take Arizona with 11 electoral votes. Outfit7 News has listed AP's projection for Arizona, but we are waiting for confirmation from our other source, Reuters, which relies on the NEP and Edison Research for data, about this as they say it is still too close to call. Please stay tuned for more projection updates.
4 Nov, 20:00 EST (5 Nov, 01:00 UTC): Welcome back to our live projection updates on the 2020 US presidential election. Democratic candidate Joe Biden is projected to take the states of Michigan with 16 electoral votes and Wisconsin with 10 votes. Biden is to take 26 more votes for a total of 264 electoral votes. Incumbent Republican president Donald Trump is projected to take Maine's 2nd Congressional District with one electoral vote, for a total of 214 electoral votes.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters, AP4 Nov, 05:20 EST, 10:20 UTC: Only 7 states have yet to be projected as of press time. These are Alaska, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The 2nd congressional district of Maine has yet to be projected as well. 87 electoral votes overall have yet to be counted.
4 Nov, 04:45 EST, 09:45 UTC: Biden is projected to take Hawaii with 4 electoral votes.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters4 Nov, 03:10 EST, 08:10 UTC: Biden is projected to take the state-wide tally of Maine, with 2 electoral votes.
Source: AP4 Nov, 03:00 EST, 08:00 UTC: Biden is projected to take Arizona with 11 electoral votes.
Source: AP4 Nov, 02:00 EST, 07:00 UTC: Biden is projected to take the 1st congressional district of Maine, with 1 vote.
Source: AP4 Nov, 01:15 EST, 06:15 UTC: Trump is projected to take Texas with 38 electoral votes.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters, AP4 Nov, 01:00 EST, 06:00 UTC: Over 75% of states have been projected to be won by either candidate. The remaining 11 states and one partially projected state that have not yet been fully projected are: Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska's 1st and 2nd congressional districts, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.
4 Nov, 00:50 EST, 05:50 UTC: Biden is projected to take Minnesota with 10 electoral votes.
Source: AP4 Nov, 00:45 EST, 05:45 UTC: Trump is projected to take Florida with 29 electoral votes.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters, AP4 Nov, 00:30 EST, 05:30 UTC: Trump is projected to take Iowa with 6 electoral votes and Montana with 3 votes.
Source: AP4 Nov, 00:10 EST, 05:10 UTC: Trump is projected to take Ohio with 18 electoral votes.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters3 Nov, 23:00 EST (4 Nov, 04:00 UTC): Biden is projected to take California (55 electoral votes), Oregon (7 votes), Washington state (12 votes) and New Hampshire (4 votes). Trump is projected to take Idaho (4 votes).
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters, AP3 Nov, 22:30 EST (4 Nov, 03:30 UTC): Trump is projected to take Missouri with 10 electoral votes and Utah with 6 votes.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters, AP3 Nov, 22:00 EST (4 Nov, 03:00 UTC): Trump is projected to take Kansas with 6 electoral votes.
Source: AP3 Nov, 21:40 EST (4 Nov, 02:40 UTC): Biden is projected to take Colorado with 9 electoral votes.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters3 Nov, 21:10 EST (4 Nov, 02:10 UTC): Trump is projected to take Louisiana (8 electoral votes), Nebraska (2 votes), Nebraska’s 3rd Congressional District (1 vote), North Dakota (3 votes), South Dakota (3 votes) and Wyoming (3 votes), for a total of 20 more electoral votes. Biden is projected to take New Mexico with 5 electoral votes.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters, AP3 Nov, 21:05 EST (4 Nov, 02:05 UTC): Biden is projected to take New York with 29 electoral votes.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters3 Nov, 21:00 EST (4 Nov, 02:00 UTC): The Associated Press' website is currently experiencing technical problems as of this time. Updates will take slightly longer to process due to this. UPDATE: The AP's website is back online just as we were typing this. The problem seems to be from their end but we apologise for the inconvenience anyways.
3 Nov, 20:30 EST (4 Nov, 01:30 UTC): Trump is projected to take Arkansas with 6 electoral votes.
Source: AP3 Nov, 20:20 EST (4 Nov, 01:20 UTC): Trump is projected to take South Carolina (9 votes), Alabama (9 votes), Mississippi (6 votes), Oklahoma (7 votes) and Tennessee (11 votes), for a total of 42 more electoral votes. Biden is to take Connecticut (7 votes), Delaware (3), Illinois (20), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (11), New Jersey (14), Rhode Island (4) and District of Columbia (3), for a total of 72 more electoral votes.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters, AP3 Nov, 19:40 EST (4 Nov, 00:40 UTC:) Trump is projected to take Kentucky with 8 electoral votes. Biden is projected to take Virginia with 13 votes.
Source: AP3 Nov, 19:30 EST (4 Nov, 00:30 UTC): Trump is projected to take West Virginia with 5 electoral votes.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters, AP3 Nov, 19:00 EST (4 Nov, 00:00 UTC): Trump is projected to take Indiana with 11 electoral votes. Biden is projected to take Vermont with 3 votes.
Source: NEP/Edison via Reuters, Associated Press