Election updates: Biden takes slight lead over Trump in Michigan as votes are tallied
Posted on AllSides November 4th, 2020
From The Left
If vote-counting trends hold, Michigan is offering a vivid illustration of the blue wave.
Shortly after midnight, President Donald Trump had a big lead with 54% of the vote. Shortly after 9 a.m. EST, Democrat Joe Biden took the lead by 12,000 votes.
And there were still hundreds of thousands of ballots to count – most of them absentee, which tend to favor Democrats.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said final results are likely by Wednesday night.
At least 5.26 million ballots were cast overall, a record that surpassed the...
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