My Daily Routine (MD Mujeeb Subhan)

Paths to victory remain in the US presidential race for both  Donald Trump  and Joe Biden, but Biden has more ways to win and appears to be running stronger state to state, based on the places – cities, mainly – where large absentee votes have yet to be counted. Biden leads the electoral college vote tally 264-214 after he was declared the winner in Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday and Trump gained one vote in Maine. Adding Alaska for Trump – which had not been called but where the result is not in doubt – gives the president 217. From there, four states remained to be called as of Friday: Nevada, North Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. Trump’s paths For Trump to find the 53 electoral votes he needs, he would need to win Pennsylvania, plus all three other states. But a huge Democratic vote share remained to be tallied in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, meaning Trump could have difficulty hanging...

The clock is ticking towards election day in the United States, with the eyes of the world on the battle between Donald Trump and Joe Biden for the keys to the White House. The winner of the November 3 contest is decided via a system designed to give all 50 states a say, but it can have a curious outcome: the candidate with the most votes doesn't necessarily become president. Democrat Hillary Clinton won three million more votes than Trump in 2016, for example, but she's not in the White House. Similarly, Republican George W. Bush lost the popular vote to Al Gore in 2000, but the Democrat still lost the election. And Trump could earn a second term as president even if Biden wins the most votes across the country. In short, the national vote is irrelevant in U.S. presidential elections – all that matters is the Electoral College. How does the Electoral College work? The Electoral College essentially creates 51 mini-elections, with individual contests in each of the 50 states and...