Biden Is Projected To Be The President-Elect. Here’s How It All Went Down.

“Democracy works,” says Biden. “Your vote will be counted.” A reminder that are still a number of outstanding lawsuits from the Trump campaign that question whether all votes should be counted.

Biden noting that he will likely be the first Democrat in more than 20 years to win in Arizona and Georgia. In listing his wins in various states, Biden is suggesting that this will be a broad victory — he even used the word “mandate.” He twice mentioned winning more than 70 million votes. Biden also emphasized that he is already in meetings about how to deal with COVID-19 as president. “We may be opponents, but we’re not enemies,” Biden says of people who didn’t vote for him. “It’s time for us to come together as a nation and heal.” The speech included a long riff on bringing the country together. Nothing really new from Biden, but he is now saying it as the likely president-elect.

A new batch of votes from Allegheny County (the last of the evening) goes for Biden 2,436-733. His statewide lead in Pennsylvania is now up to 28,833 votes, or 0.43 percentage points. However, that’s still shy of the 0.5-point margin he needs to avoid a recount.