US swing states: what is the state of play?

Election Day was Tuesday. It’s Thursday and we still don’t know who the next president of the United States is going to be. Here’s how the key states are looking now …

Arizona

11 electoral votes
Called for Biden by AP and Fox News, but seems still in play
Biden leads 50.5-48.1, with 86% counted.
Trump needs to win nearly two-thirds of the remaining votes
Next update: not before 9pm ET on Thursday (2am GMT Friday)

Georgia

16 electoral votes
Toss-up
Trump leads 49.6–49.1, with 95% counted
Biden needs to win 60% of remaining votes
Next update: Georgia’s secretary of state says they hope to have results on Thursday. The uncounted ballots include those from population-dense counties that lean Democratic. Biden is outperforming Hillary Clinton’s 2016 vote in those counties.

Michigan

16 electoral votes
Called for Biden

Nevada

Six electoral votes
Toss-up but leans Biden
Biden leads 49.3-48.7, with 86% counted
The lead is fewer than 8,000 but remaining mail-in is expected to skew Democrat
Next update: Result expected noon ET/5pm UK. Trump narrowly lost Nevada in 2016 as the state has trended toward the Democrats in the past decade.

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North Carolina

15 electoral votes
Toss-up but leans Trump
Trump leads 50.1-48.7, with 95% counted
Biden needs two-thirds of mail-in ballots to go his way
Next update: Mail ballots are still accepted if they arrive by 12 November, so there could be a long wait for certainty. Trump prematurely claimed early on Wednesday that he had won the state. There are up to 116,000 mail ballots left to count.

Pennsylvania

20 electoral votes
Toss-up
Trump leads 50.7-48.1, with 89% of the vote in
Most votes yet to be counted are in strong Democrat urban areas
Next update: Result expected on Friday, but already subject to Trump legal challenges over mail-in ballots being counted that are postmarked on election day or before but arrive after 3 November. Trump wants them tossed out.

Wisconsin

10 electoral votes
Called for Biden
Biden’s lead is 49.4-48.8

• Associated Press contributed to the reporting in this article