US election 2020 live: When will there be a result? Biden certain of victory as lead over Trump grows in key states
Latest updates on the US election as Joe Biden and Donald Trump race to 270 Electoral College votes.
Key points:
- Still six states left to declare but Biden remains in strong position - live results here
- The Democrat declares 'we are going to win this race' after overtaking Donald Trump in Pennsylvania - winning there would be enough on its own to clinch the White House
- A recount is announced in Georgia - a reliably Republican state where Biden also overtook the president due to mail-in ballots
- What are the numbers? Biden remains on 253 Electoral College votes in the race to 270. He needs: Pennsylvania (20) or two of Arizona (11), Georgia (16), Nevada (6) and North Carolina (15)
- Trump still convinced battle is 'not over' more than 72 hours after election day. He is on 214 and needs Pennsylvania and three of Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina to win or potentially tie
- He is pursuing legal action in at least four states amid unsubstantiated claims of 'voter fraud'
- Fiji's PM becomes first world leader to congratulate Joe Biden - even though he has not yet won
- What happens next? Pennsylvania and Georgia remain most likely to declare next and there is some expectation that Saturday could finally be the day
- Live reporting by Chris Robertson
Why did pollsters get it so wrong this time?
"It went really wrong this year," veteran pollster John Zogby tells Sky News.
He says that network polling was too skewed towards Democrats, and Republicans were not being polled enough.
"Some of if it is because of the wrong methodology being used.
"They need to be less reliant on the telephone... and secondly the echo chamber has to stop - these polls that are wrong are based in Manhattan, based in Princeton, New Jersey in a university town, Washington DC, and there are pollsters who live in an atmosphere where they're not even aware of the fact that there are Republicans out there."
Mr Trump continues
Legal observers have been allowed into counting rooms, and both Republicans and Democrats been seen inside centres by Sky News correspondents.
The state of play on Saturday
As the US begins to wake up and restart counts, here is the state of play in the states which have not yet been declared
Will we find out today?
Our colleagues at NBC News take a look at the data.
Is there much point in Donald Trump going to court?
Democratic lawyer, Jessica Ehrlich, says that by going to court, Donald Trump could give Joe Biden's win more solidity.
However, she told Sky News "in order to go to the Supreme Court, you have to have a legal leg to stand on, and so far, they're throwing spaghetti at the wall and most of the cases that he's brought have been thrown out for a lack of legal standing."
Amanda Makki, a Republican lawyer and strategist, in response, said that the American people are frustrated, and Mr Trump wants to ensure that everybody's vote in counted.
"Every single vote that is legally placed should be counted... no one's trying to prevent the outcome of the election" she says.
Breakfast on the road for our correspondents
Sky's Sally Lockwood, who is in Pennsylvania, is sampling some classic US food for breakfast before what could be a huge day in the state.
Pennsylvania update
Allegheny County, which contains the city of Pittsburgh, has around 22,000 to 23,000 mail-in ballots left to count, and work is being done to verify them by hand to check for duplicates, according to a counting official in the county.
Rich Fitzgerald, Allegheny County executive, told CNN that mail-in ballots have been splitting around 80% to 20% to Joe Biden.
There is also around 17,000 provisional ballots to count in the county, which Mr Fitzgerald says will be counted next week, and are splitting around 75% to 25% in favour of the former vice president.
There will be an update later on today, with counting due to start around 9am local time (2pm GMT)
Analysis: Biden's striking proclamation offers a real glimpse of what Americans can expect
By Greg Milam, US correspondent, at Biden HQ in Wilmington, Delaware
If it wasn't the victory speech that Joe Biden had hoped to deliver to the American people at primetime on a Friday night, it was certainly a striking proclamation of the very different direction he is offering the country.
The soon-to-be president-elect, standing alongside his vice presidential pick Kamala Harris, had been expected to merely provide a progress report on the state of the slow march to an election result.
Instead, on COVID-19, the economy, climate change and the divisions in society, he offered the American people a real glimpse of what they can expect from his administration.
We have heard much of it before, on the campaign trail and since election night, but the Biden-Harris project is now looking like it will be a reality for the American people come January.
"I will work as hard for the people who voted against me as for the people who voted for me," he said. "That is the job. It is called a duty of care."
He mentioned Donald Trump by name just once - to boast about the vote margin - but there was no mistaking his belief that America has spent four years on the wrong path.
If the verbal stumbles and uncertainties that are part of the Biden package were sometimes noticeable, there was no mistaking his belief in what the country needs right now.
He did what presidents usually do: faced up to the crises gripping the country, empathised with the victims and promised to work towards a way out.
The intent was clear: to project himself as the president-in-waiting, filling the vacuum left by the current occupant of the White House, as he spends his time ranting and raving about the election result.
Who wouldn't agree with Biden's call for the vitriol to be taken out of political and social discourse? It is an easy call to make but, in today's America, a very different proposition to deliver.
The reality is that there are thousands of supporters of Donald Trump who are unwilling to even accept that Biden will be a legitimate president.
They are making their views plain and many of them are determined to hound Biden in office just as they believe the current president has been unfairly attacked by his political opponents.
No one is going to heal those divisions overnight. We can only hope that Biden is true to his word that he is serious about bridging the divide.
Even before the result has been declared, there is a sense that the Biden era has already begun.
Donald Trump's chief of staff in the White House, Mark Meadows, has tested positive for coronavirus
In a video clip, he can be seen at the White House without a mask, surrounded by Donald Trump's family just days before his positive test.
The world continues to wait
Sky News presenter Jonathan Samuels is all of us this morning as we await a result in the US election.
More from Arizona
Alex Jones, known for being a founder of the conspiracy site Infowars, led the chanting in Arizona in support of Donald Trump.
He is shouting "1776" - the year the US Declaration of Independence was adopted.
What do things look like on the ground?
Protests continue across the key battleground states as vote counting reaches its dramatic conclusion.
In Phoenix, Arizona, where votes are only narrowly in Joe Biden's favour, Trump supporters have taken to the streets to demand recounts or declare some of the votes illegal.
It comes after Donald Trump's relentless tweeting that he is the winner of the election, that large numbers of votes are illegal or that there is widespread corruption.
This is not true and the Trump campaign has not provided any evidence to support its claims.
Biden on course to flip the 2016 result
Joe Biden is on track to take the presidency 306-232 - reversing the result in 2016.
Is this the first world leader to congratulate Biden?
Frank Bainimarama, the prime minister of Fiji, has sent his congratulations to Joe Biden - even though the hasn't ended.
Mr Bainimarama tells Mr Biden that he wants to work on climate issues once he reaches the Oval Office.
Where will Joe Biden go first if he wins the White House race?
There is speculation that Joe Biden's first international visit could be to Ireland, in recognition of the his Irish heritage.
However, traditionally, newly-inaugurated presidents tend to visit neighbours Mexico and Canada first, according to a former UK ambassador the US.
Sir Peter Westmacott says: "Donald Trump went off for a very glitzy reception in Saudi Arabia for his own reasons. Joe Biden is indeed very proud of his Irish links so it is possible that he would go there first.
"Foreign embassies, including ours in Washington, used to be judged on how successful they were at ensuring that the British prime minister was the first into the Oval Office - but it won't be quite like that this year because of Covid - but we probably wouldn't be first in anyway, given the background of the way in which the Johnson administration has been working so closely with Donald Trump."
'When will it end?'
Plenty of jibes have been aimed at the US over the speed in which votes are being counted in the final key states.
Britons in particular drawing comparisons to five-day test match cricket...
Biden: 'We have to remember the purpose of our politics isn’t totally unrelenting warfare'
Joe Biden delivered a speech to the nation late on Friday night (early on Saturday morning in the UK), and told the US he would work hard for everyone - even those who did not vote for him.
Watch what he said below.
What are the UK papers saying this morning?
Many of this morning's newspapers are reporting that Donald Trump is likely to be exiting the White House to make way for Joe Biden.
You can take a scroll through the front pages of the FT, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, The Times, Daily Mirror and the Guardian below.
Why has no one called the election yet?
Sky's American partner NBC News says to be able to call the election, they have to be 99.5% sure they are correct.
The network's director of elections John Lapinski said: "What we're doing is scrubbing through the vote and making sure Joe Biden's going to get a comfortable enough lead but also looking at the recount threshold, of which he'll need about 33,000 votes.
"What we're really... looking at is how many of those remaining votes are going to be counted - a lot of people are assuming all of them are going to be counted and usually they count the hard votes last."
Mr Lapinski said NBC think it is going Joe Biden's way, but they have to be incredibly sure they will get it right.
On Nevada and Arizona - Mr Lapinski says they wanted to be able to make those calls yesterday, but those races remained on a "knife-edge".
How would a Biden presidency look to Westminster?
A former foreign office under-secretary says that Joe Biden will be "tough on trade deals" with the UK.
What does Joe Biden's lead look like in the swing states?
According to Sky News/ NBC News data, Joe Biden's lead in the key states stands at:
- Georgia: 4,430 (0.1% points)
- Pennsylvania: 28,833 (0.5% points)
- Nevada 22,657: (1.8% points)
- Arizona 29,861: (0.9% points)
Key points:
- Still six states left to declare but Biden remains in strong position - live results here
- The Democrat declares 'we are going to win this race' after overtaking Donald Trump in Pennsylvania - winning there would be enough on its own to clinch the White House
- A recount is announced in Georgia - a reliably Republican state where Biden also overtook the president due to mail-in ballots
- What are the numbers? Biden remains on 253 Electoral College votes in the race to 270. He needs: Pennsylvania (20) or two of Arizona (11), Georgia (16), Nevada (6) and North Carolina (15)
- Trump still convinced battle is 'not over' more than 72 hours after election day. He is on 214 and needs Pennsylvania and three of Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina to win or potentially tie
- He is pursuing legal action in at least four states amid unsubstantiated claims of 'voter fraud'
- Fiji's PM becomes first world leader to congratulate Joe Biden - even though he has not yet won
- What happens next? Pennsylvania and Georgia remain most likely to declare next and there is some expectation that Saturday could finally be the day
- Live reporting by Chris Robertson
Just getting up for breakfast? Here's what you need to know from overnight
If you're just waking up and checking in for an update, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you - those key numbers still haven't changed.
Joe Biden is stuck on 253 electoral votes, and Donald Trump remains on 214, after no new states declared overnight once again.
The Democrat is still widening his leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia - the former would be enough by itself to secure him the presidency were he to win there.
But the counting process has slowed to a crawl in Nevada and Mr Trump has closed the gap slightly in Arizona, so you'd be forgiven for feeling a little like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day this morning.
In the race to 270 Electoral College votes, Mr Biden still needs to win either Pennsylvania (20) or two from Arizona (11), Georgia (16), Nevada (6) and North Carolina (15).
Mr Trump is on 214 and needs Pennsylvania and three from Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina to win or potentially tie.
We have heard from both men overnight, albeit in rather different forms.
Mr Biden has delivered a statement to the nation, though not the victory speech he had perhaps expected to have given by now.
His rival, the president, has stuck to Twitter - including more than a dozen retweets featuring unfounded claims of voter fraud.
Stay tuned to our live coverage online and on TV throughout the weekend to stay right up to date with the race.
What's going on in Nevada?
Joe Biden's lead in Nevada has been stuck at 22,657 votes for some time - so why is it taking so long?
Sky's Stuart Ramsay is there, specifically in Las Vegas, where thousands of votes still need to be counted at Clark County Election Center.
"The votes being counted at the moment, 55,000 of them, all mail-in ballots, are being picked up 2:1 by Joe Biden," he says.
"It's not been called yet because mathematically the president could still win, but the sense one gets is that it's inevitable that he will eventually have to accept that it's going.
"It could be another day or so, it's difficult to know.
"While I think Biden is going to win, it is very close. What we've seen across the country is this split in the nation and if it is to be President Biden then he has an awful lot of work ahead of him to try to unite this country again."
The rate at which the remaining votes are being counted in Nevada has drawn plenty of ire on social media - and Sky News has assembled some of the very best memes of the election thus far. Take a look here.
Watch Sky's Mark Stone's latest report from Philadelphia, the city at the centre of the race to win Pennsylvania
Too early to give up on Trump, says former aide
Donald Trump isn't going to give up on the election and it's too early to declare Joe Biden the winner, one of the president's former campaign aides has said.
JD Gordon told Sky News: "I think President Trump still has a chance and he's going to keep fighting, he is a fighter and there are lots of states that are very close.
"There's legal action going on in four states and I think we're going to see a recount in Georgia, so I think we're quite a way from saying it's over and that we're going to see a Biden administration."
On Pennsylvania, he claims "voter irregularities" and a Trump legal challenge does not make the race there a done deal - despite Joe Biden's growing lead.
"It's really too early to give up on President Trump," he says.
"It's going to come down to a battle of the lawyers."
What next for Trump if Biden hits 270 electoral votes?
Donald Trump is in no mood to concede the election and has suggested he wants to take it as far as the Supreme Court.
While he remains in the race, he is of course well within his rights to keep fighting.
But once it becomes mathematically impossible to win, Sky's defence correspondent Alistair Bunkall has posited two potential outcomes.
"One would be senior Republicans coming out, either in public, or perhaps having a quiet word behind the scenes, and saying to Donald Trump: 'Your time is up.'
"And if Joe Biden takes say Nevada, Arizona and perhaps Georgia, it doesn’t really matter what Donald Trump tries to achieve through the courts because it’s a done deal."
Biden's latest leads
Significant updates from the remaining battlegrounds are unlikely before later on Saturday as some counties have already stopped.
Here's how things are looking for Joe Biden in the states that could win him the presidency as of the latest counting updates:
- Georgia - up by 4,430 votes (0.1%)
- Pennsylvania - up by 28,833 votes (0.5%)
- Nevada - up by 22,657 votes (1.8%)
- Arizona - up by 29,861 votes (0.9%)
The Democrat remains stuck on 253 electoral votes for now, meaning he needs 17 more to win the presidency.
Georgia is worth 16 and so will take him within one vote of victory, while Nevada and Arizona are worth six and 11 respectively.
Any two from those three states will win secure victory for Mr Biden.
Pennsylvania would be enough by itself, however, as it is worth 20 electoral votes.
Just waking up and need a catch-up on where we're at?
You can click or tap through the map below to see which states are blue, which are red, and which we're still waiting on before we can determine who has won the presidency.
You can also click or tap here for our full breakdown of the votes in each state - most importantly, the battlegrounds yet to declare.
The key numbers from those battleground states can also be seen underneath the map below.
With still no new results declared, the main talking point of the night has been Joe Biden's confident campaign address. You can watch it in full below
Analysis: Biden's striking proclamation offers real glimpse of what Americans can expect from him
By Greg Milam, US correspondent
If it wasn't the victory speech that Joe Biden had hoped to deliver to the American people at primetime on a Friday night, it was certainly a striking proclamation of the very different direction he is offering the country.
The soon-to-be president-elect, standing alongside his vice presidential pick Kamala Harris, had been expected to merely provide a progress report on the state of the slow march to an election result.
Instead, on COVID-19, the economy, climate change and the divisions in society, he offered the American people a real glimpse of what they can expect from his administration.
We have heard much of it before, on the campaign trail and since election night, but the Biden-Harris project is now looking like it will be a reality for the American people come January.
"I will work as hard for the people who voted against me as for the people who voted for me," he said. "That is the job. It is called a duty of care."
He mentioned Donald Trump by name just once - to boast about the vote margin - but there was no mistaking his belief that America has spent four years on the wrong path.
If the verbal stumbles and uncertainties that are part of the Biden package were sometimes noticeable, there was no mistaking his belief in what the country needs right now.
He did what presidents usually do: faced up to the crises gripping the country, empathised with the victims and promised to work towards a way out.
The intent was clear: to project himself as the president-in-waiting, filling the vacuum left by the current occupant of the White House, as he spends his time ranting and raving about the election result.
Who wouldn't agree with Biden's call for the vitriol to be taken out of political and social discourse? It is an easy call to make but, in today's America, a very different proposition to deliver.
The reality is that there are thousands of supporters of Donald Trump who are unwilling to even accept that Biden will be a legitimate president.
They are making their views plain and many of them are determined to hound Biden in office just as they believe the current president has been unfairly attacked by his political opponents.
No one is going to heal those divisions overnight. We can only hope that Biden is true to his word that he is serious about bridging the divide.
Even before the result has been declared, there is a sense that the Biden era has already begun.
In need of some light relief?
This election has been a tense and draining affair - and we're still not done.
But plenty have been able to find some fun amongst all the uncertainty, and we've compiled the very best memes of the election thus far for your enjoyment.
Can't beat a good SpongeBob reference.
Trump voters outside the Clark County Election Center in Las Vegas have been holding a 'Stop The Steal' protest, referencing the president's repeated claims that the election is being "stolen" from him.
Supporters of Donald Trump are out in force, too. This crowd has assembled outside a counting centre in Las Vegas, Arizona, tonight.
Pro-Biden voters have also been gathered at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington DC, where they listened to a live broadcast of the Democrat's speech earlier.
People have been dancing into the night at a 'Donald Trump Is Over' party in Washington Square Park, New York.
Biden's latest leads
With further updates from the remaining battlegrounds unlikely before later on Saturday, here's how things are looking for Joe Biden in the states that could win him the presidency as of the latest counting updates:
- Georgia - up by 4,289 votes
- Pennsylvania - up by 28,833 votes
- Nevada - up by 22,657 votes
- Arizona - up by 29,861 votes
The Democrat remains stuck on 253 electoral votes for now, meaning he needs 17 more to win the presidency.
Georgia is worth 16 and so will take him within one vote of victory, while Nevada and Arizona are worth six and 11 respectively.
Any two from those three states will win secure victory for Mr Biden.
Pennsylvania would be enough by itself, however, as it is worth 20 electoral votes.
If you missed Joe Biden's speech, you can watch one of the highlights here
This video shows White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows without a face mask on just days before he tested positive for coronavirus
More on White House chief of staff testing positive for COVID-19
Mark Meadows has been diagnosed with coronavirus.
Mr Meadows was at the White House party on election night and was seen without a mask.
He has frequently appeared at public events without wearing a face covering and accompanied the president in the final days of the campaign rallies.
The diagnosis was confirmed on Friday by two senior White House officials.
His current condition and the circumstances of how he may have become infected are so far unclear.
Mr Meadows is the latest of Mr Trump's inner circle to test positive. His wife Melania and son Barron also previously fought off the coronavirus.
Growing impatient for a result? Try waiting for the Senate
It's been more than 72 hours since election night and we still don't know for certain who will be the next US president.
But if you thought this was a long wait, it could be far worse in the Senate.
The tight nature of the vote in Georgia - which will be among the last to declare for Joe Biden or Donald Trump - means people in the state may not know who their senators are until January.
Georgia's two Senate seats, unusually, were both up for election this year, and both races are headed for run-off elections on 5 January after no candidate in either race managed to win a majority.
As things stand right now, the Democrats and the Republicans will each hold 48 seats in the 100-member Senate. Two other races in addition to Georgia are still outstanding, but both are expected to be won by Republicans.
In Georgia, Republican Senator David Perdue was up for re-election after six years in office against the Democrat Jon Ossoff, an investigative journalist and media executive.
Each fell short of the 50%-plus-one-vote threshold, with Perdue getting 49.8% of the vote and Ossoff 47.9%.
Georgia's other senator, Republican Kelly Loeffler was fighting to hold on to her seat in a special election that drew 21 candidates, including Republican US Representative Doug Collins.
Democrat Raphael Warnock emerged with the greatest share of the vote, at 32.7%, with Loeffler drawing 26% and Collins 20.1%.
The Republicans had appeared to be on course to retain control of the Senate, potentially providing a frustrating obstacle to Joe Biden's hopes of pushing through significant legislation should he be elected.
Republican Senate candidates are expected to win North Carolina and Alaska, which have not yet been called, and the party's Georgia candidates ultimately remain the favourites there, too.
But if the Democrats did claim both seats in Georgia, and Joe Biden wins the White House, that would give an incoming Vice President Kamala Harris a 51st tie-breaking vote.
Watch this space.
Trump retweeting voter fraud conspiracies
While Joe Biden was delivering his address in Delaware, Donald Trump was on a retweeting spree - sharing several unfounded claims about alleged voter fraud that he claims is the reason he is trailing in the race to the White House.
The president has posted 16 retweets in less than half an hour, including one headline that falsely states: "True Electoral Count Shows Trump Winning."
Need a catch-up on where we're at? Take a look at the chart below
'We are going to win this race': Biden's campaign speech in full
"My fellow Americans, we don’t have a final declaration of victory yet, but the numbers tell a clear and convincing story: We are going to win this race.
"Just look at what has happened since yesterday.
"Twenty-four hours ago, we were behind in Georgia. Now we’re ahead and we’re going to win that state.
"Twenty-four hours ago, we were behind in Pennsylvania. Now, we’re ahead and we’re going to win that state too.
"We’re winning Arizona. We’re winning Nevada. In fact, our lead just doubled in Nevada.
"We’re on track for over 300 Electoral College votes.
"And look at the national numbers: We’re going to win this race with a clear majority of the nation behind us. We’ve gotten over 74 million votes. Let me repeat that: 74 million votes.
"That’s more votes than any presidential ticket has gotten in the history of the United States of America, and our vote total is still growing.
"We’re beating Donald Trump by over four million votes, and that margin is still growing as well.
"One of the things I’m especially proud of is how well we’ve done all across America.
"We are going to be the first Democrat to win Arizona in 24 years. We are going to be the first Democrat to win Georgia in 28 years.
"And we re-built the Blue Wall in the middle of the country that crumbled just four years ago. Pennsylvania. Michigan. Wisconsin. The heartland of this nation.
"I know watching these vote tallies on TV move slowly upward can be numbing.
"But never forget: the tallies aren’t just numbers — they represent votes. Men and women who exercised their fundamental right to have their voice heard.
"And what is becoming clearer each hour is that record numbers of Americans — from all races, faiths, religions — chose change over more of the same.
"They have given us a mandate for action on COVID and the economy and climate change and systemic racism.
"They made it clear they want the country to come together — not pull apart. The people spoke. More than 74 million Americans. And they spoke loudly for our ticket.
"But while we’re waiting for the final results, I want people to know we are not waiting to get to work.
"Yesterday, Senator Harris and I held meetings with a group of experts on the public health and economic crises our country is facing.
"The pandemic is getting significantly more worrisome all across the country.
"Daily cases are skyrocketing, and it is now believed that we could see spikes as high as 200,000 cases in a single day. The death toll is approaching 240,000 lives lost to this virus. That’s 240,000 empty chairs at the kitchen and dinner tables across America.
"We’ll never be able to measure all the pain, the loss, and the suffering so many families have experienced.
"I know how it feels to lose someone you love, and I want them to know they’re not alone. Our hearts break with you.
"And I want everyone to know that on day one, we are going to put our plan to control this virus into action. That can’t save any of the lives that have been lost, but it will save a lot of lives in the months ahead.
"Senator Harris and I also heard yesterday about how the recovery is slowing because of the failure to get the pandemic under control.
"More than 20 million people are on unemployment. Millions are worried about making rent and putting food on the table. Our economic plan will put a focus on a path to a strong recovery.
"I know tensions can be high after a tough election like we just had.
"But we need to remain calm. Patient. And let the process work out as we count all the votes.
"We are proving again what we have proved for 244 years in this country. Democracy works. Your vote will be counted. I don’t care how hard people try to stop it. I will not let it happen.
"The people will be heard and our journey to a more perfect union goes on.
"In America we hold strong views and we have strong disagreements. And that’s okay.
"Strong disagreements are inevitable in a democracy, and strong disagreements are healthy.
"They’re a sign of vigorous debate, of deeply held views. But we have to remember: The purpose of our politics isn’t total, unrelenting, unending warfare.
"No. The purpose of our politics, the work of the nation, isn’t to fan the flames of conflict — but to solve problems.
"To guarantee justice. To give everybody a fair shot. To improve the lives of our people.
"We may be opponents — but we are not enemies. We are Americans.
"No matter who you voted for, I’m certain of one thing: The vast majority want to get the vitriol out of our politics. We’re certainly not going to agree on a lot of the issues — but we can at least agree to be civil to one another.
"We must put the anger — and the demonisation — behind us. It’s time for us to come together as a nation and heal. It won’t be easy, but we must try.
"My responsibility as president will be to represent the whole nation. And I want you to know — that I will work as hard for those who voted against me as for those who voted for me.
"That’s the job. It’s called a duty of care. For all Americans.
"We have serious problems to deal with — from COVID to our economy to racial justice to the climate. We don’t have any more time to waste on partisan warfare. And more than that.
"We have such an incredible opportunity to build the future we want for our kids and grandkids. I’ve said it many times. I’ve never been more optimistic about the future of our nation.
"There is no reason we can’t own the 21st Century. We just need to remember who we are. This is the United States of America.
"And there has never been anything we’ve been unable to do when we’ve done it together.
"Thank you. God bless you. And may God protect our troops."
This was Joe Biden delivering his latest campaign address moments ago.
Analysis: Make no mistake, Joe Biden is already speaking as the president-elect
By Greg Milam, US correspondent
What he was offering the American people was a different vision, a contrasting vision, for this country compared to Donald Trump.
This is a man and a running mate who are clearly moving on and moving in the direction of taking over the running of this country.
He seems frustrated, the campaign is frustrated, the whole country is probably frustrated with how long this election is taking.
But they respect the process and it's important that these votes are counted - Joe Biden has preached that all week.
He doesn't want to get ahead of that process, but no mistaking that he was speaking as the president-elect, even though he hasn't been declared that.
He again spoke about the pandemic - the sort of thing a president talks about as a difficult time, and his focus on that and the economic recovery that will be needed shows that there's more to this impression that they want to create then just talking about the election.
The campaign team want Joe Biden to appear as president, Kamala Harris to appear as vice president, in the minds of the American people and that's what addresses like that are all about.
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