Photos: All eyes on US vote count as leads waver between Trump and Biden

In a divisive election already cast under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, incumbent US President Donald Trump falsely claimed victory over Democratic rival Joe Biden on November 4, with millions of votes still uncounted in a White House race that will not be decided until tallying is completed over the coming hours or days. The race is down to a handful of states, and both Trump, 74 and Biden, 77, have possible paths to reach the needed 270 Electoral College votes to win the White House.

Updated on: Nov 05, 2020 11:37 AM IST

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Supporters of Senator Steve Daines look at election results unfold before Daines' race was called by The Associated Press on November 3 in Bozeman, Montana. America woke up on November 4 without a winner of the presidential election in a year that has been upturned by the coronavirus, and had poll counts slowed down due to millions voting by mail instead of in-person. (Tommy Martino / AP)

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Supporters of Donald Trump celebrate Ohio being called for Donald Trump at a Republican watch party in Michigan on November 3. Some states began counting absentee ballots days before Election Day — and had definitive results within hours of the polls closing. Elsewhere, absentee ballots have thrown into doubt historical norms, making the arc of the race harder to determine. (Seth Herald / AFP)

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Election workers empty postal ballots from a ballot box at the Multnomah County Elections Division, on November 3 in Portland, Oregon. There are roughly 20 states that allow ballots received after Election Day to be counted if they were postmarked by the day of the election. That includes Pennsylvania, one of the key outstanding states as of November 4. (AP)

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US citizens living abroad watch results come in for the presidential election at a home watch party in Sydney, Australia on November 4. Despite the breakaways from tradition in this year’s electoral process, one political narrative that’s held for sure is that the country remains evenly divided between both parties. (Loren Elliott / REUTERS)

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The election was plunged into chaos early November 4 as President Donald Trump prematurely declared victory and sought Supreme Court intervention to stop vote-counting. Shattering norms in the world’s most powerful democracy, Trump alleged “major fraud” as he held an upbeat rally inside the White House’s ceremonial East Room in Washington D.C. (Carlos Barria / REUTERS)

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An election inspector waves a flag to call for assistance as ballots are counted into the early morning hours November 4 at the central counting board in Detroit.Trump spent months railing against mail-in voting and suggesting without evidence that it could lead to widespread fraud, while imploring that the election should have a result on the same night the polls closed. (David Goldman / AP)

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at an election night address to supporters at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, early on November 4. Earlier in the evening, Trump won the battlegrounds of Florida, Ohio and Texas, dashing Biden’s hopes for a decisive early victory, but Biden said he was confident he was “on track to winning” by taking three key states. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP)

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David Ganz of Washington, D.C. reacts to preliminary presidential election results in Washington on November 3. “It’s not my place or Donald Trump’s place to declare the winner of this election. It’s the voters’ place,” Biden said on Twitter in response to the president. (Erin Scott / REUTERS)

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A broken “Make America Great Again” hat model lies on the ground at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington on November 3. The election is being viewed as a referendum on Trump who is seeking another term in office after a chaotic four years marked by the coronavirus crisis, an economy battered by pandemic shutdowns, an impeachment drama, inquiries into Russian interference, racial tensions and contentious immigration policies. (Hannah McKay / REUTERS)

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A person watches a screen showing early voting results on November 3 in Washington DC. Joe Biden on the other hand is looking to win the presidency on his third attempt after a five-decade political career including eight years as vice president under Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama. He has promised a renewed effort to fight the public health crisis, fix the economy and bridge America’s political divide. (Chris McGrath /Getty Images / AFP)