Biden step away from winning the US presidential election

Washington: Democratic leader Joe Biden appeared to be a step away from winning the US presidential election as the latest count of votes indicated that the re-election chances of incumbent Republican President Donald Trump are getting slim by the hour.

By late Thursday night, Biden who bagged 253 seats as against Trump's 213 appeared to be nearing the magical figure of 270 out of the 538 electoral college votes.

With 213 electoral college votes, Trump is far away from the magical figure of 270.

"We continue to feel very good about where things stand. And we have no doubt that when the count is finished; Senator (Kamala) Harris and I will be the winners, Biden, told reporters. While the counting process was going on, he urged fellow Americans to stay calm.

"I ask people to stay calm. The process is working. The count is being completed, Biden said.

Trump alleged that the Democrats are stealing democracy. Our goal is to defend the integrity of the election. We will not allow the corruption to steal such an important election or in the election for that matter and we can't allow anybody to silence our voters and manufacture results, Trump told reporters at the White House.

Biden dismissed the charges. No one is going to take our democracy away from us. Not now, not ever. America has come too far, fought too many battles, and endured too much to let that happen, he said in another tweet.