US election key highlights: Joe Biden moves closer to the 270 mark as Donald Trump readies for a legal fight. Here is how America's election verdict is unfolding

Joe Biden clearly has the edge in a fight for the White House that could be heading to the courts. The Democrat flipped the battlegrounds of Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona, closing in on the magic figure of 270 in a tussle that could turn ugly.

Donald Trump's campaign has filed lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, revealing a strategy that the president had signaled for weeks, namely that he would attack the voting process in states where the result could mean his defeat.

Fueled by misinformation from the President's campaign, his supports have converged on polling centres in Detroit and Phoenix - both key states - in a bid to freeze the ballot count. Protestors are reportedly chanting, "Stop the count!"


Here are the key trends that have emerged so far.

• Voting has closed. All eyes are now on the count in Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina.
• Michigan, an important swing state, is now Blue.
• Biden has flipped Arizona and Wisconsin.
• Nebraska is a split - four for Trump and one for Biden.
• Biden wins Maine, bagging three of the four electoral votes on offer.
• Counting in Pennsylvania could take days, especially with Trump supports protesting.
• Global markets are on the rise, unfazed by the uncertainty in the United States.

Here is how it looks right now

Donald Trump (214) --

• Alabama (9)
• Arkansas (6)
• Florida (29)
• Idaho (4)
• Indiana (11)
• Iowa (6)
• Kansas (6)
• Kentucky (8)
• Louisiana (8)
• Maine (1)**
• Mississippi (6)
• Missouri (10)
• Montana (3)
• Nebraska (4)*
• North Dakota (3)
• Ohio (18)
• Oklahoma (7)
• South Carolina (9)
• South Dakota (3)
• Tennessee (11)
• Texas (38)
• Utah (6)
• West Virginia (5)
• Wyoming (3)

Joe Biden (264) --

• Arizona (11)
• California (55)
• Colorado (9)
• Connecticut (7)
• Delaware (3)
• District of Columbia (3)
• Hawaii (4)
• Illinois (20)
• Maine (3)**
• Maryland (10)
• Massachusetts (11)
• Michigan (16)
• Minnesota (10)
• Nebraska (1)*
• New Hampshire (4)
• New Jersey (14)
• New Mexico (5)
• New York (29)
• Oregon (7)
• Rhode Island (4)
• Vermont (3)
• Virginia (13)
• Washington (12)
• Wisconsin (10)

States not yet called

• Alaska
• Georgia
• Nevada
• North Carolina
• Pennsylvania