US presidential elections Live Update: Joe Biden ahead as New Hampshire village becomes first to announce results

File photo of the then US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden

The people of America are all set for the US presidential elections 2020 as the Republican and incumbent President Donald Trump seeks his second tenure while his rival Democratic party's Joe Biden is giving the United States 45th president a neck to neck fight.

Over 95 million ballots have been already submitted in an unprecedented wave of early voting which is happening amid the COVID-19 outbreak for the first time in the history of the US presidential elections. 

Here are all the live updates on who will bag 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election: 

03 November 2020

20:25 IST

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19:14 IST

Today, vote for a new day in America. pic.twitter.com/WzarlQ8JDI

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 3, 2020

18:38 IST

As per a CNN report, Joe Biden has taken all five of the votes cast for president in Dixville Notch which is a tiny New Hampshire township along the US-Canada border. The place is among the first places in the country to announce the results. The ballots were cast in the minutes after midnight, becoming some of the first cast and counted on the 2020 US Election Day.

18:07 IST

Joe Biden: In 2008 and 2012, you placed your trust in me to help lead this country alongside Barack Obama. Today, I’m asking for your trust once again — this time, in Kamala and me. We can heal the soul of this nation — I promise we won’t let you down.

In 2008 and 2012, you placed your trust in me to help lead this country alongside Barack Obama.

Today, I’m asking for your trust once again — this time, in Kamala and me.

We can heal the soul of this nation — I promise we won’t let you down.https://t.co/eoxT07uII9 pic.twitter.com/VwZkmZ53F4

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 3, 2020

18:06 IST

VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!pic.twitter.com/85ySh1KYkh

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2020

17:28 IST

US Senator and Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris: 

Election Day is here, and polling places across the country are starting to open. Mask up and find your polling place at https://t.co/VbrfuqVy9P.

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 3, 2020

17:27 IST

Joe Biden: I’m running as a proud Democrat, but I will govern as an American president. I will work with Democrats and Republicans, and I’ll work as hard for those who don’t support me as for those who do. Because that’s the job of a president.

I’m running as a proud Democrat, but I will govern as an American president.

I will work with Democrats and Republicans, and I’ll work as hard for those who don’t support me as for those who do.

Because that’s the job of a president.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 3, 2020

17:26 IST

It all comes down to this, says Joe Biden and shares a small clip on his Twitter account:

It all comes down to this.

Go vote: https://t.co/eoxT07uII9 pic.twitter.com/0Sj7qlj5Bl

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 3, 2020

17:25 IST

Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden urges every American voter to go out and vote:

It’s Election Day. Go vote, America!

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 3, 2020

16:54 IST

US Election Day begins as polls open in New York, New Jersey and Virginia.

16:44 IST

Joe Biden ahead as New Hampshire village becomes first to announce results.

16:42 IST

A final Reuters/Ipsos national poll showed Joe Biden with an outright majority among all likely voters where 52% said they were backing the Democratic presidential candidate while 44% said they were voting for the Republican Donald Trump.

The national poll, conducted from October 29 to November 2, gathered responses from 1,333 adults, including 914 likely voters. 

16:41 IST

Democrat Joe Biden has taken a narrow lead over President Donald Trump in Florida in the final days of the 2020 US election campaign, according to Reuters/Ipsos opinion polls.