Votes are still being counted, by the way. Joe Biden has 76,343,332, and is nearly 4.9m ahead of Donald Trump, who is set to become the first one-term president of the 21st century.
Here’s the state of play in some of the key states we’ve been keeping a close eye on during the campaign:
Arizona: Biden leads by 14,746. The state was called early for the Democratic nominee by Associated Press and Fox News – attracting the wrath of the president’s fans.
Georgia: Biden leads by 11.413. The state has already said it will recount.
Florida: Trump is ahead by 374,394 after his campaign barbs that Biden represented radical left socialism appears to resonate with some Latino voters.
Michigan: Biden leads by 146,123. A quickly rectified clerical error in this state that led to a sudden jump in the Biden vote has been the subject of a great deal of social media conspiracy theory attention, but has been thoroughly debunked.
Nevada: Biden leads by 36,186. In this state mail-in ballots can still arrive as late as the 12 November and be counted, provided they are postmarked on or before election day.
North Carolina: Trump leads by 74,819. The president retained the state that won in 2016.
Pennsylvania: Biden holds a lead of 45,336 in the state that is the home to Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
Texas: Trump leads by 647,282. Democrats had poured cash into ads in the state in the hope that it might be in play. It was not.
Wisconsin: Biden leads by 20,540. Like Pennsylvania and Arizona, it is worth noting that the Libertarian party candidate Jo Jorgensen polled more than the difference between Trump and Biden. Those voters could have potentially flipped 41 electoral college votes in his favour if they’d opted for Trump instead.
