Trump leads US Presidential polls

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is leading in the Presidential elections held on Tuesday.

He bagged 247 electoral college votes while his nearest contestant Vice President Kamala Harris bagged 214 electoral college votes.

Trump continues to lead in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin creating opportunity for his victory for the second time and narrowing down the way of Harris to earn 270 electoral votes.

Meanwhile, the Republican Party was projected by multiple U.S. media to win back the majority in the U.S. Senate early Wednesday after flipping two seats from the Democratic Party, reported Xinhua.

The two seats the Republicans won back from the Democrats are in the states of Ohio and West Virginia, with Bernie Moreno and Jim Justice emerging victorious, respectively.

With 66 seats not up for election this year and ballots still being tabulated in states in which races are underway, the current composition of the 100-seat upper chamber is 51 seats for the GOP and 42 for Democrats.

Which party controls the Senate will have a huge impact on the country's legislative agenda in the years ahead, as well as the makeup of the next presidential administration's cabinet.

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