Some of the thousands of mail-in ballots sit in U.S. Postal boxes waiting to be processed at the Orange County Registrar of Voters in Santa Ana, California, U.S., November 2, 2020. Photo by REUTERS/Mike Blake

Biden wins 3 Western states, Trump takes Idaho

Politics

Democrat Joe Biden has won California, Oregon and Washington state, while President Donald Trump has won Idaho.

California, Oregon and Washington are all liberal states, while Idaho is conservative.

California has 55 electoral votes, the biggest haul of any state. It's also the home of Biden's running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris. She served as the San Francisco district attorney and the state's attorney general before winning election to the Senate in 2016.

Biden nets 74 electoral votes for the three Western states, while Trump takes four electoral votes from Idaho.

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