Joe Biden speaks to his supporters during the Get Out and Vote event at Tougaloo College’s Kroger Gymnasium Sunday, March 8, 2020.

On Saturday morning, Joseph Biden Jr. was elected the 46th president of the United States. He will be joined in the White House by Sen. Kamala Harris, the first woman and person of color to serve as vice-president.

According to every major U.S. decision desk, Biden was projected to receive at least 273 electoral college votes at the time the race was called, while incumbent President Donald Trump was projected received 214. Though votes are still being counted and finalized in a handful of states, as of Saturday morning Biden received 74,488,579 votes while Trump received 70,337,214, according to the New York Times.

Shortly after the race was called, Biden changed his Twitter bio to “President-elect” and shared a message encouraging unity in the country whether people voted for him or not.

Harris also tweeted a video:

Trump supporters gathered on the south lawn of the State Capitol to protest the outcome of the Presidential election. Protesters demanded that every “legal” vote be counted.

In Jackson, a group of roughly 80 people gathered on Saturday afternoon outside the state Capitol to wave Trump flags protest the vote count.

Read more about the presidential election from the Clarion Ledger here.

Vickie King contributed to this report.


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Kayleigh Skinner joined the Mississippi Today team in January 2017 as an education and legislative reporter and advanced to a senior staff member in her four years with the company. Skinner most recently served as deputy managing editor before assuming the role of managing editor. Kayleigh has a bachelor’s in journalism from the School of Journalism and New Media from the University of Mississippi. Before joining Mississippi Today, Kayleigh worked at The Hechinger Report, Chalkbeat Tennessee, and The Commercial Appeal. She has appeared on MSNBC, NPR, and BBC Newsday Radio to discuss her reporting.