Joe Biden: Clear that we’re winning enough states to clinch the presidency

Joseph R. Biden said Wednesday that he’s on track to secure enough states to win the White House as key states in the midwestern “blue wall” appeared to inch into his column.

“Now, after a long night of counting it’s clear that we’re winning enough states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency,” Mr. Biden said in a speech in Delaware.

“I’m not here to declare that we’ve won,” Mr. Biden said. “But I am here to report when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners.”

Mr. Biden spoke after The Associated Press and other networks called Wisconsin for him Wednesday afternoon.

Multiple networks also called Michigan for Mr. Biden around the time he was speaking.

Those two states were crucial to President Trump’s electoral path in 2016.

Mr. Biden also said he feels “very good” about Pennsylvania, where Mr. Trump’s sizable lead has been narrowing as more votes are tallied from Democratic-leaning areas.

Mr. Biden said there should be no doubts that “a government of, by and for the people is very much alive in America.”

“Here, the people rule,” he said. “Power can’t be taken or asserted. It flows from the people, and it’s their will that determines who will be the president of the United States, and their will alone.”

Mr. Biden was joined by his running mate, Sen. Kamala D. Harris, who did not speak.

The former vice president said that once the tough campaign is officially finished, it will be time for Americans to come together and “lower the temperature.”

“Now, every vote must be counted,” he said. “No one’s going to take our democracy away from us — not now, not ever.”

He spoke as a handful of critical states, including Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, and Nevada, had yet to be called.

The Associated Press and Fox News called Arizona for Mr. Biden, but Mr. Trump’s campaign says there are still enough ballots left to be counted to push the president over the top out west.

The Trump campaign has also vowed to push for a recount in Wisconsin and has filed lawsuits in Michigan and Pennsylvania aimed at ensuring that their representatives have better access to observe the ongoing vote-counting process.