Two days after the polls opened in the US, the next president has not yet been elected. Several important swing states are still tallying their votes, mostly due to a huge influx of absentee ballots in light of the coronavirus pandemic, making naming a winner not yet possible in the tight race.

Overnight, Democratic candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, took two important swing states: Michigan and Wisconsin. But other quintessential swing states like Nevada and Pennsylvania, and perhaps even Georgia, have still not named a winner. It could take until Friday for all the votes to be tallied. 

President Trump, who Wednesday claimed a false victory, filed lawsuits in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Georgia on the same day to halt the count of mail-in ballots. According to him, these ballots are "fraud," and he plans to take the case to the Supreme Court.

Since his filing, several protests have ensued at voting centers across the US in support of President Trump and the halting of vote counting. 

Biden, who, regardless of the result of the election, has already broken the record for most amount of votes ever garnered for a presidential candidate, has called for patience in the electoral process. In a speech Wednesday, he said, "We believe when the count is finished, we'll be the winner." 

It is expected that whoever wins the election, Joe Biden will have won the popular vote. 

While the presidential race is thought to be the most important election on Nov. 3, Americans also took to the polls to vote for their congressional representatives. Democrats hoped to take back control of the Republican-majority Senate, a bid that seems to have come up short.

It is predicted that Democrats will maintain a majority in the House of Representatives. 

Across the aisle, the results of both the Senate and House elections have shown a commitment to diversity from voters. More women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ+ community have been elected than ever before, a cause for celebration for many Americans in a time of such political turmoil. 

Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American in Congress was elected to a second term in Michigan's 13th District. Iman Jodeh, the second Palestinian-American ever elected to Congress, won her first term in Colorado's 41st District.