Presidency hinges on 4 battleground states.
The first numbers shown below represent the order (admitted/ratified) for U.S. states.
The second number is the alphabetical order equivalent.
2 - Pennsylvania - 38
4 - Georgia - 10
12 - North Carolina - 33
36 - Nevada - 28
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union#List_of_U.S._states
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:States_of_the_USA_by_numbers.svg
Once 270 is reached, is the media is going to declare the next President of the United States or do they have to wait for official clearance to announce, from ??
Who formally declares the winner of the US presidential election?
"After the governor submits names to the Archivist, each state’s Electoral College electors meet in the state capital – D.C.‘s meet in D.C. – to formally cast their votes for president and vice president on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December. This year, that’s Dec. 14, 2020."
https://theconversation.com/who-formally-declares-the-winner-of-the-us-presidential-election-145212