Donald Trump appeared on track on Tuesday to win the big prize of Florida in early results from his battle against Democrat Joe Biden for the White House after gigantic voter turnout in the most polarised US election for decades. Florida is widely considered a must win for Mr Trump to retain the presidency, but opinion polls had shown Mr Biden edging even or ahead, offering the Democrat the tantalising prospect of knocking his opponent out at the start of counting. Seen by voting experts as a crucial state for the US president in his quest for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency, Mr Trump was leading Biden 51.2% to 47.8% with 93% of the expected votes counted. Electoral College votes are assigned to each state, in part based on their population. The Trump campaign claimed victory there after US media reports showed him capturing swaths of the Latino vote that had previously been loyal to Democrats - although the state had yet to be called for either candidate. "President Trump wins Florida," the campaign tweeted.