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This man exercised his right to vote
© APA (AFP)
Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden fought a tough race for swing states in the U.S. presidential election. Hours after the election deadline in most swing states, there was still no preliminary decision on Tuesday night (local time). Biden and Trump received their respective strongholds. While Trump was on the brink of victory in Florida, Biden was leading in Arizona and had good cards in Ohio.
After the West Coast elections, as expected, Biden took a big step towards a majority in the electoral college by receiving the states of California (55), Washington (12) and Oregon (7). It had 209 voters, while Trump had 118 voters. 270 electoral votes are required for victory.
Trump led Florida (29 voters) with 51.3 to 47.8 percent of the vote, after more than 90 percent of the votes were tallied. Conservative broadcaster Fox News declared the headline the winner in his home state early on. In Ohio (18) Trump was ahead with 52.8 to 45.8 percent (counting 88 percent), in North Carolina (15) with 50 to 48.8 percent (counting 93 percent). Trump won all three states four years ago. However, observers indicated that by counting votes by mail, Biden could still catch up.
Trump was also able to maintain two tottering “red” strongholds, Texas (38) and Georgia (16), according to the interim result. But even here, his lead was too narrow to make a final decision in his favor. The Democratic presidential candidate could, however, hope to convert the traditional conservative stronghold of Arizona (11). After counting 73 percent of the votes, he was there with 53.7 to 45 percent at the front.
In major rust belt states, where Trump had won the decisive votes for his victory four years ago, no reliable trends could yet be identified. In Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, the incumbent clearly led in part, but those results were based primarily on Tuesday’s polls. According to polls, Biden’s supporters had primarily used postal voting, which is why a significant improvement in the contestant’s share of the votes was expected.
According to a tally by the AP news agency, Biden had 209 voters from 15 states (Illinois, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, New Mexico, Colorado, California, Oregon and Washington). Trump in 118 voters in 18 states (Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, South Carolina, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Louisiana and Indiana, Idaho, Utah ).
The presidential election is held indirectly. Victory requires a minimum of 270 electoral votes, based on the results of the 50 states and the district of Washington DC. The strongest candidate receives all the votes of the respective state. The 435 members of the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 senators are also elected. So far, Democrats have had 235 seats in the House of Representatives, Republicans 199. Democrats now hope to break the Republican majority of 53 senators and thus bring the entire Parliament under their control.
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