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RIO DE JANEIRO – The Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States, Joe Biden, surpassed the number of delegates to the Electoral College obtained by Hillary Clinton in 2016 at dawn on Wednesday, according to projections of the American press. According to an Associated Press poll, Biden has garnered 236 votes in the Electoral College. It takes 270 to win. The former vice president of the United States exceeded the mark of the last elections after being declared the winner in the state of Arizona.
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Four years ago, contrary to the projections of research institutes, Hillary won in the popular vote, but lost to Trump in the Electoral College by a small margin of votes, concentrated mainly in the so-called Rust Belt, made up of Midwest states. marked by deindustrialization. It is precisely in this region where the Republican president and Biden dispute the vote to vote the way to the White House, after Trump’s victory in Florida.
Although the Republican leads the poll in some Midwestern states, political analysts suggest caution when looking at initial projections due to the unprecedented number of early votes, including those sent by mail. With the Covid-19 pandemic, more than 100 million Americans chose to vote before the official voting date to avoid crowds, a record. Since these votes are slower to count in crucial states like Pennsylvania, experts argue that the election is still up for grabs.
So far, Biden has been declared the winner in 17 states and the capital, Washington, and has 66 million votes, according to a New York Times poll. The president, in turn, won in Texas and Florida, key states due to the high number of delegates. The newspaper projects 61 million votes for the Republican until the end of this text. Hillary, former first lady of the United States (1993-2001) and Secretary of State in the first term of Barack Obama (2009-2013), finished the 2016 contest with 65 million votes, three million more than Trump.
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Without evidence, Trump denounced alleged electoral fraud and announced that he will go to the Supreme Court to stop what he called “voting” in some states, an alleged reference to votes sent by mail and that, according to various state laws, can be counted. even if they arrive days after the official close of voting on November 3. During the campaign, the president repeatedly cast doubt on the fairness of the votes in the mail. Early Wednesday morning, on Twitter, the Republican accused the Democrats of “stealing the elections.” Subsequently, the social network pointed to the publication as a possible source of misinformation.
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The 2000 elections were also marked by judicialization. The dispute between Bush and Gore over the vote count in Florida ended in the Supreme Court, which decided to stop the process, sealing the Republican victory. In the final stretch of the campaign, Trump suggested that this year’s election could also end in court.
