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The vote count to elect a new president to USA go ahead and Michigan, who casts 16 votes in the electoral college, gives Joe Biden the upper hand for now, reversing the trend in this state.
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Biden has 49.3% of the votes compared to 49.1% of the current president, the Republican Donald trump, with 90% of the votes counted in Michigan.
Michigan Secretary of State, Jocelyn benson, in charge of the count, has assured that she hopes to have a “very clear” image of the results this afternoon, so she asked for “patience.”
In part, the delay in Michigan This is because localities with more than 25,000 inhabitants had to wait until November 2 to begin processing advance ballots. In addition to Michigan, the election outcome depends on four other states: Wisconsin, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Georgia, where votes are still being counted due to the flood of mail-in turnout.
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Michigan elected a blue president for nearly 25 years, until in 2016 it decided on Donald Trump with a margin of just 10,704 votes. However, the trend seems to be reversed after the Democratic candidate climbed to first place in the latest updates with a 94% count of the total estimated votes.
This represents an advantage of 18 thousand votes (49.41% to 49.05%) over the Republican.
In the state, it is known that 2.8 million voters they mailed their ballot.
While there are still several states to finish the count, much of the votes that remain to be counted are from Wayne’s count, one of Biden’s strongholds.
(Too: Biden says he is on track to win the US elections.)
If he won in Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin, it could be said that Biden would have his victory assured, without having to obtain the victory also in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Georgia.
Just a couple of days ago Biden, along with Barack Obama, his former running mate, visited Michigan in the middle of their race through the disputed state.
* With information from Efe
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