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The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has warned his supporters that they may have to wait several weeks to know the result of the elections next Tuesday. “The whole world and our country will wait and wait and wait to find out who won, they will wait weeks,” Trump said Saturday during a performance in Newton, Pennsylvania. “November 3 will come and go and we won’t know. And there will be chaos in our country.”
Trump did not refer this warning to rioting in the streets, but to the counting of votes by mail. Trump’s Republicans had tried to avoid extending a deadline for counting electoral documents in Pennsylvania in court, but their attempt failed. Therefore, postal voting documents postmarked on time must be posted, even if they arrive three days after the November 3 election date. In a close race between Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, the outcome in Pennsylvania could count, and neither Republicans nor Democrats can count on a majority in the “Swing State.”
Trump accused the Washington Supreme Court of having made a “terrible, political, terrible decision” regarding the vote-by-mail deadline. He warned that “very bad things” and something “dangerous” could happen while the ballots are counted. Trump did not provide more detailed explanations and evidence for his indictment.
For months, the president has been campaigning against the mail vote, the experience of which shows that there are more Democratic voters than Republican supporters to cast their votes. Trump says there is a huge potential for postal vote fraud. You cannot provide any evidence for this. He also insists that it must be clear on election night who won. In most of the previous elections, the winner actually turned out on election night. This year, however, officials in several states are expecting delays as many more people are voting by mail due to the corona pandemic.
Trump and Biden go to the final offensive
In the later stages of the U.S. election campaign, President Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden went on the final offensive, including mutual attacks. Before Tuesday’s vote, Biden tried to score points with the Obama factor: on Saturday he appeared twice with the former president in the particularly disputed state of Michigan. Trump spoke four times with supporters in Pennsylvania, another major swing state. Biden wants to perform there on Sunday, Trump is expected in Iowa, North Carolina and Michigan.
The Republican incumbent ranks behind Biden in polls both nationally and in several potentially crucial states. His reelection is not ruled out at all, especially since the electoral system means that the candidate with the most votes may also lose. Both sides have declared that this year’s vote will be a fateful election and warn against the respective opponent as future president. Tens of millions of Americans have already voted and cast their vote by letter or at the polling station.
Biden tried Saturday in Flint, Michigan, to take advantage of the annoyance of many compatriots over the past four years with Trump. “We are done with the chaos, the tweets, the anger, the hatred, the failure, the refusal to take any responsibility.” In his other appearance in Detroit, Biden said that it is wrong to turn Americans against others because of their gender, ethnicity or origin. “Everyone knows who Donald Trump is, let’s show who we are.” He reiterated his promise to serve all Americans if elected. “For God’s sake please vote!” Biden appealed, almost pleading. “It is time to get up and take back our democracy.”
Tuesday is all about it, said former President Barack Obama, whose MP Biden had been until 2017. “You can choose to change.” Obama promised it would not be as stressful on Biden and his runner-up Kamala Harris as it would on Trump. You won’t have to argue so much anymore. He praised Biden for his sense of responsibility and kindness. Biden really cares about Americans.
Michigan is one of the strategically immensely important “swing states” where it is not clear in advance whether the Republican or Democratic nominee will win by tradition. Pennsylvania is also a “battlefield state.” As in Michigan, Trump barely prevailed there in 2016; This year’s polls see Biden in the lead.
