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US polling stations have closed, but there is no clear winner yet: Donald Trump can win important states, Joe Biden has to go further. The current results.
Presidential elections are expected to be decided in the United States, as it was four years ago in the Midwestern states. In the 2020 US elections, many things will remain the same: In about 40 of the 50 US states, there was no change in the victorious party compared to 2016.
Democratic challenger Joe Biden does not achieve the expected landslide victory. Instead, the results of Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania will likely determine who wins the election. In Wisconsin, Biden won the election. This makes Wisconsin the first state to go the other way compared to the 2016 result.
In Michigan, Biden edged out Trump, who was initially ahead. It is currently 49.5 percent, Trump 48.8 percent. In Georgia, however, Trump leads with 50.3 percent, Biden has 48.5 percent. In Pennsylvania, the gap is significantly larger: Currently, 53.3 percent of the votes are for Trump and only 45.4 percent for Biden. However, many votes are still missing from the tally, in which Democrats traditionally come out higher.
Based on the current state, Biden can probably win Arizona and Nevada in the Southwest as well, and Maine on the East Coast also assured. To do this, Trump brings Texas, Ohio and Florida.
Counting may take a long time in some important places. In Pennsylvania and Michigan, there were delays in counting, mostly due to different regulations for dealing with postal votes. In the particularly competitive state of Pennsylvania, it is unclear when an outcome will be certain. The reason for the delay is that in some states, including Pennsylvania, postal votes with Election Day postmarks will be accepted, even if they are received by authorities a few days after the election. Trump currently leads there with 53.4 percent, while Biden only has 45.3 percent of the vote. The state has 20 voters who could end up being decisive.
These are the current results of the US presidential elections:
The victory in Ohio bodes well for Trump in terms of Midwestern states like Pennsylvania and Michigan. These states had already given Trump his narrow election victory in 2016, and all are characterized by a fairly white working population.
Trump’s victories are also on the horizon in North Carolina and Georgia. The Republican desperately needs these states. Biden still hopes to be successful in Georgia.
Who is ahead in which states in the US?
Shortly after the polls closed, the US media released the first results. To win, a candidate must obtain at least 270 votes from the electorate. Little by little this image emerged:
In these US states, Trump is in the lead (number of voters per state in parentheses): Texas (38), Florida (29), Indiana (11), Iowa (6), South Carolina (9), Oklahoma (7), Alabama (9), Missouri (10), Arkansas (6), Ohio (18), West Virginia (5), Tennessee (11), Mississippi ( 6), Kentucky (8), Louisiana (8) Wyoming (3), North Dakota (3), South Dakota (3), Nebraska (4), Kansas (6), Utah (6), Idaho (4) and Montana (3).
Biden is leading the way in these states: New Mexiko (5), Hawaii (4), New York (29), California (55), Arizona (11), Washington (12), Minnesota (10), Maine (4), Oregon (7), Vermont (3), Delaware (3), Maryland (10), Virginia (13), Massachusetts (11), Connecticut (7), New Jersey (14), Illinois (20), Rhode Island (4), Missouri (10), New Hampshire ( 4), Nebraska (1), Colorado (9), Maine (3), Wisconsin (10) and the Bundeshauptstadt Washington DC (3).
In the race for the US presidency, the focus was on particularly contested states, in which majorities repeatedly switch between Democrats and Republicans.
These major “swing states” include Florida, where 29 voters will receive the winner, Pennsylvania (20), Ohio (18) and North Carolina (15). Polls also indicated a head-to-head race in Texas, which Trump could win as things stand. The populous southern state with 38 voters has been turning to Republicans for decades. In polls, Trump was only slightly ahead of Biden.
The president is not elected directly by the people, but by 538 electors and voters. Each state has a certain number of them depending on the size of the population. The candidate with the most votes in the state basically registers the entire state electorate for himself. Exception: In Maine and Nebraska, electorate votes are divided by majorities in electoral districts. The overall state winner receives two more votes.
Due to the corona pandemic, this year it is difficult to assess the state of the count on election night. Many Biden supporters had stated that they wanted to vote by mail. Voters for President Trump were more likely to vote on Election Day. States have different methods of counting what votes and when, so big changes are possible on election night.
Democrats or Republicans, who will get the majority in Congress?
On November 3, not only were the President of the United States elected, but also the entire House of Representatives and parts of the Senate. In the House of Representatives, Democrats could defend their majority. So far they have held 232 of the 435 seats in the House of Congress, which was fully available to vote in the elections.
These are the current projections for the race for the House of Representatives:
The 435 members of the House of Representatives each represent an electoral district and are directly elected every two years. The survey shown reflects trends in constituencies.
Exciting Senate Fight: Who’s Ahead?
The Democrats’ hopes of gaining control in the Senate were severely dashed. Several Republican senators, who were considered unstable candidates, were able to defend their seats.
So, Democrat Jamie Harrison in South Carolina could not prevail against former chairman of the judicial committee Lindsey Graham. Harrison had caused a sensation by collecting the one-time donation of more than $ 57 million for a Senate election. In North Carolina, it also doesn’t appear that Democratic hopefuls Cal Cunningham can defeat Republican Senator Thom Tillis.
About a third of the Senate is reelected every two years. This third is highlighted in the graphic.
Here are the current projections:
The Senate is made up of 100 senators. Each state has two seats. In states that have a mandate to grant, it is decided by majority vote. The survey values shown reflect trends across the states.
Democrats viewed the pre-election forecasts as an advantage. If this is confirmed, the Biden party, in addition to the US presidency, could also win majorities in Congress and the Senate. That would give them plenty of room to maneuver over the next two years and would be a major defeat for Trump and the Republicans.
