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The battle for the White House is about to be decided.
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In a true election thriller, Joe Biden is close to the finish line, but the race is not yet decided. After his win in Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday night, only the votes of a few voters separate the Democratic presidential candidate from entering the White House, at least according to the expectations of the AP and Fox.
You see Biden ahead in Arizona, which means the Democratic nominee would only have to win one more of the open states. Yet for other major US media outlets like CNN, the race for Arizona remains open, even if the Democrat leads there with nearly 47,000 votes. That would be a bit more for Biden. The most important points:
Joe Biden has a good chance
Biden is closer to victory in the head-to-head race in the US presidential election. In the particularly important state of Pennsylvania (20 constituencies), he made good ground on Republican President Donald Trump on Friday night. In Georgia (16 voters), Biden surpassed Trump. This in turn approached Biden in Arizona (11 voters). By most counts, Biden has 253 safe voters and Trump 214. It takes 270 to win.
Biden’s big opportunity in Pennsylvania
Donald Trump only leads in Pennsylvania with around 18,000 votes. With each new report from the county, Biden is getting closer, and with him, the White House is also within his grasp. If the Democrat wins here, all other federal states are irrelevant to the presidency. Some votes that have arrived in the mail have yet to be counted. The last hours show that Biden was able to unite the vast majority of them. According to the competent authority, reliable interim results can be expected by Friday morning (CET).
Waiting for Nevada
In the state of Nevada, which could decide the US presidential election, Biden is nearly 12,000 votes ahead of Trump as of Friday morning. Only on Friday night German time should there be an update on the status of the count. The authorities indicated on Wednesday (local time) that voting ballots sent by mail in due time are still valid and that they arrive in the late afternoon of November 10. Updates on the status of the race should be available every day at 9 am local time (6 pm CET).
Census in Arizona
For the AP and Fox, one thing is clear: Joe Biden wins the votes of the Arizona electorate. CNN and ABC, for example, are not sure yet and have not yet made a definitive forecast. Results for some counties are currently pending.
The AP and Fox decision speaks strongly in favor of Biden, because these forecasts (“calls”) are only made when election experts see no more possibilities for the opponent. But even that is no guarantee for Biden and the Democrats.
Georgia delivery
Many Republicans expected Georgia and Pennsylvania to win, even the day after the election. But current events in Georgia make the Trump team need it: The incumbent president’s leadership is gone, Biden has taken the lead.
Trump is furious and files lawsuits
In a speech late at night, Trump again complained of widespread fraud, attacked election officials and spoke of “horror stories” of violations, especially when it came to mail-in ballots. Therefore, he continues to see himself as a legitimate winner in various states, even though the count is still ongoing. “If the legal votes count, I win easily,” Trump said. “If illegal votes count, they can try to steal our vote.”
He has not yet produced any evidence to support his claims. Furthermore, there was no evidence of this: election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said they “could not find any evidence of systemic problems.” Trump also criticized the fact that, to his detriment, the poll results were knowingly released before the election. In fact, many polls saw challenger Joe Biden much better than previous results.
Trump’s campaign team filed lawsuits in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Georgia. These lawsuits were dismissed by judges in their respective states.
Wisconsin is probably counting
According to forecasts, Joe Biden has earned the status very tight for him. Since the benefit is less than one percentage point, a count can be requested. Trump’s team announced they want to do it. Four years ago Trump won Wisconsin in the Midwest.
Demonstrations for Donald Trump
Dozens of protesters stood in solidarity with Trump on the streets. “Stop the count!” And “Stop the voting!” His supporters shouted in Detroit, Michigan. The police prevented them from entering an area where votes were counted. Angry protesters were also seen in Phoenix, Arizona, yelling, “Stop the robbery!”
Dozens of protesters stood in solidarity with Trump on the streets.
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But there were also protests from the other political side: in New York City and Seattle, for example, thousands of people took to the streets to demand that all votes cast be counted.
Facebook has banned the group “Stop the Steal”
Facebook has a large group whose members asked for a countdown to stop following the US elections. “In keeping with the extraordinary measures we are taking during this time of greatest tension, we have eliminated the ‘Stop the Steal’ group,” Facebook announced Thursday. “The group organized around the delegitimization of the electoral process and we saw worrying calls for violence from some members of the group.” On Thursday, Facebook also removed the #stopthesteal keyword.
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With AP and dpa material
