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reNewly elected President Joe Biden won 306 voters in the election, according to television stations, significantly more than the 270 needed to win. CNN, NBC, ABC and CBS predicted on Friday that Democrat Biden would have won the state of Georgia and current Republican Donald Trump in the state of North Carolina. These were the last two states that had yet to declare a winner in Tuesday’s election last week. Georgia had gone to Trump in the 2016 election.
Trump won the 2016 election with Biden’s current expected outcome against then-rival Hillary Clinton: he had 306 voters at the time, Clinton had 232. According to broadcasters’ forecasts, Trump now also has 232. He had spoken of a landslide victory in 2016, though he had gotten fewer votes than Clinton across the country.
In the national electoral vote, Biden is more than five million ahead of Trump: the Democrat obtained almost 78 million votes (50.8 percent), the Republican 72.7 million (47.5 percent). The American president is only indirectly elected by the people. The votes of the electors decide the composition of the electoral college, which then elects the president in December. A candidate needs a majority of the 538 electorate to win.
The result is not yet set in stone: the states have yet to certify the results. In Georgia, a recount of all ballots began on Friday due to tight election results; But Biden has an advantage of more than 14,000 votes. It’s almost impossible for this to fundamentally change with a recount.
So far, Trump has refused to admit defeat and is posing as the victim of massive electoral fraud. Trump’s lawyers have filed lawsuits in several states but have not provided any evidence of large-scale electoral fraud or errors. Several US officials announced Thursday that the November 3 elections were the safest in US history.
The White House also continues to believe that Trump won the election and is about to enter his second term. “I think the president will be present at his own inauguration,” spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said on Fox Business News on Friday. The question was if Trump would come to the inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2021, what would the ceremony be for? The winner of the election will be Joe Biden.
Trump now expects greater support from his supporters. Before the demonstrations planned for this Saturday in the capital Washington against the alleged electoral fraud, Trump announced on Twitter that he was considering whether to “come and say hello.” Trump wrote on Friday that he was encouraged by “all the tremendous support out there, especially for the naturally occurring demonstrations across the country.” Unable to provide evidence, the president repeated his accusation: “This election was rigged.”
Under the slogan “Stop the Steal”, several groups have called for a “March for Trump” this Saturday in central Washington. A demonstration will lead to the headquarters of the Supreme Court of the United States. Antifa groups have called for a protest against the rally by Trump supporters.
Trump also wants to make a public appearance for the first time after losing the election in more than a week. The White House announced that Trump wanted to comment on the search for a vaccine on Friday at 4 p.m. (local time / 22 CET). The Republican’s appearance will take place in the Rose Garden of the White House.
In the United States, it is common for presidential elections to be decided based on the forecasts of the mainstream media, usually on election night. Official results sometimes come much later. Due to the corona pandemic, millions of Americans had voted by letter this year, so the vote count took longer. Voters will cast their votes in their states on December 14. The result must be confirmed by Congress on January 6.
