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IThese lessons show how millions of Americans have voted. Did he keep the president of the United States, Donald Trump, in office or replace him with his Democratic challenger Joe Biden?
You can find all the updates and results of the US elections in our live ticker
There is growing evidence of a stricter result than the polls had predicted.
There were close races in the decisive states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. Trump won Swing State Ohio, and the incumbent also won Florida.
You can find an overview of all results in states here: All states, all winners
At the beginning of election night, the first results of by-election polls across the United States were released. One of the questions asked was which issues were most important to voters. The most frequently given response was the economy at 34 percent, followed by racism (21 percent) and the coronavirus (18 percent).
To win the elections, both candidates need votes from the competitive changing states. So that both could win:
Bidens Plan A: Reclaim Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
Plan Bidens B: Arizona and North Carolina were instead of Pennsylvania.
Trump has only one plan: Plan A: He has to win Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. So a loss in Wisconsin and Michigan is bearable.
Trump vs. Biden – Election Night
The first relevant results were published 1 am when The first results for Georgia and Florida were published.
The final calendar for the US elections with all the details of the polls and voting by mail modalities can be found here.
a 1:30 am closed polling stations in North Carolina and Ohio. In both states, Biden initially led, but Trump is now ahead.
as 2 O ‘clock Pennsylvania polling stations are closed. Here too Trump has overtaken Biden.
Since 3 o’clock the results came from 14 other states, including Texas and Wisconsin. Initially, Biden was ahead in Texas, now Trump is leading the way.
Around 4 o’clock New Mexico crashed into Biden, according to Edison Research, while Kansas will face Trump, according to the AP news agency.
a 5 o’clock a clearer picture should slowly emerge from the oscillating states. Really.
Source: WORLD infographic
In the last elections, the winner was already known on election night. This year, however, many more people voted by mail due to the pandemic. Therefore, the count could be significantly delayed.
Source: WORLD infographic
Officials in several states, including the swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, have already warned that the count could be delayed until Friday.
Changing Majorities in the US States
Source: WORLD infographic
Participation in 2020
The turnout is heading for a century record. Shortly before the elections, it became known that around 99 million citizens had already cast their votes by mail or in person before the day of the elections. In 2016, a total of nearly 139 million voters (138,846,571) voted. The turnout was 60.1 percent.
Source: Infographic WELT / Claudia Weidner
For comparison: turnout in the 2017 federal elections in Germany was 76.2 percent. The highest voter turnout was recorded in Minnesota in 2016, with 74.2 percent turnout. The lowest was in Hawaii at 43.2 percent. Clinton won in both states.
Strongholds of Democrats and Republicans at a glance
In Delaware there is nothing the Republicans can win, in Oklahoma the Democrats have no chance. In Texas, however, traditionally also a stronghold of Republicans, Trump’s party leadership has recently melted significantly. It doesn’t seem like enough for Biden.
House of Representatives and Senate
The presidential election overshadows almost everything in public view. But today the 435 members of the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 senators, that is, about a third of the House of Lords, will also be. In the United States, deputies are elected for two years and senators for six years.
According to a projection by the television channel Fox News, the Democrats have defended their majority in the House of Representatives.
Additionally, a right-wing conspiracy theory supporter, QAnon, has been elected to the House of Representatives. Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene is expected to prevail over her Democratic rival in Georgia.
The Senate race is more exciting. There, Democrat John Hickenlooper Edison Research ousted Republican President Cory Gardner. So far, Trump’s Republicans in the Senate have a majority of 53 to 47 votes.
A president whose party controls both houses can implement many of his political priorities.
