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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 indicator
Everything points to a result closer to what the polls had predicted.
There is a close race in the crucial state of Pennsylvania. Trump won Swing State Ohio, and the incumbent also won Florida. Michigan and Wisconsin go to Biden.
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 were released across the United States. 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).
Election in the United States: who won?
To win the election, 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 only has one 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, as The first results for Georgia and Florida were published.
The final schedule for the US elections with all the details of the polls and voting by mail modalities can be found here.
Wednesday, one 1:30 am it closed polling stations in North Carolina and Ohio.
a 5 o’clock a clearer picture of transition states should emerge. Really.
Thursday 6pm: Only then will more results be announced in Nevada.
Friday morning: In Georgia there are still around 61,000 votes to be counted. Due to the technical characteristics of individual counties, the count will continue into the evening (local time), an election official said. So no further news is expected in Georgia until early Friday (CET).
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 has been 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 take until Friday.
Changing Majorities in the US States
Source: WORLD infographic
Participation in 2020
The turnout is heading toward a record for the century. 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 a 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 was nothing to gain for the Republicans, in Oklahoma the Democrats had no chance. In Texas, however, traditionally also a Republican stronghold, Trump’s party leadership significantly melted away, but eventually the state went to Trump.
House of Representatives and Senate
The presidential election overshadows almost everything in public view. But all 435 members of the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 senators, that is, about a third of the House of Lords, were elected. In the United States, deputies are elected for two years and senators for six years.
According to forecasts, the Democrats managed to defend 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 the state of Georgia.
After much euphoria, Democrats suffered a severe setback in the battle for the Senate. Several Republican senators, who were considered unstable candidates, were able to defend their seats. In the remaining open elections, Republicans have a good chance of winning a majority of 51 out of 100 seats.
A president whose party controls both houses can implement many of his political priorities.
