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The US elections are in the final stretch. Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump still have a chance of winning. Many hundreds of thousands of votes still remain in the leading states. Even in the states that churn out big votes and where Joe Biden has caught up with Trump in the past few hours: Georgia and Pennsylvania. In both countries, however, only the German time is expected in the early hours of the morning. Generally, the following applies at this time: Since mail-in votes are still counted, Biden in particular can still get votes. Will that be enough? Nobody knows right now. Here’s an overview of how things are in the respective states.
Arizona – 11 voters – Biden leads, 450,000 open votes
The news channel Fox News and the AP news agency criticized Joe Biden for the state of Arizona some time ago, but more than 10 percent of the votes must be counted: the news channel “CNN” speaks of 450,000 uncounted votes. Joe Biden currently has a lead of more than two percent, which corresponds to about 70,000 votes.
When to expect new results: Officials in the Maricopa district, which also includes the city of Phoenix, expect new results starting Friday at 3 a.m. German time.
Georgia – 16 constituencies – Trump’s lead is melting, still counting 50,000 votes
In Georgia, more than 95 percent of the vote is counted. Trump leads here with a minimum advantage of 14,000 votes. However, The New York Times sees opportunities for Biden because some districts where the Democrats are strong have yet to be counted. Republicans in the state have announced several demands to invalidate the votes, according to the US newspaper. If there is a difference of 0.5 percent of the votes, a recount of the ballots can be requested.
When to expect new results: On Thursday afternoon (CET), an election official Gabriel Sterling commented on the situation in Atlanta, Georgia. As a result, only about 61,000 votes will be counted in Georgia. Due to the technical peculiarities of individual counties, the count will likely continue into the evening (local time). So no further news is expected in Georgia until early Friday (CET).
North Carolina – 15 voters – Trump in the lead
Trump leads just after counting at least 95 percent of the votes at 1.4 percent, which corresponds to about 80,000 votes. In fact, this state is very conservative. In 2016, Trump won it too. Almost every scenario in his campaign stipulates that he must win this state to secure his re-election. Republicans have won ten of the last twelve presidential elections.
When to expect new results: Postal votes stamped by mail on Election Day will count as valid until November 12. As a result, the end result may take time to arrive. However, more than 95 percent of the votes have already been counted, there are still about 157,000 open.
Nevada – 6 voters – Biden’s lead is melting
Here more than 87 percent of the votes are counted. More recently, Biden was able to expand his narrow lead a bit, from around 8,000 to around 11,000 votes. Here are counties where both candidates are strong.
When to expect new results: The new election results should be available in Nevada late Thursday afternoon German time. According to the authorities, the absentee votes would remain and continue to be counted, some of which will not be counted until next week.
Pennsylvania – 20 voters – Trump leads
Ultimately, the state in the Rust Belt could determine who wins the election. Trump was still clearly leading Wednesday with about 700,000 votes. Since the votes by mail are counted. the lead melts to just under 160,000 votes. Observers predict an extremely close race.
When to expect new results: More results are expected around 6pm German time. The state has yet to be finally counted. An election result takes a long time to come, because absentee votes (about 2.5 million in all) are counted in Pennsylvania after all others. That could take until Friday, Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt said on “CNN” news channel. “We can only count what we already have,” says Schmidt.
According to “CNN”, around 605,000 ballots remain open. According to calculations by the US news station, Biden would have to win between 61 and 63 percent of those votes to emerge as the winner of Pennsylvania. Trump would have to win between 37 and 39 percent of the ballots not yet counted.
Wisconsin – 10 voters – Biden wins – Trump can recount
After Trump surprisingly won Wisconsin in 2016, this time Biden has ten voters here. It was a very close race. Trump led long before Biden was declared the winner with a 0.6 percent lead, corresponding to 21,000 votes.
Trump’s Republicans have already announced that they will require a vote recount in Wisconsin, which state law allows with this small margin. The neighboring state Michigan Biden, on the other hand, prevailed with a relatively clear 2.4 percent lead, corresponding to about 130,000 votes.
Quellen: New York Times, Washington Post, Fox News. CNN
