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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. 300,000 of them in Maricopa County, which also includes Phoenix. Joe Biden currently has a lead of more than two percent, which corresponds to about 70,000 votes.
Georgia – 16 constituencies – Trump’s lead is melting, still counting 50,000 votes
In Georgia, more than 99 percent of the vote is counted. Trump leads here with a minimum advantage of 3,000 votes. Republicans in the state have announced several demands to invalidate the votes, according to the NYT. If there is a difference of 0.5 percent of the votes, a recount of the ballots can be requested. Biden would have to win at least 63 percent of the remaining votes to win the state.
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. Much of the pending votes from Democratic Clark County, which also includes Las Vegas, are still pending.
The loser of the election can request a recount of votes within three business days, but must leave a deposit to cover the estimated cost of the recount.
When to expect new results: On Friday night around 6pm German time, the result of around 50,000 additional votes will be announced. What remains and has not yet been counted are the postal votes that are dated November 3 and some of them will not be counted until next week. These votes will be counted until November 12.
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 75,000 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.
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 mail-in votes have been counted, the lead has melted to nearly 65,000 votes. Observers predict an extremely close race. If there is a difference of 0.5 percent or less, the counting of votes is required by law.
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.
Michigan – 16 voters – Biden wins
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
