NEW DELHI: The United States presidential elections are underway to elect the 46th president. The United States has voted in record numbers this year, with more than 100 million votes cast during early voting, reflecting intense interest in the battle between the two candidates: Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump.
We analyze the results and key events surrounding the elections:
Trump wins Tennessee
The state offers 11 electoral votes and is known to favor Republicans. Trump handsomely won Tennessee in 2016.
Donald Trump Arkansas Bags
Trump added another 6 electoral votes to his kitty. The state has been electing Republican candidates since 2000.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wins his seventh term in Kentucky
McConnell, 78, defeated Democrat Amy McGrath, a retired Navy fighter pilot who challenged him as a political outsider. McConnell is the longest-serving Republican leader in Senate history.
Donald Trump wins West Virginia
President Donald Trump has achieved victory in West Virginia, obtaining his five electoral votes.
Donald Trump wins South Carolina
Trump wins 9 electoral votes from South Carolina, a state he also won comfortably in 2016.
Donald Trump wins West Virginia
President Donald Trump has achieved victory in West Virginia, obtaining his five electoral votes.
Elections are also underway to elect 435 seats in the US House of Representatives, 33 seats in the US Senate, and 11 members of governorates.
American voters don’t just elect the president. Elections are also taking place for all 435 US House seats, 33 US Senate seats, and 11 members of the governorates.
Democrats lobbied to seal control of the House for two more years while relying on voters’ dismay over the pandemic, widespread suburban outrage with President Donald Trump and dominant fundraising to make their majority in the House a even greater.
Republicans hoped to topple some of the 29 Democrats in districts Trump won in 2016, mostly freshmen, in places like Iowa, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, rural New Mexico, upstate New Mexico. New York and Virginia.
Law enforcement agencies prepare in the US for possible riots after Election Day
According to The Hill, the Center for Homeland Security Integration, a key national security and counterterrorism component within Immigration and Customs Enforcement, warned in an internal email late last week about protests within the Beltway.
“From November 4-7, civil unrest is planned throughout central Washington DC. LE intelligence agencies have monitored several messages on protesters ‘social media sites that say:’ If you want to shoot down, come to Washington. DC on November 4, ‘”says one. of the bullets in the email, as obtained by The Hill.
In addition, he reported that authorities are preparing for the worst, a non-scalable fence has been placed around the White House before Election Day to create “a buffer” in case the protests turn violent. In the DC area and across the country, cities are covering their windows with boards for protection.
Is it possible to delay the result of the elections?
We may not know who won the presidential election Tuesday night. And if so, it doesn’t necessarily mean something is broken, fraudulent, corrupt, or wrong.
The biggest factor that can slow things down this year is clear: Millions of Americans chose to vote by mail rather than risk contracting coronavirus at a polling place. And generally, those vote-by-mail ballots take longer to count.
Each US state will begin to certify the voting results as of November 10, which may be delayed. Every state except California must complete the certification process by December 8.
Legal challenges
Trump says he is planning an aggressive legal strategy to try to prevent Pennsylvania from counting mailed ballots that are received within three days of Tuesday’s election.
The deadline for receiving and counting absentee votes in the battlefield state is Friday, an extension ordered by the Pennsylvania superior court. But it is unclear what other legal problems may arise on Election Day.
11 states to choose your governor
In 11 states, voters will also choose their next governor. It is more common to hold gubernatorial races during midterm elections, so the few gubernatorial races that occur in presidential election years are sometimes overlooked while the focus is on federal office. But these elections will affect state policies and other important political issues.
The states that elect their governors are: Delaware, Indiana, Montana, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia.
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