This is why the AP does not announce the winner of the US presidential election in Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON – Media United States (USA), Associated Press (AP) and others do not announce the winner of the presidential election (presidential election) USA in Pennsylvania it has 20 electoral votes.

Fox News reporting votes entered in the state is already 97%. The incumbent presidential candidate for the Republican Party Donald Trump won 49.6%, while the Democratic presidential candidate won 49.3%.

There was an irregularity in the vote count that caused local media to refuse to announce the winner of the Pennsylvania presidential election.

AP He admits that he has not announced a winner in Pennsylvania because hundreds of thousands of votes were counted Thursday. The presidential election itself took place on Tuesday (03/11/2020). (Read: Panic over US presidential election results, Donald Trump Jr calls for all-out war)

Pennsylvania is one of the few states where Trump and Biden have fought for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

Overall, Biden currently has 264 electoral votes, ahead of Trump, who has 214 electoral votes.

“We won Pennsylvania by an incredible number. We got 690,000 votes in Pennsylvania. It’s not even close yet. It’s not like, ‘Oh, it’s close,’ “Trump said during an appearance at the White House.

But by Friday morning, his lead had slipped to around 18,000 votes, as ballots continued to be counted from across the state. The late tally of votes was in favor of Biden.

Under local state law, election officials cannot process vote-by-mail ballots until Election Day. It’s a form of voting that has worked immensely in favor of Biden after Trump spent months claiming, without evidence, that voting by mail would lead to widespread voter fraud.

There is a chance that the winner of the presidential election will not be decided for days. If there is a difference of less than half a percentage point between the total vote for Biden and Trump, state law dictates that a recount must take place.

Democrats have long viewed Pennsylvania as part of their “blue wall,” a trifecta that also includes Wisconsin and Michigan, which over the years has been a bulwark in presidential elections. In 2016, Trump each won by less than one percentage point.

Biden, who was born in Scranton, claims to be the state darling and has long toyed with the idea that he was the “third senator” from Pennsylvania for decades on behalf of neighboring Delaware. He also campaigned extensively in the state from his home in Delaware.

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