US election: Long lines of citizens to vote between Trump and Biden, in the most divisive election, amid fears of unrest

Americans have flocked to the polls to elect a president in the election that has most divided its people in decades.

At several polling stations, residents lined up early in the morning to vote with the choice of incumbent Republican Donald Trump and his Democrat Joe Biden.

TPS were established in various places, including schools and libraries.

The first polling stations opened in Vermont at 5:00 am local time (5:00 pm EST).

The first polling stations will close at 6:00 p.m. EST (06:00 WIB on Wednesday, November 4) and in Alaska the polls will be open until Wednesday morning at 6:00 a.m. (1:00 a.m. pm WIB)

Nearly 100 million voters have cast their votes early, an indication that this election will have the largest turnout in a century.

Both presidential candidates spent their final days campaigning in key states.

Donald Trump, 74, is trying not to become the first incumbent president to fail to win a second term since George HW Bush in 1992.

After a campaign marathon for several days before the presidential election, Trump returned to the White House; while Biden went to Scranton, Pennsylvania, his childhood home and base of the Democratic Party in Philadelphia.

National opinion polls show that Biden has the upper hand, but that his competition with Trump in several key states is tougher and could determine the outcome of this election.

Several business owners in the United States closed their windows with gaskets and prepared for the possibility of post-election riots.

Saks 5th Avenue and Nordstrom retailers, as well as the CVS pharmaceutical chain, include stores that have taken precautions to cover glass windows with coating.

Walmart said last week it was temporarily removing guns and ammunition from display shelves at thousands of supermarket chains in the United States.

Walmart said it was concerned about the riots. A day later, they withdrew the decision.

Police on Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles, a popular department store in Beverly Hills, California, closed Tuesday (03/11).

To become president-elect, a candidate must obtain at least 270 electoral votes in the so-called system electoral College.

Each state in the US is assigned a specific vote based on population. In total there are 538 votes at stake.

This system allows a candidate to win the vote at the national level, like Hillary Clinton in 2016, but loses the election because she lost the election. electoral College.

The November 3 elections are being held amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The United States has the highest number of cases and deaths in the world, with the daily number of cases reaching 84,000 as of Monday.

On Monday (02/11), President Trump toured four key states.

In North Carolina, Trump told supporters that “next year will be the best year in the economic history of our country.”

The US economy registered 33% growth in the last quarter of this year, following a 31% contraction in the second quarter amid the crisis caused by the coronavirus.

Economic experts warn that America’s economic decline, at its worst in more than 80 years, will take time to reverse.

After North Carolina, Trump headed to Scranton, Pennsylvania, the city where his rival lived until he was 10 years old.

In a campaign in the city, he reminded his followers that he won in the state in 2016, although opinion polls suggested that he would waste that time.

Biden also visited Pennsylvania and was accompanied by singer Lady Gaga in Pittsburgh.

Musician John Legend accompanies vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

In Ohio, Biden repeated an important message in his campaign by telling voters that the election was tied to the American soul.

He said it was time for Trump to “pack his bags” and say, “we are tired of your tweets, anger, hatred, failure and irresponsibility.”

On the last day of the campaign, Monday (11/02), Trump also campaigned in Traverse City, Michigan and Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kenosha was rocked by riots last August after police shot a black man.

In Traverse City, he enlisted the support of black Americans.

Trump then heads to Grand Rapids, Michigan for his last campaign, the same city he visited in the 2016 election.

Trump and his campaign team have said they will process and prevent the key state of Pennsylvania from counting votes for office three days after the election.

The US Supreme Court has allowed the court to extend the term, but conservative justices say the case can still be considered after the presidential election.

Legal cases related to the election results also began to occur in Minnesota, North Carolina and Texas.

It takes several days to calculate the results of the US presidential elections, but it is usually quite clear who will be the winner in the early hours of the next day.

In 2016, Donald Trump appeared in New York around 3 a.m. local time to deliver a victory speech to his supporters.

But in this election, officials warned that results may take longer, perhaps days or even weeks due to a sharp increase in ballots mailed.

The last time the results were not so clear until after the elections was in 2000. The Supreme Court was not confirmed until a month later.

Trump will host Election Night inside the White House with about 400 guests.

About 10,000 protesters are expected to gather Tuesday night at Black Lives Matter Plaza and in a park not far from the White House, according to CBS News.

Biden and Harris will witness the election results in the vice presidential candidate’s hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.