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In previous elections, the first results were released on election night, that is, hours after the polls closed.
For example, in the 2016 election, Republican President Donald Trump declared victory at 2:30 a.m. EST, after preliminary results showed that he had won 270 votes in the electoral college, that is, the number required for a candidate obtains the office of president of the United States.
But it may be different this time, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, which will change the voting pattern of tens of millions of Americans.
In the past, voting by mail was restricted to specific cases, such as patients, but is now available in the most expensive states in the United States due to the pandemic.
In the 2016 US presidential election, a quarter of the votes came by mail, and this election is expected to reach 80 million, double the previous election.
In addition, the precautions imposed by the epidemic can lead to long lines at polling stations, as fewer people will be allowed in each time, which means more delays.
Three vital transition states, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, do not allow ballots to begin by mail until Election Day.
Americans began to vote in the US elections since last September, in what is known as early voting, but the decisive day in the elections is the third of next November, when most of them vote.
The first polling stations close at 7 pm EST.
Americans are always waiting for the announcement of the preliminary results, which are presented by the media on election night, and consequently the winning candidate declares victory and does not wait for the official announcement that is issued after one or more several days.
In the 2016 elections, the official results were announced one day after the vote.
Federal law allows until December 8 for states to resolve a dispute over their representatives in the electoral college that elects the president.
In the final analysis, the members of the electoral college meet in December to vote on the election of the next president of the United States, and it happened in the past that some party members betrayed their candidate and voted for the other candidate.
The British newspaper “The Independent” says that Americans must come to terms with the fact that the result may not be immediately apparent, due to the circumstances imposed by the Corona pandemic.
“For the first time in more than a month,” Trump leads Biden
The results of a survey in the United States showed a slight advantage for Trump, over his rival Biden, for the first time in more than a month.
3 percent of those polled expressed support for candidates from smaller parties, while 2 percent did not specify which candidate they support.
A report by the Rasmussen Foundation stated that “Trump has beaten his rival for the first time since mid-September.”
On the other hand, Reuters, in cooperation with the Ipsos Foundation, conducted another survey in 6 states of the United States, which are Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Florida and Arizona.
The poll results showed Biden ahead of Trump by a wide margin in Wisconsin and a narrow margin in Pennsylvania.
Source: Sky News – Sputnik
