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John Biden marked a historic turning point in the presidential race when Trump overtook Pennsylvania, which is the 20th constituency, and currently surpasses it at 12,390, according to the latest update (7:00 CET).
However, despite Joe Biden’s clear advancement, the authorities may have to recount the votes, postponing the announcement of results in this very important state. Joe Biden needs to secure a 0.5 percent difference between himself and Trump, while the difference is now no more than 0.20 percent.
About 311,000 votes are still waiting to be counted and verified in the state, according to estimates by NBC NEWS, while an election official in Philadelphia, the state’s largest city, confirms that the city alone has yet to produce nearly 40,000 votes. .
Trump had previously announced that he had won this status as he was ahead by about 675,000 votes, but it was the belatedly counted votes that favored Biden. What delayed the announcement of results in the state is that its laws do not allow to count the votes that arrived by mail except on the day of the vote, unlike other states that started the counting process earlier.
Biden’s camp does not want to recount because that will at least postpone the announcement of the results, a scenario that has come very close to realization in the state of Georgia in which Biden also made a breakthrough and advanced on Trump. while the latter wants to recalculate both states together to revive his hopes for the winner.
In this context, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Ravensburger said that the margins of vote difference between the two parties are very close, which will lead to a recount. State law provides for a margin of more than 1 percent to declare a state winner, while the margin among contenders is currently around 1,500 votes.
“At the moment, Georgia is still too close to make a decision,” Bloomberg News told a news conference, “with a small margin of this size, the votes will be counted.”
The question of counting votes in Pennsylvania can take several days, increasing the chance of a recount. But in the event that former US Vice President Barack Obama wins in Pennsylvania, he will be the 46th president of the United States, regardless of the outcome in the rest of the states.
The candidate in the race for the White House needs a majority of 270 votes in the electorate, while Biden currently has between 253 and 264 votes if the state of Arizona is counted in his favor, compared to 214 votes for Trump.
This status was crucial in 2016, when Trump snatched it from the Democrats who won it under Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. But Joe Biden has been very focused on him in his campaign alongside Michigan and Wisconsin.
UAE / AS (AFP, AB, DPA)
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