The United States is deciding who will be the new president, but the key issue is quite different.

“J. Biden is ahead of D. Trump in the polls by 8-10%, the difference is very big. The Economist has announced that Trump has a 5% chance of winning the election. I think there is no doubt that J. Biden will win, ”says K. Girnius on the show“ Delfi diena ”.

“The most important question before these elections is not who will win the presidential election, but whether the Democrats will take over the Senate. If he takes over, he will have both Congress and the Senate in his hands and will do a lot. First, he will put in order the health system, change immigration, eliminate D. Trump’s restrictions, massively increase benefits for both companies and workers, and little will change in foreign and defense policy, “predicts the political scientist.

“J. Biden will be the head of a broader Democratic government team, “he said.

According to K. Girnius, J. Biden chose the right campaign strategy when criticizing the Trump administration for the failed fight against the coronavirus.

“Here the problem, which D. Trump failed to solve, was misleading, he made suggestions that made things wrong. And people feel it very strongly. [Sergančiųjų] the number is increasing, various restrictions are being introduced and the economic situation is deteriorating. Despite Trump’s stories that tomorrow, a month later, two [pandemija] it will end, the situation has not improved, but it has deteriorated substantially ”, explains the political scientist.

Trump’s threats not to hand over power also sound unrealistic, he said.

“I think you will understand perfectly that the results are clear, you have to go. I think he’s trying to poke fun at the Democrats. <…> Hysteria is prevalent in America. And those languages ​​belong to that hysteria. It’s nothing serious here, “says K. Girnius.

“If there is any controversy after the elections, there is no reason to believe that the Supreme Court, the three justices appointed by Trump, will be a kind of assistant and servant,” he emphasizes.

Meanwhile, the Lithuanian Arūnas Pemkus, who worked in the White House, does not dare to predict the victories of J. Biden.

“I don’t believe in polls, especially when the media write them very specifically. I think the results will be very close to each other,” he says.

He also doubts that the coronavirus situation is a key factor for voters to decide why to vote.

“Will it be a decisive decision on how people will vote? I have doubts, ”says A. Pemkus.

Pemkus also says that he does not take seriously Trump’s statements about the possible non-transfer of power after losing the election.

“RE. I like shorts hang up media and spear sayings sayings that certain layers like. This affects a certain stratum of voters. Could this happen? There are potentially several states where [rezultatai] it could be approximately. Theoretically, there is an opportunity to see the conversion. But it should end in early December. They can go to court, but neither do they please the president or any party, “he explains.

According to A. Pemkus, it is important to emphasize that J. Biden, if elected, would be only the second Catholic president of the United States. Furthermore, notes A. Pemkus, their attention to the Baltic countries is gratifying.

“One point that is gratifying is that Mr. Biden addressed the Baltic electorate. Attention has been paid to the ethnic groups of Central Europe in America, it is gratifying,” says a Lithuanian who worked in the White House on the program “Delfi diena ”.

The United States presidential elections will be held on November 3. During early voting, according to Thursday, 80 million people had already cast their vote. the citizens. Turnout in these elections is expected to be the highest in a century.