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PENNSYLVANIA (VG) All the “eyes of the world” are now in the inflection state, which Donald Trump must win to get four new years in the White House.
The battle over who will be the next president of the United States is intensifying. Central to this is the indecisive state of Pennsylvania, which helped secure Donald Trump’s victory in 2016.
Stay updated: Here they are fighting for victory now
It is entirely up to him to win this one to get 270 voters and four new years as President of the United States. Therefore, there is great expectation for the results obtained here.
Donald Trump is still ahead of Democratic nominee Joe Biden, but the lead has shrunk dramatically: He now leads by just 1.7 percentage points after leading by more than 10 percentage points the day before.
VG gets its figures from the DPA news agency, which updates its figures somewhat later than, say, Fox News. – see general description:
There are about 115,000 votes among the candidates in the state, which has 20 voters.
The head of administration in Pennsylvania says the state can reach a result as early as Friday night Norwegian time, meaning Joe Biden can be named the winner if he takes the state.
Biden’s camp has said they have a good feeling in the state, as most of the votes that have yet to be counted are from the highly democratic city of Philadelphia and its suburbs.
Follow the electoral drama here:
In downtown Philadelphia, many have taken to the streets in anticipation of potentially crucial results.
– I am here because we are the people and our votes must count. They must be counted. It looks like Biden will win so I hope to see the final result, Christopher (42) tells VG.
What do you think of Trump’s attempt to stop the counting of votes in Pennsylvania?
– I think he’s a weak president. You try to convince people that you are stronger than you think. I think it goes against the majority in America, the values we have and the love we have for each other.
VG also met with protesters from the other side, so they are critical of the vote count:
The background to the dispute is the so-called mail ballots, which can be received until Friday as long as they are stamped no later than Election Day.
Background: Here they fear the chaos of voices
In Pennsylvania, they are also not allowed to start counting mail-in votes until the very day of the election. Donald Trump has protested this, even though it was the Republicans in the state who helped decide this before the election.
The news that the results may come in as early as Friday night Norwegian time means that all eyes are now on tip status. At home with couple Patricia and James Schoening, CNN is on 24 hours a day.
– This is incredibly stressful, they tell VG.
Both believe Joe Biden will draw the longest glass, but say they fear the “worst”: Donald Trump being re-elected, and further polarization and division.
They are among many Democrats who are shocked by the president’s support: Trump has received more than 68 million votes so far, more than five million more than he received in 2016.
– When they know what he has done to this country in the last four years, it is a miracle for me that people can still vote for him, says James, and highlights, among other things, the handling of the corona pandemic and the mention of veterans.
– Trump divides our country in two, and with him as president it will only get worse. The whole world will laugh at us, he says.
FISHING PAUSE: Retiree Thomas A. Bakon voted for President Donald Trump. Now he has taken a break from the electoral drama. Photo: Camilla Svennæs Bergland / VG
Just off the freeway, two hours from Pittsburgh in Erie’s major constituency, Thomas Bacon finds himself in knee-deep water.
– It has been stressful with the election. I’m tired and it’s not done yet, the former phone repairman tells VG.
He and some friends have taken a “break” from the elections and brought the fishing pole to think about other things. He believes that regardless of the outcome likely to come tonight, there will be more protests.
The retiree is a Trump voter, but says he doesn’t think it’s tactically smart to sue the state before all the votes have been counted:
– I understand why you do it, but I think it creates more frustration. I don’t like the boy, but I like his politics. I think we will have protests no matter who wins, Bakon tells VG.
