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The president-elect of the United States of America, Joe Biden, became the first candidate in the US presidential election to garner more than 80 million votes nationally, reports CNN.
According to the latest aggregated data, in the context in which there are still some states that have yet to count the last votes, such as New York, Joe Biden has exceeded the threshold of 80 million votes, being the first candidate to cross this threshold . Donald Trump, for his part, gets around 73.9 million and is in second place in terms of the most voted candidate in the presidential elections.
In addition to the defeat in the Electoral College, Donald Trump suffers a resounding defeat in the popular vote, a difference of more than 6 million votes. The popular vote does not matter in determining the winner in the elections. Donald Trump is thus the first candidate to suffer two consecutive defeats in the national popular vote in the elections: in 2016, the then Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, obtained some 2.8 million more votes than Trump, although she lost in the Electoral College . Joe Biden won the election 306-232.
In addition to the records set by the two candidates, who obtained the first two places in the top of the most voted candidates, the 2020 elections were also a premiere in terms of the record of votes by mail, in the context of the coronavirus pandemic .
Experts had previously warned that the vote count would take slightly longer than usual, but also given that the majority of Biden’s voters would choose to vote by mail, while Trump’s would vote directly at the polls. The election will show a disproportionate number of votes for the incumbent president, the so-called “red mirage,” according to The Guardian, and that the situation will stabilize as the actual counting of votes by mail begins, votes that are counted last. place.
Donald Trump, however, took the opportunity to declare his victory prematurely and accuse, without evidence, electoral fraud and continues to say that he will not recognize the victory of Joe Biden.
On Tuesday, two major states officially validated Biden’s results and victory: Pennsylvania and Nevada. Georgia and Michigan have also validated Biden’s previous victory, despite Trump’s attempts to block certification. The Electoral College will meet on December 14.
Trump authorized on Monday night the start of the transition process to a new administration, led by Joe Biden, more than two weeks after the Democrat defeated him in the US presidential elections.
Publisher: Adrian Dumitru
