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2020 US elections. Americans will go to the polls on November 3 to elect the future president of the United States, and the polls will close on Wednesday morning at 7:00 AM Romanian time.
This year, the White House is fighting between Republican candidate Donald Trump, the current president, and Democratic candidate Joe Biden, a former vice president during Barack Obama’s term.
While Donald Trump wants to “make America great again” by creating new jobs and maintaining a strong position on immigration, Joe Biden wants to restore environmental protection and the right to health, and some international alliances.
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LIVE TEXT Alegeri SUA 2020 – Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden
9:40 pm – Donald Trump did not prepare a resignation or acceptance speech
President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that he had not prepared any speech to resign or accept a new term, according to CNN.
“No, I’m not thinking of giving up or accepting speeches just yet. Winning is easy. Losing is never easy. Not for me.Donald Trump said at an election rally in Virginia.
21:20 – The seven states that can determine the outcome of the 2020 elections
In the 2020 election, there are seven states considered a “battlefield” for candidates from both parties: Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida, according to the BBC.
Political analysts believe that these states will decide the winner of this year’s presidential election.
The 2016 elections have shown how crucial votes can be in these states. Donald Trump won Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, with a total of 107,000 votes, just 0.03% of the population.
20:50 – People infected with Covid-19 can go to the polls
Americans who have been confirmed with Covid-19 can go to the polls in person, according to the voter guide issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reports the BBC.
Those infected with Covid-19 should notify the voting station staff and observe the following measures:
– Wear a mask
– Be at least 1.8 meters from any other person
– Wash your hands or sanitize before and after voting
7:30 PM – The number of Americans who voted early surpassed 100 million
More than 100 million Americans voted early in the US presidential election, according to the latest study by the US Elections Project, a database created by a professor at the University of Florida to monitor turnout.
19:00 – Melania Trump votes in Florida
The first lady of the United States, Melania Trump, voted on Tuesday in Palm Beach, the city in southeastern Florida where she and her husband, President Donald Trump, moved their private residence in 2019, reports the EFE agency.
She did not say who she voted for, unlike her husband, who voted early two weeks ago and later said he voted “for a guy named Donald Trump.”
Melania is spending Presidential Election Day at her residence in Mar-a-Lago, a mansion that Donald Trump bought in the 1990s and turned into a private club, but according to media reports, she will return at the end of the day to Washington, where he will await the result of the elections.
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11:45 – The first results of the presidential elections, announced in two New Hampshire villages
The first results of the presidential elections in the United States were announced in the two towns of Dixville Notch and Millsfield in New Hampshire, which gave the symbolic start of the US elections from Monday night to Tuesday, reports dpa.
Democratic candidate Joe Biden won all five votes in Dixville Notch. Current US President Donald Trump won a 16-vote majority in Millsfield, while five people voted for Biden.
How many Americans have voted so far and when will we know the name of the winner?
Millions of Americans go to the polls on Tuesday to vote for their next president. By Election Day, nearly 100 million people had voted in advance or by mail, according to the BBC.
The first polls will close on the East Coast at 6:00 PM (1:00 AM, Wednesday Romanian time), and the last polling stations will close in Alaska on Wednesday at 5:00 AM (Romanian time).
Most likely, the first results will appear on Wednesday morning, depending on the closing of the polls and the pace of the counting of the votes.
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However, for the final results, we may have to wait several days, or even weeks, due to the large number of votes registered by mail.
In 2016, the first information about Donald Trump’s victory appeared at 2:30 a.m. local time (9:30 a.m. Romanian time), after the victory in Wisconsin brought him to a total of 270 voters.
Americans have three possible ways to cast their vote: by mail, before the vote (which takes place a few days or weeks before Election Day), or by going to the polls on Election Day.
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Bettors on the British platform Smarkets give the Democratic candidate Joe Biden a 68.49% chance of winning the 2020 US presidential election, while the Democrat recovers on election day, after reaching 66% after the last debate with Donald Trump.
Instead, Trump’s chances rose to 31.75%, after rising to 34% after the debate.
What the latest polls say before the US presidential election begins
Democratic candidate Joe Biden was also featured as a front-runner the day before the November 3 election.
Polls have put Democrat Joe Biden in the lead in the US presidential election for months, but Republican Donald Trump says he will show they are lying, as in his surprise 2016 victory, according to News.ro.
According to the average opinion poll established by the RealClearPolitics website, Joe Biden, who is credited with 51% of voting intentions, is 6.7 percentage points ahead of Donald Trump (44.35).
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This overall advantage has remained stable over the months, although at times it has risen to 10 percentage points.
The current advance is more than double what Hillary Clinton made the day before the vote, four years ago. At the time, the polls were relatively accurate on the Democratic vote.
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