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“2016 or 2020?”
An assessment by Beat Soltermann, American SRF expert: “If you look at the electoral map of the United States, you might rub your eyes. Is it 2016 or 2020? The card looks the same. All states that have been colored blue or red so far were four years ago. A chess game between Trump and Biden, in which no one has taken a piece from the other until now. For the outcome of the tremendous game, it will be decisive whether one or more of the still open states will change color, and therefore party, in 2020. “
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Delaware with the first transgender senator
In the United States, a transgender politician has been elected to a state Senate for the first time. Democrat Sarah McBride won Tuesday in Delaware against Republican Steve Washington, the AP news agency reported.
McBride, 30, campaigned for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people. He did an internship at the White House with former President Barack Obama. McBride won in a heavily Democratic district that stretches from northern Wilmington to the Pennsylvania border.
Trump also announces a statement
President Donald Trump is also announcing an imminent statement on his Twitter account. Talk about a big win: “A big WIN!”
Trump also wins in Montana
Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump insures himself in the state Montana the majority of the votes and, therefore, three other voters. This was reported by the AP news agency based on voter polls and initial vote counts. The New York Times also reports a Trump victory.
Nancy Pelosi defends her seat in Congress
The Democratic Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, defends hers. Pelosi is clearly establishing herself in her constituency in California, as the AP news agency reports based on voter polls and initial vote counts.
According to estimates by television stations NBC and Fox News, Democrats are also on track to defend their majority in the House of Representatives. So far, they held 232 of the 435 seats in the chamber, which was fully available for voting.
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“Trump and Biden can still win”
An assessment by Beat Soltermann, US SRF expert: “Important decisions in swing states: Florida electoral votes go to Donald Trump, as do Ohio and Iowa. This is good news for the president. He won these three states four years ago and had to repeat this feat, at least in the case of Florida. Otherwise, it would hardly have been mathematically enough to win. Trump’s challenger, Joe Biden, may be happy too: He’s currently ahead in Arizona. Therefore, three undecided states that are still open: Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania should remain decisive for the outcome of the elections in an extremely close race. And Georgia, the voting won’t end until tomorrow. “
Beat Soltermann is the director of the “Echo der Zeit” program. Before that, he was a long-time US correspondent for Radio SRF (2011-2017).
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Biden: “Confident that we are on the right track”
Now Joe Biden talks to his fans on television. Remain absolutely confident and sure of victory. They are still underway in several key states. He always said, Biden added, that it might take a little longer before the result was known. Biden thanks his fans and says goodbye with the words: “Believe it, we will win!”
Trump also wins in Florida
President Donald Trump is running for White House in key state Florida He won with his 29 voters against Democrat Joe Biden. The AP news agency, CNN and the New York Times reported based on voter polls and initial vote counts.
Iowa goes to Trump
The US state Iowa He goes with his six voters to the current Republican Donald Trump. This is reported, among other things, by the AP news agency on the basis of voter polls and initial vote counts. Iowa is also known as the “transition state.”
“Trump has angered a lot of people in Arizona with his criticism of Romney”
Arizona is a border state. “The 2016 election was about the border wall that made Trump popular,” says Arndt Peltner, special correspondent for SRF. Here the wall will now be visible and all the border regulations that Donald Trump has issued will be implemented here. “It’s amazing what the Border Patrol is doing here. It reminds me of the German internal border, ”said the correspondent. “They have sensors buried in the sand, they have drones and helicopters. More than 30 Border Patrol cars passed me in six hours. “
However: “With this choice, however, the wall is no longer the focus. This year it’s about Corona. “And it’s about Mitt Romney, the senator from Utah. He’s particularly popular with Mormons in the Arizona population.” Trump has voiced fundamental criticism of Mitt Romney. That pissed off many. ” That will have an impact on the outcome of the election, Peltner said.
Biden wants to make a statement
Biden has announced a statement for 6.45 am This has been announced by his campaign team. Nothing is known about the possible content of his opinion.
Biden wins in Hawaii and Minnesota
Joe Biden, as expected, has the majority in the state Hawaii won. This was reported by the AP news agency based on voter polls and initial vote counts. The bastion of the Democrats brings Biden four voters. The state too Minnesota with ten voters goes to Biden, according to the agency.
“No Republican became president without Ohio”
Several media are currently predicting the victory of Donald Trump in Ohio, one of the key states. For the president, Ohio would be an important victory, one of the reasons why: “No Republican has become president without winning Ohio,” says our expert Arthur Honegger.
A brief moment of harmony
In a Detroit suburb, tensions erupted between a group of Trump supporters and Biden supporters, threatening to escalate. Matthew Woods, a Trump supporter and musician, asked Biden’s supporters to sing together.
“We shook hands, hugged, and apologized for swearing at each other,” says Woods. Let’s forget about politics. Let’s hug and be friends. “Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson tweeted the details of the exchange, calling it a” hopeful story. “
Trump has Ohio
According to television stations, President Donald Trump will have important status in US elections Ohio He won with 18 voters. This came from the coinciding forecasts of the Fox News and NBC stations and the first vote count.
This destroys another hope for the Democrats, who discovered opportunities here. Trump had already won the state in 2016. He gets 18 voters here.
Twitter publishes warnings about election results tweets
Short message service Twitter has attached notes to tweets in which the election results for individual states were announced prematurely from a network point of view. For example, a tweet that Donald Trump had won the state of Florida was tagged with the note: “Official sources may not have confirmed the result when this tweet was canceled.” In Florida, which is considered one of the most important states in the elections, no winner has yet been determined according to the media.
That warning was also attached to a tweet from Trump’s election team that the South Carolina president had won. However, the AP news agency had already reported Trump’s victory in South Carolina at the time.
Special broadcast on SRF 1 from 6 am – and also continuously on the radio
The first significant results on the outcome of the presidential elections are expected after 6 am Moderator Wasiliki Goutziomitros welcomes guests early in the morning on the special program “US Elections: The Decision” for evaluations and analysis. US correspondents Peter Düggeli (Washington) and Tom von Grünigen (Wisconsin), as well as special correspondent Viviane Manz (Florida) are connected. Half-hour news updates are woven into the morning broadcast, in which host Penelope Kühnis summarizes the results from the states until the decision is made.
Radio SRF has also kept you up to date with a special broadcast on the US elections from 5 a.m.
“Key role for Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin”
An assessment by Beat Soltermann, SRF’s American expert: “The American electoral system means that, in the end, it always comes down to a few federal states, the so-called ‘swing states’. Trump is likely to take Florida under the nail again. You have to do that to win. Without Florida, he would not get the 270 electoral votes needed. New Hampshire probably goes to Biden. In other “transition states” the situation is even more open. Right now, it looks like Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin will play a key role this time around. However: the current figures in the media should be viewed with caution. In some cases, only a fraction of the votes are counted, not to mention votes cast in advance and those that will still arrive with the correct postmark. Depending on the state, these votes can only be added as of today. “
Beat Soltermann is the director of the “Echo der Zeit” program. Before that, he was a long-time US correspondent for Radio SRF (2011-2017).
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Democrats retain majority in House of Representatives
Democrats will retain a majority in the US House of Representatives, according to forecasts by television stations NBC and Fox News. So far, Democrats have held a majority of 232 of the 435 seats in the House of Congress, which is fully available for voting. According to calculations by the AP news agency, 131 Republicans and 99 Democrats were elected at 5.15 am Swiss time. The Democratic and Republican seats won and lost were balanced.
Republicans win a major Senate seat
Despite their best efforts, Democrats failed to win the seat of influential Republican Senator Lindsey Graham in the Senate majority race. Graham asserts himself in the state of South Carolina against Democratic challenger Jamie Harrison, news agencies report based on voter polls and initial vote counts.
The result in South Carolina is a setback for Democratic hopes of obtaining a majority in the Senate.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.
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