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International Center Report / Wei Shengling
The 2020 US presidential elections are stalled and the vote count continues. The result of the elections has not yet been published. The current Democratic candidate Biden has won 214 votes from the Republican candidate and current US President Trump with 264 electoral votes. Votes of the candidates. Since there are still 5 states that have not yet completed the vote, and Biden’s advantage is not great, if there is a change in any state, it is possible that none of them have crossed the threshold of the elections (getting 270 electoral votes) . Wonders. In the history of American politics, this scene has appeared twice.
▲ Trump (left) currently loses by 214 votes to Biden (right) by 264 votes. (Composite image / taken from Facebook)
The electoral situation in the United States has come to a standstill and there are still five states that have not yet completed the vote. Among them, Penn, North Carolina, Georgia and Nevada are undecided. Trump temporarily leads in the first three states and Biden temporarily leads in Nevada. However, according to the latest data, Trump currently has only 3,486 votes left in the lead in Georgia, and 1% of the votes still remain unopened. Regarding Trump’s tough fight, Trump’s staff told CNN reporters that before the final vote is counted in Pennsylvania and Georgia, Trump’s chances of reelection are pretty slim.
Although Biden has only 6 votes left before the election threshold, because the advantage is not great, it is still unknown if he can be sure of the ticket to the White House. Based on the current electoral situation, if the state of Arizona is not counted (AP and Fox News have announced Biden’s victory, but other US media have not yet announced it, indicating that they are still counting), Biden’s electoral votes Will be With 253 votes, Trump obtained 214 electoral votes, until the last minute it is difficult to say who wins and who wins, and there may even be a tie.
▲ The two will eventually tie. (Composite image / taken from Facebook)
Suppose that Biden won 16 electoral votes in Georgia and Trump won 3 electoral votes in Alaska, 11 electoral votes in Arizona, 6 electoral votes in Nevada and North Carolina. With 15 electoral votes in the United States and 20 electoral votes in Pennsylvania, both parties have obtained 269 electoral votes, which means that the two are tied and neither has reached the threshold of the election.
If so, in accordance with the 12th Amendment to the United States Constitution, the House of Representatives will initiate a “contingent election” (contingent election) procedure to elect the president, and the Senate will elect the vice president.
According to the US Congressional Bureau of Investigation, there have been two appearances in American politics in the past. Among the four candidates in the 1825 elections, Andrew Jackson obtained 99 electoral votes and John Quincy Adams (John Quincy Adams) received 84 electoral votes, William H Crawford (William H Crawford) received 41 electoral votes, Henry Clay (Henry Clay) received 37 electoral votes, 4 people did not reach the threshold for the election.
The “contingent elections” are reported to have started at that time. The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams as president. This became a rare example of electoral vote loss in American history but he eventually became president of the United States.
