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Donald Trump and Joe Biden are fighting very narrow margins in key states on the battlefield, now that most of the polls have closed in the US presidential election.
It’s reaching the limit in Florida with nearly 90% of ballots already counted, while places like Georgia and Arizona seem too close to call yet.
The count is underway in other “pitch” races as well, including Pennsylvania and Ohio, and current projections show Mr trump has taken six states and Mr biden Seven.
In traditionally “ruby red” Texas, Biden appears to be moving forward, increasing his share of the vote in Tarrant and Harris counties, though only 65% of the votes have been counted.
The Republican incumbent is waiting in the White House to find out whether he will get there for another four years or become the first president of a term since 1992.
He admitted that losing earlier would not be “easy” but remains publicly optimistic about his chances.
Trump said the result should be declared as soon as possible, telling campaign workers at his headquarters in Virginia that: “I think we should know what happens at night …
“You can’t delay these things for many days and maybe weeks, you can’t do that.
“The whole world is waiting, this country is waiting but the whole world is waiting.”
US President Hopes To Get Another Four Years In The Oval Office
His Democratic rival is in Wilmington, Delaware, where a podium has already been erected for him to make a “speech to the nation” in front of a drive-in of supporters.
Biden spent the day in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, the same state he made three visits to on Tuesday in a sign of how much he values his 20-vote Electoral College (CE) award.
So optimistic is he that the former vice president wrote a note on the wall of the living room of the house in which he grew up that said: “From this house to the White House with the grace of God.”
Mr. Biden signed and dated the message on the wall in his old living room. Photo: Biden Pool / Axios
The national early exit poll of 12,600 voters appears to favor Biden, showing that the proportion of white voters fell between 6% and 56% compared to 2016, while the number of college graduates of all ethnicities increased between 5% and 45%.
Thus, white voters with no college education are down between 6% and 33% compared to the last election, which could be a problem for Trump given that they were his main vote.
In Georgia, the regional exit poll suggests that Biden has won over more white voters (30%) compared to Hilary Clinton’s 21%, while Trump’s support among them fell from 75% in the last election. at 68%.
A Democrat hasn’t won the state since 1992, but Trump last achieved the lowest share of votes of any Republican since 1996.
Biden returned to his hometown of Scranton on Tuesday.
In Kentucky, another state where the polls have closed, the president is casting his vote in small rural areas. But in places like Fayette, urban and where 43% have titles, Biden currently leads between 73% and 25%.
The figure is expected to change, but Clinton only achieved 51% in the same area.
In Ohio, the exit poll shows that white people with no college education accounted for 53% of voters, 10% more than in 2016. Trump leads with that group with 58%, but took 63% of them the last time.
In North Carolina, Biden appears to be increasing the margins of the Democrats in the major counties of Mecklenburg and Wake.
And in Arizona, the exit poll suggests that both candidates are 48% shoulder to shoulder, with Biden better than Clinton with white voters, and Latinos make up 4% more voters, up 19%.
So far 13 results have been projected:
For Mr. Trump
- Indiana (11 CE votes)
- Kentucky (8 CE votes)
- Oklahoma (7 CE votes)
- Tennessee (11 CE votes)
- West Virginia (5 CE votes)
- Alabama (9 CE votes)
To Mr. Biden
- Vermont (3 CE votes)
- New Jersey (14 CE votes)
- Delaware (3 CE votes)
- Maryland (10 CE votes)
- Washington DC (3 EC votes)
- Massachusetts (11 CE votes)
- Colorado (9 CE votes)
Many Americans cast their vote Tuesday despite a record nearly 99 million early votes.
There was not widespread voting chaos as some feared, although there were some obstacles.
In Michigan, the attorney general said some voters received automated calls telling them to “stay home” because of the coronavirus.
“Obviously this is FALSE and an effort to suppress the vote,” he tweeted.
In North Carolina, the polls will stay open for up to 45 more minutes in some areas because they opened late due to “printer issues.”
And the US postal services ordered some sites to “sweep” the facilities to “ensure that ballots have not been withheld and that identified ballots are sent immediately for delivery.”
Meanwhile, stores and offices in California, Washington DC and New York boarded their windows for fear of violence breaking out in the streets.
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While all eyes will be on whether Trump or Biden win the top job, all seats in Congress and a third in the Senate are also available for election.
Democrats hope to increase their majority in the House of Representatives and change a minimum of three seats in the United States Senate to take control there.
