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Donald Trump, current president of the United States (Photo: REUTERS / Carlos Barria)
US President Donald Trump is ahead of his electoral opponent Joe Biden in three key states, data from RealClearPolitics shows.
White House Chief Leads Ohio (47.4% vs. 46% for Biden), North Carolina (47.8% vs. 47.6%) and Iowa (47.6% versus 45.6%).
At the same time, Biden is ahead of his Pennsylvania rival. (48.7% vs. 47.5%), Florida (47.9% vs. 47.0%), Michigan (50% vs. 45.8%), Arizona (47.9% vs. 47.0%) and Wisconsin (51% versus 44.3%).
Despite the electoral advantage in some states, Trump has a lower national rating than Biden, according to the portal’s data: 44% versus 50.7%.
On November 3, the next presidential elections are held in the United States, as a result of which the person who will lead the country for the next four years will be elected.
In 2020, the main contenders for the presidency of the White House are Republican Donald Trump, current head of state, and Democrat Joe Biden, former senator and vice president during the presidency of Barack Obama.
The American electoral system assumes indirect (or elections in two stages. Initially, the voters of each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia vote for their candidate, after which the electoral college, the de facto representatives of the people, who have the right to elect the next president, approve the vote.
It is from the results of the electoral vote (there are 538 of them in total), it depends on who is the winner of the election. Almost every state has a system «winner takes all ”, when all state electoral votes go to the candidate with the most popular votes.
Since the electoral college consists of 538 members, a candidate for that office only needs a simple majority of 270 votes to become president of the United States.
Most American states have long-standing political preferences; for example, California almost always votes for the Democratic candidate and Kansas has traditionally supported the Republicans year after year.
Thus, the main fight for votes is fought in the so-called «fluctuating states, in which the electoral preferences of the population are divided almost equally between Republicans and Democrats.
There are 8 of them this year: Florida (29 voters); Pennsylvania (20 voters); Ohio (18 voters); Michigan (16 voters); North Carolina (15 voters); Arizona (11 voters); Wisconsin (10 voters); Iowa (6 voters).
Although the possible winner of the presidential election has actually been known since Election Day, the name of the new president was officially announced only in January at a special session of Congress, almost a month after voters voted for the candidates.
The inauguration of the newly elected president and vice president of the United States, according to American law, takes place on January 20.
