In the United States, the counting of votes has been going on for a week after the presidential election. In five states – Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Wisconsin – the differences in the number of votes won by Donald Trump and Joe Biden are slight. Trump declined to acknowledge his failure in the elections, although Biden’s victory is a doomed, according to the predictions of the US media traditionally announcing the election results.
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After counting 99 percent of the votes in the state Wisconsin former US vice president Joe Biden leads, but his lead over re-election Donald Trump is just over 20,000 votes. The winner in this state will get 10 electoral votes. In adjacent Wisconsin state Michigan (16 electoral votes) Joe Biden’s advantage is 148,000 votes.
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Wisconsin and Michigan were previously considered places where support for the president-elect from the Democratic Party is certain, but Donald Trump recently stated that he likes the situation in Wisconsin and intends to fight there.
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Able Nevadathat has by six electoral votes, after counting 98 percent of the votes, the Democratic candidate leads. Joe Biden can count on the votes of 671,500 citizens of the state. – Donald Trump enjoys the support of less than 635,000 people.
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Counting votes in MichiganJEFFREY SAUGER / PAP / EPA
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The fierce battle is fought for 11 Arizona electoral votes. After counting 98 percent of the votes, Joe Biden leads the US President by just under 13,000 votes. An equally small difference in votes divides the candidates in the race for 16 electoral votes of the state of Georgia. After counting 99 percent of the vote, Joe Biden won 2.472 million votes and Donald Trump 2.458 million votes, so the difference is 140,000.
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We are still waiting for the election winner in North Carolina (15 electoral votes). The president, who fights for re-election, carries about 65,000 votes. There are still 2 percent of the votes to be counted – that is, about 110,000 voting cards.
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Winners also not specified in the state Alaska (3 electoral votes) – Donald Trump is clearly leading there, he has 58 percent of the support, but in this state only 65 percent of ballots have been counted.
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Trump’s staff protests election
Joe Biden was declared the winner on Saturday November 7 – four days after the election. When deciding to take this step, all major American media stated that the remaining mathematical votes could no longer change the result of the election. Donald Trump did not acknowledge his defeat – he accuses the Democrats of alleged electoral fraud and announces court battles, but without presenting any evidence to confirm his theses.
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Donald Trump’s election team has filed lawsuits in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia, and also signaled that it plans to file a motion to recount votes in Wisconsin. Lawsuits in Georgia and Michigan have now been dismissed. In Pennsylvania, even if they are successful, they will not change the outcome of the competition for the White House, given Joe Biden’s advantage in this state, says Hill.
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photo-source">Main photo source: JEFFREY SAUGER / PAP / EPA
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