Who is ahead?
A question that the 2020 US election will boil down to.
We will inform you of the current status in the news ticker.
The
2020 presidential election
* will take place on November 3rd.
On election night there are
interim results
for individual states and thus also for the entire USA.
We keep track of all the news and answer questions like: “
Who is ahead?
"
Update from November 4, 2:40 p.m
.: The 2020 US election will remain exciting.
A victory by
Donald Trump
or
Joe Biden
now seems to depend mainly on six larger states.
The announcement of the result could be delayed even further, as some states still accept postal ballot papers for several days if they are sent in time.
But how tight is it currently in the contested states?
According to
CNN
, incumbent Trump currently has incumbents in Pennsylvania * and Georgia *.
In contrast, challenger Biden leads in Arizona *, Nevada * and Wisconsin *.
In Michigan * both candidates are on par.
Arizona | Georgia | Michigan | Nevada | Pennsylvania | Wisconsin | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Biden | 51.8% | 48.3% | 49.2% | 49.3% | 43.6% | 49.4% |
Donald Trump | 46.8% | 50.5% | 49.2% | 48.7% | 55.0% | 48.8% |
electors | 11 | 16 | 16 | 6th | 20th | 10 |
Counted out | 82% | 92% | 88% | 86% | 75% | 97% |
Update from November 4, 12:51 p.m.:
If
Biden is assigned to Arizona,
only seven other states with a specific assignment are missing.
As things stand,
Nevada and Wisconsin
would
just go to the Democrats
.
That would be 16 more electoral votes plus eleven Arizona electors for Biden.
That would not be quite enough for a majority.
Donald Trump is currently ahead of Biden
in
Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Alaska and Michigan
.
However, Trump has a lead of just 64,000 votes.
And especially the more democratic counties like Wayne County are still missing.
So it remains a thriller who wins the presidential election.
Update from November 4, 11:32 a.m.:
And again something has
happened
in the 2020 US election.
The new interim result:
Hawaii goes to Joe Biden with four electors
.
Biden is also
ahead
in
Maine
and AP has already assigned it to him.
Biggest surprise,
Wisconsin tipped over
.
With just 0.3 percent, Biden now leads here.
That was probably due to the Milwaukee County votes that are currently being counted.
Interim results of the 2020 US election: This is how the missing states are currently distributed
Update from November 4, 9.28 a.m.: Arizona is now officially considered democratic
.
This means that 11 electors go to Joe Biden.
However, according to the current situation in
Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia,
Trump is
ahead.
Should he be able to decide all states for himself, that would ensure victory for him.
In Pennsylvania so far, 74 percent of the vote has been counted.
For example, 1.4 million absentee votes are still missing here.
Trump is currently leading here with over 55 percent.
Update from November 4th, 7:22 am:
And again two states can finally be assigned.
Texas
is now considered safe for
Republicans to
win.
In
Rhode Island, Joe Biden
got a clear victory for the Democrats with
59.2 percent
to 39.3 percent according to CNN information.
Even
Minnesota goes to the Democrats with 53.3 percent
.
But there is still no clear winner, even if, with Texas, the favor of the hour is more with Donald Trump.
It now comes down
to
Arizona
,
Pennsylvania
,
Michigan
and
Wisconsin in
particular
.
2020 US election: what were the results for 2016?
Update from November 4th, 6:35 a.m.:
According to Fox News,
Iowa also
applies decidedly.
The
state goes to US
President Donald Trump
with
53.4 percent
.
Joe Biden got 44.8 percent.
Even the
Swing State Florida
seems now finally for
choosing Trump
to be.
According to Fox News, the US President has
51.2 percent of the vote
.
47.8 percent go to Joe Biden.
Interim results of the 2020 US election: Texas and Swing State Ohio go to the Republicans
Update from November 4, 6:01 a.m.:
According to the CBS, it currently looks like
Trump Ohio has won
.
Trump is currently clearly ahead.
53.3 percent to 45.2 percent
for Joe Biden.
Texas
,
too
, now seems largely decided.
After even Joe Biden was in front here in places,
Trump
was able
to win the Republican state.
88 percent of the votes have been selected and Trump is
ahead
with
52.1 percent to 46.4 percent
.
Update from November 4, 5:06 a.m.:
Trump won in Missouri and Utah, while Biden was victorious in New Hampshire.
However, these interim results do not allow the choice to tip in one direction.
The US is still waiting to see what happens in big swing states.
The interim results of the US election leave many questions unanswered: Waiting for the swing states
Update from November 4th, 4.41 a.m.:
In the USA the results of many
swing states
are still missing
.
The current stalemate between Trump and Biden, in which both candidates are still close to each other and at the same time far from the majority, can therefore resolve within a short time.
Since it is sometimes about differences of less than one percentage point, in states like
Ohio it
should not be
clear until the end of the count who is ahead.
Early projections with a clear winner are not possible in many places.
Update from November 4, 3.49 a.m.:
In addition to the presidential election, the focus in the United States is on the 2020 congressional election. For the House of Representatives, it seems clear who won the election.
The Democrats can count on another majority.
Update from November 4, 3:22 p.m.:
If it were up to the number of
states
won
, Donald Trump would currently be in the lead.
As for the
electors
, the candidates are still close together in the interim result.
Both Trump and Biden have passed the number of presumably 100 electors, but are still far from a necessary majority.
Update from November 4, 2:46 p.m.:
Donald Trump won the election in the US state of Arkansas.
This will give him six more voters for his possible re-election.
Overview of the Interim Results of the 2020 US Election - Who Is Up?
Update from November 4, 2:20 a.m.:
According to the news agencies AP and dpa, Joe Biden currently has a little more electorate behind him than Donald Trump.
Accordingly, the following states have so far been decided for one of the candidates in the US election.
Joe Biden:
Virginia, Vermont, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Illinois, Rhode Island and the federal capital Washington DC
Donald Trump:
Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi
Update from November 4, 1.57 a.m.:
Joe Biden wins in Virginia and Vermont, Donald Trump wins in Kentucky and West Virginia.
The distribution of the
electorate
is therefore
16:13 for Biden
.
This snapshot says little, however, because the
majority for the election victory is 270 voters
.
Update from November 4, 1:40 a.m.:
After Kentucky was booked as a clear victory for Trump at the beginning of election night, there are now doubts.
Newer numbers suddenly showed Biden in the lead.
The outcome is still open in this state.
According to the US media, Trump won another victory in the small state of West Virginia.
Update from November 4, 1:17 a.m.:
As expected, Joe Biden has taken the state of Vermont for himself.
The small state only appoints three voters.
Who will be ahead in the 2020 US election?
Trump gets the first states
Update from November 4th, 1:10 a.m.:
These are the first interim results of the 2020 US election and therefore no preview of the final result.
Nevertheless, Donald Trump can look forward to the start of the election evening.
In Kentucky and Indiana, according to CNN, there is a clear answer to the question: who is ahead?
After the first constituencies counted, it looks like Trump can win the states ahead of challenger Biden.
Update from November 4, 0.28 a.m.:
So that you know exactly when the intermediate results of the US election will arrive in the most important swing states, we recommend that you take a look at the US election schedule *.
The count begins hour after hour in other states.
Interim results of the US election are imminent: who is ahead?
Update from November 4, 0.01 a.m.:
In the first states, the first polling stations have now also closed.
There it will first be found out how long the counting of the votes will take.
Update from November 3, 11:13 p.m.:
The first
polling stations
in Kentucky * and Indiana * close at midnight German time.
From then on, an increasingly precise interim result for the US election 2020 will emerge for hours.
The closings of the polling stations in the various states proceed from this point on every hour and sometimes every half hour.
Who is ahead can change several times over the course of the evening in the presidential election.
The results of the 2020 US election: Almost 100 million votes were cast in advance
Update from November 3, 6:03 p.m.:
Almost 100 million US citizens have already voted by letter or in pre-opened polling stations, as reported by the
US Elections Project
.
However, due to the unusually high number of postal voters and the associated lengthy counting, it is still unclear whether the winner of the
2020 US election will
be determined on election night.
The last polling stations do not close until 7 a.m. CET, but the first interim results from the USA can be expected as early as late Tuesday evening and in the early morning hours.
Update from November 3, 12:01 p.m
.: The first results for the US election are there, because the village of
Dixville Notch
in the US state of
New Hampshire
* has
heralded
the US election
, just like in previous years.
As the?
The village has only five residents who are eligible to vote and they cast their votes within five minutes just after midnight local time
(Tuesday 6:00 a.m. CET)
.
All
five votes went to the Democrat Joe Biden
.
In the neighboring town of
Millsfield
it was a little different.
Here, too, a vote has already taken place.
Trump received 16 votes and Biden only five
.
This is of course not an interim result for the US election, but it is the start of a long series of counts that night.
All interim results for the 2020 US election: Joe Biden versus Donald Trump - who is ahead?
First report from November 3rd:
Munich / Washington, DC - On November 3rd, the Americans elect their head of state - the
President of the United States
.
Joe Biden or Donald Trump?
Who is ahead in the 2020 US election and what do the
interim results
say
?
This news ticker offers you the current status live on election night.
USA: who is ahead?
The intermediate result of the 2020 presidential election
Strictly speaking, there
will of
course be more than two candidates in the
2020 US election
: In addition to the large parties, several small parties have
presidential candidates
*
Registered.
However, a victory against Republicans and Democrats is virtually impossible.
Similar to Germany, the
projections
for the
2020 US
election are obtained from the post-election surveys.
After visiting the polling stations, Americans are asked who they voted for.
The first
interim results,
however, come after the closing of the polling stations and the ballot counts for the respective state.
November 3, 2020, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. (CET): | US polling stations open |
---|---|
November 4, 2020, 12:00 a.m. (CET): | Closure of some polling stations in the US states of Kentucky and Indiana (depending on time zone) |
1.00 a.m. (CET): | Closing of polling stations in the US states of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia and Vermont and closing of some polling stations in New Hampshire, Florida, Indiana and Kentucky (depending on time zone) |
1.30 a.m. (CET): | Closing of polling stations in the US states of North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia |
2.00 a.m. (CET): | Closing of polling stations in the states of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Washington DC, as well as some polling stations in North Dakota, Michigan , Kansas, South Dakota and Texas |
2.30 a.m. (CET): | Closing of the polling stations in the US state of Arkansas |
3.00 a.m. (CET): | Closing of polling stations in the US states of Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming, as well as some polling stations in the US states of Michigan, Kansas and South Dakota |
4.00 a.m. (CET): | Closing of polling stations in the US states of Iowa, Montana, Nevada and Utah and some polling stations in Idaho and Oregon |
5.00 a.m. (CET): | Closing of polling stations in the US states of Hawaii, California and Washington, as well as some polling stations in Idaho and Oregon |
6.00 a.m. (CET): | Some polling stations in Alaska are closed |
7.00 a.m. (CET): | All US polling stations are closed |
Joe Biden vs.
Donald Trump: who is ahead?
Social media surveys want to provide answers
The race for the first office of the state takes place between
Joe Biden
* and
Donald Trump
*.
But -
who is ahead?
Live on election night you will find all interim results of the 2020 presidential election summarized in this ticker.
US election 2020: How do these interim results come about?
How meaningful are they?
The question of when the end result will be determined cannot be answered in one sentence.
That is why the
interim results
are particularly
important information
for many
.
The reason for this is the
electoral system of the USA
. * On November 3rd, the Americans vote for so-called voters.
These voters meet in December and elect the
President of the United States of America
.
The
final result
of election night is usually announced in the morning hours of the following day.
From five o'clock the media in the USA will be allowed to declare an
election winner
, since at this time only the votes of the state of Alaska are missing.
Strictly speaking, there is always only one interim result at this time.
In Donald Trump's first election, the result came around 8:30 a.m., while Barack Obama's first election victory was announced around 5 a.m.
Video: Interim results of the "swing states" in the US election 2020 particularly relevant
The "swing states" play a special role.
States
in which there is no a priori tendency to vote for Democrats or Republicans.
They can also
be
decisive
for the outcome of the
presidential election in
2020
.
Therefore, one of the most important questions regarding the US election interim results is: Who is ahead in the contested states?
2020: When does it stop saying “Who is ahead?” But “This is the new President of the USA”?
It
remains to
be seen whether
a result can be expected
in the
2020 election year
directly after election night.
It is expected that Americans will increasingly vote by letter due to the corona pandemic in the USA *.
The evaluation of these votes also takes a certain amount of time.
So when does it stop saying “
Who is ahead?
"But" This is the new President of the USA "?
The
official result of the election
will be announced after the electors meet in December.
The
inauguration of the President
will take place on January 20, 2021, if there is no re-election.
(jey) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
List of rubric lists: © Montage Merkur.de: Andreas Gebert and Bernd von Jutrczenka (via dpa / picture alliance)