Who is ahead?
A question that the 2020 US election will boil down to.
We will inform you about the current interim results 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 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
.
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 all the answers live on election night.
USA: who is ahead?
All interim results for 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 editors network.
List of rubric lists: © Montage Merkur.de: Andreas Gebert and Bernd von Jutrczenka (via dpa / picture alliance)