There are two very similar questions in the US election that can give completely different answers: Who won?
Who is president
The
presidential candidates
* have been determined since the beginning of 2020.
The
US election 2020
* will be decided
in the night from November 3rd to 4th
.
Joe Biden
or
Donald Trump
: who won the election?
Who is the new President of the USA?
Update from November 3, 11:58 p.m.:
If Donald Trump loses the US election, he could lose more than just the office of US President.
There are indications that further consequences threaten Trump, which he has only been spared by his special position as head of state.
Update from November 3, 6:30 p.m.:
While the incumbent
US President Donald Trump will be
in the White House in Washington on election evening, challenger
Joe Biden
will spend
the day in his hometown of Scranton in the embattled state of Pennsylvania *.
Biden's wife Jill, on the other hand, will still campaign for votes in Florida.
But because of the unusually
high number of postal voters
and the associated
lengthy counting
, it is still uncertain whether there will be a winner on election evening.
Nevertheless, on Wednesday morning (CET) a tendency should be discernible whether Trump will go into a second term or Biden will be the 46th President of the USA.
Update from November 3, 2:05 p.m.:
When the concrete results will really be available and thus it will definitely be known
who will be the next US President
, is still questionable.
Since, according to information from the
Washington Post,
the number of
postal
voters is expected to be between 50 and 70 percent, much depends on when the votes in the states are counted.
This can drag on for weeks, especially since some countries will also have
postal votes
that come in a certain time window after election day on November 3rd counted.
In addition, 30 states give their citizens time to correct errors in postal votes that would otherwise invalidate the vote.
2020 US election: who won?
Who is the new President of the USA?
First report from November 3rd:
Munich / Washington, DC - On the night of November
3rd to 4th, 2020
(according to German time), the time has come: The fight for the first office in the state is mainly led by the duos
Joe Biden
and Kamala Harris as well as
Donald Trump
and Mike Pence run.
Other candidates have virtually no chance.
Decision on the 2020 US election: when will there be an (official) result?
Then who is the president?
Who won the election?
Who is president
A decision on the
2020 US election
can
be expected
in
Germany
in the early morning hours of November 4th, 2020.
In Donald Trump's first election, the result was only announced around 8:30 a.m., but in Barack Obama's first election at around 5 a.m.
When the time will come in 2020 is not yet in sight.
The result of the
presidential election
has yet to be made official.
This will only happen after the so-called electoral representatives meet in December 2020. The
inauguration of
the President * will take place in the
USA
on January 20, 2021 - if there is no re-election.
Who won the US election?
- Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the running for president
As already mentioned,
polls
and forecasts for the US election 2020
see
two candidates in the selection for the position of president: Joe Biden (Democrat) and Donald Trump (Republican).
The right to vote in the US leads to the absurd situation that the winner of the election is not necessarily the candidate with the most votes.
That is exactly what happened in the election of Donald Trump, who received fewer votes than Hillary Clinton across the country.
So in the end it really makes a difference whether you ask, "Who won the election" or "Who is the
President of the United States
?"
BREAKING: New CNN poll has Biden leading Trump by 16 points nationally pic.twitter.com/6l3mZmDi1J
- Alli Hedges Maser (@AllisonLHedges) October 6, 2020
Joe Biden
was ahead of the polls at the beginning of the year and has been able to expand them even further in recent weeks.
Only when it comes to finances does
Donald Trump come up
with similar numbers and is therefore just as valued as Biden.
After the 2020 US election: who is president?
And will there be chaos?
In the event of a tight election result, or even a loss of the election, Donald Trump announced serious decisions in advance.
He could refuse to recognize the result - the
2020 US election
could then be in
chaos
sink because the constitution leaves gaps open.
The focus in the
election campaign
was with both politicians
set slightly different:
Joe Biden | Donald Trump |
|---|---|
Fight against racism and discrimination | Tightening of immigration laws |
Economy (building a system that supports working families, small businesses and communities) | Economy (including more jobs) |
Expansion of the health system | Health care (repeal of the entire Obamacare) |
Expansion and strengthening of women's rights | Trade policy (withdrawal from existing trade agreements, etc.) |
Measures against the coronavirus | Joe Biden |
While Joe Biden presents his
election campaign topics
and
government
goals transparently on his own election campaign page, one searches in vain for a concrete election campaign plan on Donald Trump's website.
Will that ultimately affect victory in the US election?
Who won the election?
Will Trump remain president or will he be replaced by Biden?
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