Tuesday, November 3, 230 million Americans are called to vote to elect the future tenant of the White House.
74-year-old
Republican
Donald Trump
, outgoing President, and 77-year-old Democrat
Joe Biden
, former Vice President of the United States under Barack Obama.
This article will be updated overnight with the latest results available.
While waiting for the first results, against Donald Trump, Joe Biden is a big favorite in the polls.
The Democratic candidate with 50.7% of the voting intentions in his favor is 6.7 points ahead of his opponent.
The winner will be the one who wins at least 270 of the 358 voters in the country's 50 states.
Special feature: the party that comes out on top (winning the most votes) in a state wins all of the state's grand voters, except in Maine and Nebraska where a mixed distribution rule applies.
In a few hours we should know the name of the future President of the United States.
This will require scrutinizing the results of key states, or pivot states, those that will switch the country from one camp to another.
The main "swing states" are: Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Iowa, Texas, Arizona, Wisconsin, Florida and Michigan.
The turnout is expected to be very high and 94 million Americans have already voted in advance.
This record could make the final results later, as several states have chosen to count their postal votes after those of their polling stations.
A well-defined agenda
On December 14, the grand voters (electoral college) will officially vote for the presidency.
On January 7, 2021, Congress will meet to count the votes of the Electoral College and declare the winner.
Finally, we will have to wait until January 20, 2021 to see the winner and his vice-presidency officially sworn in.