Intermediate result of the 2020 US election: Joe Biden against Donald Trump - who is currently ahead?

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 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

.

However, due to the unusually high number of postal voters and the associated lengthy counting, it is still unclear whether the winner of the

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

in the US state of

* has

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

.

All

.

In the neighboring town of

it was a little different.

Here, too, a vote has already taken place.

.

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

.

Joe Biden or Donald Trump?

Who is ahead in the 2020 US election and what do the

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

course be more than two candidates in the

: In addition to the large parties, several small parties have

*

Registered.

However, a victory against Republicans and Democrats is virtually impossible.

Similar to Germany, the

for the

election are obtained from the post-election surveys.

After visiting the polling stations, Americans are asked who they voted for.

The first

however, come after the closing of the polling stations and the ballot counts for the respective state.

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

* and

*.

But -

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

are particularly

important information

for many

.

The reason for this is the

. * On November 3rd, the Americans vote for so-called voters.

These voters meet in December and elect the

.

The

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

, 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.

in which there is no a priori tendency to vote for Democrats or Republicans.

They can also

decisive

for the outcome of the

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

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 “

"But" This is the new President of the USA "?

The

will be announced after the electors meet in December.

The

will take place on January 20, 2021, if there is no re-election.

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