2020 US election: will the mood in the country change? Trump could cause a "nightmare"

How are the reactions to the result of the US election?

The situation in the country could possibly escalate.

There are already the first signs of this.

• The 59th presidential election in the USA * is eagerly awaited.

• Donald Trump * (Republican *) takes on Joe Biden * (Democrat *).

• After the first results, riots and protests are feared.

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Washington - The outcome of the

could apparently cause rioting.

Observers fear that the situation will escalate.

The US historian Nils Gilman said before the

to the BR: "We could get into a deep constitutional crisis if

and

claim to have won and accuse the other side of fraud." Because of the enormous number Postal voters * may find the first results skewed.

Because the postal votes are counted later than those from the polling station.

2020 US election: will the situation escalate after the result?

Trump could cause a "nightmare"

Interesting: The Hawkfisch agency recently found that only 19 percent of Republican voters want to vote by letter.

Among the Democrats, 69 percent preferred this.

In the first forecast,

could

therefore show a better result than in the end, because the postal votes were just not taken into account.

Gilman therefore fears that

“could say that only the votes cast in person would count and that all of those postal votes are illegal.

That would be a nightmare. ”If

the legitimacy of the election, the mood in the country threatens to change forever.

2020 US election: riots feared - Trump fans surround Biden-Bus

In the run-up to the

there had been concerns that

could intimidate other voters.

Over the weekend, his supporters organized nationwide car parades and blocked roads in several cities.

In the state of Texas *

in pick-up vehicles

pressed

a

campaign

on Sunday

.

published

a video of the action

on Twitter

- and added the words: "I love Texas." He later added: "These patriots did nothing wrong." Meanwhile, the FBI was investigating.

If

, the authority should rather investigate "terrorists and anarchists".

I LOVE TEXAS!

pic.twitter.com/EP7P3AvE8L

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2020

2020 US election: gunman arrested in front of a polling station

In the first few hours of election day, no major incidents were known.

even spoke of a “normal tuesday” around noon (local time), a Tuesday like any other.

The US news portal fears, however, that this will not have to stay that way.

Only the evening will show

whether

right.

There have been isolated incidents in the afternoon (local time).

A man armed with a firearm was arrested outside a polling station.

The man

continued to "hang around" in front of the polling station

after casting his vote in the city of

,

*, wrote the local police on

and intimidated other voters.

According to media reports, the man wore a cap that read "

".

Noticeable: the number of weapons sold had risen before the election.

According to Spiegel correspondent Matthias Gebauer, more and more hooded people with gas masks and sometimes baseball bats are said to have mixed in with

an actually peaceful “

” demonstration.

US election 2020: concern about rioting - how is the situation developing?

The later the day, the more tense the situation, according to the US media.

Fearing protests, numerous shops, restaurants and hotels in Washington * or New York * barricaded their doors and shop windows on Tuesday. 

Find out in this ticker how the situation in the third largest country in the world is developing and whether it will escalate after the election.

Otherwise, we have all further information about the

such as the projections and interim results of the day as well as the current status of the candidates in the US election.

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