Democratic candidate Biden: "I will definitely win the election" • President Trump leads Pennsylvania by 114,000 votes, the results may be published today • What does every candidate in these states need to win?
• Ongoing updates until the decision
Georgia polling station counts votes // Photo: EPI
US presidential election drama:
Hours pass, votes are counted - but the election campaign remains close, with the two candidates hoping to cross the 270-seat line and serve as president for the next four years and each country could be the key state. Israel Today regularly updates the dramatic election In the US.
Joe Biden: "The people rule and their will prevails" // Photo: Reuters
Regular updates - minute by minute (Israel time):
23:20 -
Former Vice President Biden issued a statement on the election campaign and vote count.
11 p.m. -
Trump's campaign team is suing a Philadelphia district court to place a Republican observer at every vote-counting site.
22:15 - The
Secretary of State of Georgia announces that there are another 47,000 votes left in the state that require counting.
The secretary added that the count of all the votes may last up to ten days from the day of the election, due to the ballot envelopes that have not yet arrived.
The race in the state of Georgia is particularly close and President Trump holds a tiny 0.2% advantage over his opponent Biden.
The Trump camp is apprehensive because the balance of the unspoken votes comes mainly from districts affiliated with the Democratic Party.
21:05:
According to CNN, there are about 550,000 votes left to count in Pennsylvania - that in order to win in the state, Trump will have to get about 40% of them, compared to Biden who will have to get about 60% of them;
In Nevada there are about 149,000 votes left to count, and Biden will have to get about 45% of them to win, compared to Trump who needs about 55% of the votes to win.
20:55:
Close races in several key states (data by Fox Network):
Pennsylvania (20 electors)
- After counting 88% of the vote, Trump leads with 50.29% of the vote, compared to Biden who has so far received 48.56% of the vote;
Georgia (16 electors)
- After counting 99% of the vote, Trump leads with 49.52% of the vote compared to Biden who received 49.25%;
Arizona (11 electors)
- After counting 88% of the vote, Biden leads with 50.49% of the vote, compared to Trump who gets 48.14%;
Nevada (6 electors)
- After counting 76% of the vote, Biden leads with 49.43%, compared to Trump who gets 48.50%.
8:20 p.m .:
Michigan court dismisses President Trump's petition to delay state vote count.
Currently, after counting 99% of the vote, Biden has an advantage of about 150,000 votes over Trump in the state that has 16 electors.
20:46: The
Secretary of State of Nevada has confirmed that no more up-to-date data on the count in the country will be published today (US time), and that the next time these will be updated will only be tomorrow morning.
20:36
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Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Bucawar said there is a chance that today (US time) it will be known who will be the winner in the state. There are another 550,000 votes yet to be counted in the state, where Trump leads Biden by 114 A thousand votes.
8:20 p.m .:
Michigan court dismisses President Trump's petition to delay state vote count.
Currently, after counting 99% of the vote, Biden has an advantage of about 150,000 votes over Trump in the state that has 16 electors.
19:45 -
Trump campaign issued a statement to the American media: "If they count the legal votes, I win easily! If they count the illegal votes and the late votes, they can steal the election!".
7:09 p.m .:
According to a CNN report, Joe Biden increased the gap over Donald Trump in the state of Nevada to about 12,000 votes.
18:46:
According to a report on MSNBC, the counting of votes received by mail in Philadelphia, a critical place for counting in the state of Pennsylvania (20 electors), has stopped.
In addition, according to a CNN report, counting in Pennsylvania's Elegant County has been suspended until tomorrow.
Screenplay: Neta Bar // Animation: Gilad Distelman
18:23
: Manager Joe Biden's campaign, Jen O'Malley Dillon, said that the victory of the Democratic candidate close: "It may take time before we see the full results in Arizona. We still expect to win in Nevada."
On President Trump's response to the election results: "Desperate."
6:22 p.m .: In
a tweet he posted on his Twitter account, Trump wrote that he intends to petition for all the states that Biden has recently claimed to have won, for election fraud and voter fraud.
"We have a lot of proof - just check the media. We will win! America first!" He wrote.
Shortly afterwards, Twitter "marked" the tweet as containing potentially misleading or unfounded information.
6:05 p.m .:
Donald Trump's campaign adviser, Jason Miller, said they expect the president to be declared the winner by Friday morning.
18:00:
Close races in several key states (data according to CNN):
Pennsylvania (20 electors)
- Trump leads with 50.4% compared to 48.3% for Biden after counting 91% of the vote;
Georgia (16)
- Trump leads with 49.6% compared to 49.2% for Biden after counting 91% of the vote.
Nevada (6)
- Biden leads with 49.3% compared to 48.7% after counting 86% of the vote.
Arizona (11) -
Biden leads with 50.5% compared to 48.1% for Trump after counting 86% of the vote.
17:45:
Georgia Secretary of State: "There are a little over 60,000 votes left to count, the counting will continue for several more hours. Our staff is dedicated to its work and not taking sides - we have no election scams."
5:40 p.m .:
A Pennsylvania court has ruled in favor of the Trump campaign, ruling that polling station observers could be about 2 feet from the counting staff, instead of about 7.5 feet.
Big legal win in Pennsylvania!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2020
17:20:
Trump tweeted: "Not counting any vote that came after Election Day."
Shortly afterwards, Twitter "marked" the tweet as containing potentially misleading or unfounded information.
Twitter "marked" a tweet of the American president also on the eve of the election, then said that there are forgeries in the election.
5:15 p.m .:
Trump campaign team tweeted: "Significant legal victory in Pennsylvania, more details coming soon."
Twitter "marked" the tweet.
16:50:
Arizona reports that they are left
About 450,000 votes count.
16:20:
Trump tweeted: "Stop counting."
STOP THE COUNT!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 5, 2020
16:10:
Trump campaign is expected to soon announce that it will file a lawsuit for election fraud in Nevada, where the race is particularly close.
15:55:
At 17:30 (Israel time) an update is expected regarding the counting of votes in Georgia.
According to the Georgia Secretary of State, there are currently about 50,000-60,000 votes left to count.
15:40
A small gap between Trump and Baiden in Georgia - the president leads by only 18,500 votes.
2 p.m .:
Pennsylvania Deputy Governor: "The vote count will end by the end of the day; there were no forgeries."
1:30 p.m .:
Georgia's close battle continues: 96% of the vote has been counted, President Donald Trump now stands at 49.6% of the vote and rival Joe Biden - 49.2%.
