Biden managed to take the lead in the key state with 917 votes • The president leads Pennsylvania by 18,000 votes and narrows the gap in Arizona • The Washington Post reports that the Secret Service has added security guards ahead of the possibility for Biden to declare victory • Trump: "We will win!"
• ongoing updates
US presidential election drama:
After tense hours of counting votes in several key states, today (Friday) marks a turning point in key state of Georgia - which was carried out in blue after Joe Biden managed to overtake Trump and now leads by 917 votes Biden now holds 2,449,371 votes compared to Trump who holds 2,448,454 votes. The race for 270 electors continues with Biden leading with 253 electors and Trump holding 213 electors. The Israel Today website regularly updates the dramatic US elections.
Regular updates - minute by minute (Israel time):
11:25 -
Upheaval in Georgia - After long hours of counting, during which President Trump held a majority of votes in the state, Biden managed to take the lead in Georgia with 917 votes in his favor.
Now, the gap in Biden's favor stands at 0.02% in his favor after about 99% of the country's votes were counted.
11 a.m. -
CBS News reports that a polling station official in the state of Missouri who worked on Election Day, despite a positive test for the corona virus, died and raised concerns about the 2,000 people who came to vote at the polling station in St. Charles County.
The man was advised to be in quarantine for 14 days, but instead worked at the polling station.
10:40 -
The vote count from Clayton County in the state of Georgia, which tends in favor of Biden, continues and now the gap between Trump and Biden in the state continues to shrink and stands at only 463 votes in favor of Trump.
49 new votes were counted in favor of Trump and 251 new votes were counted in favor of Biden.
09:40 - The
battle for Georgia becomes closer.
Trump now holds 2,448,183 and Biden with 2,447,518 - Trump leads by just 665 votes.
So far, 4,957,056 votes have been counted in the country.
09:25 -
President Trump tweets: "So now the Democrats are trying to take over the Senate ... the presidency has become even more important. We will win!".
So now the Democrats are working to gain control of the US Senate through their actions on John James, David Perdue, and more.
Would End the Filibuster, “Life”, 2A, and would Pack and Rotate the Court.
Presidency becomes even more important.
We will win!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2020
09:20 -
The Washington Post reports that the Secret Service has sent more agents to secure Joe Biden, in preparation for the possibility that the Democratic candidate will declare victory in Wilmington, Delaware.
09:00 -
Georgia and Pennsylvania continue to count the votes, despite the late night.
The results continue to flow even now and it shows that Trump leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia by a gap of 18,224 votes and 1,267 votes respectively.
The trend of narrowing the gaps in favor of Joe Biden in both countries continues.
8:30 a.m. -
Philadelphia Police Department has announced that it has begun investigating a case in which a plot was suspected in which an attack was planned on the Pennsylvania Convention Center in the city, where the ballots for the U.S. presidential election are being counted.
#BREAKING: Philly police investigating alleged plot to attack Pennsylvania Convention Centerhttps: //t.co/1Vg6b8mq8v
- Action News on 6abc (@ 6abc) November 6, 2020
08:00 -
Tight races continue in five key states: In
Pennsylvania (20 electors) -
President Trump leads Democratic candidate Biden by 22,576 votes, a gap of about 0.3%;
In Georgia (16 electors)
- Trump's advantage continues to shrink and now stands at a gap of 1,709 votes, after about 99 percent of the vote was counted;
In North Carolina (15 electors)
- after counting about 95 percent of the vote, Trump leads by a gap of 76,737 votes, which is a gap of 1.4 percent;
Nevada (6 electors)
- Biden leads by 11,438 votes, a 0.9 percent difference;
Arizona (11 Electors)
-
Biden leads with 42,052 votes, representing a gap of 1.6%.
07:50 -
Georgia: The Secretary of State of Georgia has updated that no further updates from the vote count are expected.
As of this morning (Israel time) the gap between President Trump and the Democratic candidate continues to narrow, with the incumbent leading by only 1,709 votes and now there are 14,097 votes waiting to be counted.
7:40 a.m .:
The U.S. Postal Service reported that 1,700 ballot papers were found at facilities in Pennsylvania
07:01:
The vote count in Pennsylvania continues, and Trump leads by only 24,000 votes.
6,618,908 votes have been counted so far.
05:15 -
Pennsylvania Counting: President Donald Trump leads by more than 26,000 votes.
This is a significant reduction in President Trump's leadership in the country and if it continues at this pace, Pennsylvania with its 20 electors will pass into the hands of the Democratic candidate.
04:30 -
President Trump's advantage over Georgia over rival Biden drops to just 1902 votes.
04:00 -
Arizona: Trump narrows gap with Biden to just over 46,000 votes in favor of Democratic candidate
03:20 -
The gap between President Trump and Democratic candidate Biden dropped to 48,000 votes in favor of the president of the state of Pennsylvania.
03:05 -
Democratic candidate Biden responded to President Trump's remarks, saying, "No one is going to take our democracy away from us. Not now, never. America has gone too far, fought too many battles and suffered too much for it to happen."
02:50 - The
gap between Democratic candidate Joe Biden and President Trump has dropped to 58,000 votes in the state of Arizona, in favor of the president.
02:20 -
The gap between President Trump and Joe Biden in the state of Georgia has dropped to just over 3,000 votes.
01:47 -
President Donald Trump said in a White House speech: "I want to update the American people on our efforts to defend the fairness of the election. If you count the legal votes, I win easily. I have won in important states including Florida, Ohio and Iowa. We have won despite historic disruptions by "The media. The polls were so ridiculous and everyone knew it. There was a big red wave and they recognized it in the media. They were very impressed. We kept the Senate even though we had twice as many seats to defend them in very competitive countries."
01:05 -
Reports in the state of Georgia about the possibility of another second race for the Senate in the state after none of the candidates managed to reach fifty percent of the vote.
00:30 -
The gap led by President Trump in the state of Pennsylvania has been reduced to 78,000 votes.
00:08 -
The gap that President Trump leads over Biden in the state of Georgia has narrowed to just over 9,000 votes.
00:00 -
The gap led by President Donald Trump over his rival Biden in the state of Pennsylvania has narrowed to just over 90.00 votes.
23:40 - The
Secretary of State of the State of Arizona told CNN that the results in the state are expected to become clear by tomorrow evening on the United States time.
23:20 -
Former Vice President Biden issued a statement on the election campaign and vote count.
Biden called on the public to calm down and wait for the results of the truth and said: "I have no doubt we will win the election."
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
:
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.
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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%.