US election 2020: Map shows current distribution - so close is the race in the still undecided states

Joe Biden is currently ahead, but Donald Trump is not yet out of the running in the US presidential election.

Little by little the numbers roll in - we will keep you up to date.

• The

  US

  presidential election

  took

  place on November 3, 2020

  .

  Members of the Senate and House of Representatives were also partially or completely redefined.

• It is still unclear who will hold the highest office in the USA: continuously updated

  live data and maps

  .

  (see first report)

• An analysis of the

  voter turnout in the individual states

  shows that people in democratic states voted more often.

  (see update from November 6th, 12:06 p.m.)

Update from November 6, 12:06 p.m.:

The election thriller for the highest office in the United States is still going on.

The world is excited about the current battleground states.

Joe Biden is currently leading in Arizona, Georgia and Nevada and is therefore ahead in the forecasts.

CNN reports that the Democrat could catch up even in Pennsylvania.

Trump currently leads there with 18,229 votes.

With a count of 95 percent, around 340,000 votes have to be counted there.

A first look at the estimated turnout in the various countries shows that voter turnout tends to be higher in democratic countries.

Most of the

states in which more than

the eligible population cast their votes voted for

.

Only the states of Iowa and North Carolina fall out of this pattern.

Donald Trump was able to secure Iowa's electors.

In

is still no final result, but Trump is currently ahead here too.

2020 US election: According to initial estimates, voter turnout is 66 percent

In general, the nationwide

is around

.

That should be the highest participation since 1900.

This is what the US Elections Project estimates.

Even more people

voted

in

.

Here the turnout was around 79 percent.

Eligible voters were least likely in West Virginia, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.

There, less than 57 percent of the people who mostly voted for Donald Trump voted.

Update from November 5, 11:45 a.m.:

The US election has still not been decided, but it is now clear that

able to win

* and

*.

Thus, he won in two states in which

still had the majority in 2016.

In Michigan, Biden's lead is relatively clear.

He leads with 50.4 percent, Trump received 48.0 percent of the vote.

In Wisconsin the gap is smaller.

Biden secured 49.4 percent of the vote, Trump received 48.8 percent.

(Data status: November 5th, 10:42 am)

The race in Nevada is even closer.

currently

leading

with only 7,647 votes.

It remains to be seen whether that will be enough or whether Biden can expand his lead to win the state.

In the states of Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, the race is particularly close - and therefore not yet decided.

They tend to be

in Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania ahead.

Biden seems to have better odds in Arizona and Nevada.

(Data status: November 5th, 10:42 am).

Update from November 4, 4:20 p.m.:

Some important states have still not finished counting.

According to

, most of the votes yet to be counted are postal votes.

Since the states do not all handle their counting in the same way, it may take some time before the results are known.

Since voting envelopes with a postmark on the day of the election but will not be delivered by the post office until afterwards are still valid, it can even take several days for these to be counted.

2020 US election: first estimates expect record turnout

Regardless of this, there is a clear increase in voter turnout compared to the last elections.

While this was around 60 percent in the 2016 US elections, initial estimates assume a turnout of around

in this election

.

Update from November 4, 10:56 a.m.:

The

is still in full swing.

A final result is not expected today either.

However, an initial analysis of the post-election surveys already shows that

there are major differences

between the

and some issues are very polarizing.

When comparing the sexes, it is noticeable that Donald Trump received somewhat more support from men than from women.

According to surveys by

more likely to

vote

for Joe Biden.

The democratic candidate was also able to assert itself more strongly among young voters.

Support for Donald Trump increased as voters got older.

US election 2020: Biden vs.

Trump - First analysis of exit polls

The biggest difference, however, can be seen between white and black voters.

While 87 percent of black respondents said they voted for Joe Biden, 57 percent of whites said they had put their cross on Donald Trump.

It also shows that the Trump and Biden supporters have huge differences of opinion on some issues.

of voters who

do not see

a serious problem voted for

.

A good two thirds of people who see

differently supported

.

When asked if abortion should be legal, it shows that people who

think

right voted 72 percent for Joe Biden.

Three quarters of those opposed to abortion voted for the incumbent president.

US election 2020: polarizing issues in exit polls

Differences can also

be observed

in the assessment of the

.

More than half of the people for whom the rising corona numbers were important in their voting decision voted for

.

Of those for whom the pandemic didn't matter, 87 percent support Donald Trump.

Even if Joe Biden is

with

so far

in the race for a majority of 270, the result is still open.

To win the election, Biden would also have to win states that Donald Trump was able to secure in 2016.

So far, the Republicans have not yet lost a state to the Democrats (as of 10:53 a.m.).

First report:

Washington - The 46th President is elected in the USA.

It has long been the main choice for the country.

For the

, the incumbent President

*

is

running

for a second term, for the

it is

. * He was Vice President from 2009 to 2017 under former President Barack Obama.

Here you will find current data and graphics - and all live results on today's election evening.

Currently, the map is gradually filling up blue and red - but a decision is far from in sight.

Surveys for the US: Clear numbers, but the choice is far from being decided

Due to the complex electoral system in the USA, the previous

only partially representative.

Because the president is not elected directly by the citizens, but by

.

However, the voters decide on its composition.

America generally has

, which means that the winning party in a state wins all of its electors.

How many such delegates a state has at its disposal depends mainly on its population size.

The Electoral College * consists of a total of 538 electors;

a candidate has to unite 270 of them behind him to win the election.

The data shown in the graphics are not based on individual surveys, but on a large number of data sets from the respective states.

These are aggregated, processed and made available in the 270toWin surveys.

In doing so, attention is paid to the distribution of the electors to the respective states in order to ensure greater informative value.

Today's election night, we're continuing the CNN-based graphic and integrating the final election results.

Presidential election: which states could decide the election

California

, as the most populous state, has 55 voters, followed by

(38),

and

(29 each).

Despite its status as the largest state in terms of area, Alaska is only allowed to provide three electors due to its small population.

In addition to the 50 states, Washington DC has three electors as the seat of government.

The 23rd Amendment to the United States Constitution governs this exception.

In some states of the USA, the people there are traditionally tied to one of the two parties.

The

there are also

relevant

this year

.

For example,

can

count on victories in California and New York, while

count on wins in

the Republican states of Tennesse (11), Alabama and Kentucky (9 each).

The

*

probably be decided in the end, however, in the contested, populous states.

The outcome of the election is still open there or there is only a slight tendency in favor of one of the two parties.

These states are known as

and together make up more than half of the electors necessary for victory.

The most important of these swing states will include

,

,

(20) and

(18).

US election 2020: the most important information in a nutshell

The

elects its

every four years and a candidate can rule for a maximum of two terms.

In addition to the President, the

, the

and a third of the

re-elected

on November 3rd

, with the election of President not being made by the electors until 41 days later.

The winner will finally

in on

and will then move into the

on that day

.

So when will the US election results be? * First numbers are expected on November 4th at around 1 a.m. German time.

Who ultimately won shouldn't be clear until five in the morning, German time.

Transparency: Our data, sources and methods

The poll data presented for the US elections goes beyond a single source.

Rather, the 270towin portal condenses numerous data records and weights them.

Nevertheless, the values ​​naturally cannot be compared with a projection.

The interactive voting elements come from the German Press Agency, which permanently updates the data on the basis of CNN and others and which are then automatically integrated into the article.