The essential
- It’s tight ! This Wednesday evening, we still do not know who won the presidential election from Donald Trump or Joe Biden. The Americans went to the polls in large numbers on Tuesday to appoint their future president, but the blue wave hoped for by the Democratic camp did not take place.
- A few undecided states. The famous “Swing States” will, like four years ago, play the referees. Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia… The counting of postal votes in these states could last several days.
- The war of nerves. Donald Trump claimed victory before the end of the count and accuses his opponents of fraud. He is already promising an appeal to the Supreme Court. The Biden clan calls for “every ballot to be counted”.
»Follow this count live and the reactions of both camps
7.15 p.m. More than 300 votes to count in Wisconsin. The remaining ballots are in the town of Willow in Richland County, according to Ann Jacobs, chairman of the Wisconsin Election Commission. Biden’s advance would exceed 20,000 votes.
19 hours. More voters than registered in Wisconsin? A fake news relayed on social networks. According to Internet users, including some far-right figures, there were more voters than registered in Wisconsin. Except it’s wrong.
“Irregularities have been reported in several counties in Wisconsin which cast serious doubts on the validity of the results,” Bill Stepien wrote in a statement. “The president is within the margin that allows for a recount and we will do it immediately,” he added.
6:45 p.m. Trump is going to call for a vote recount in Wisconsin. As Biden wins in this state, Trump’s campaign manager demands a vote recount. “Irregularities have been reported in several counties in Wisconsin which cast serious doubts on the validity of the results,” wrote Bill Stepien in a statement. “The president is within the margin that allows for a recount and we will do it immediately,” he adds.
6:16 p.m. Joe Biden has a narrow lead in Wisconsin. The Democratic candidate has 20,000 votes more than his opponent for the moment in this key state, where he could collect the votes of 10 additional voters.
6:00 p.m. Joe Biden didn’t do better than Clinton among ethnic minorities. The first estimates at the end of the ballot box show no noticeable breakthrough in the Democratic vote among African Americans and Hispanics nationally from 2016.
Decryption HERE of a setback that some Democratic figures had predicted.
5:40 p.m. Arm yourself with patience. We explain in this article why the suspense will last several hours or even several days.
5.30 p.m. Twitter’s new warning against Trump. Last night, the Republican candidate had already been called to order for accusing the Democrats of “stealing” the election. This afternoon (French time), he did it again.
“Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key states, in almost all cases Democrat-led and controlled. Then, one by one, they began to magically disappear as the surprise ballots were counted. VERY STRANGE “.
Seven minutes later, Biden replied on Twitter, promising to fight “mercilessly” to “every ballot is counted.”
5:15 p.m. Go to the Supreme Court, really? We explain everything in this article on the interest and credibility of such an approach.
5:00 p.m. The situation State by State. Here is where we are since 12:30 p.m .:
– Biden has 238 voters, Trump has 213.
– 87 grand voters are still in play in 7 states, including Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin.
– Find all the latest trends HERE.
4.30 p.m. Welcome to this new live dedicated to the American elections. As feared, the ballot has still not delivered its verdict. Trump cries out for victory and cheating his opponent, Biden wants him to count all the ballots. An ubiquitous situation that we will follow in real time.
Original article by : www.leparisien.fr
