By Nicholas Coulliard
When the 2020 presidential election was held on Tuesday November 3rd, many knew going into it that we would not know the results that night. That evening, it was looking very likely for a Donald Trump victory, with the 45th president winning the state of Florida and leading in many competitive states early on. However, through the days following election night, President-elect Joe Biden took the lead in enough key states to reach the required 270 electoral votes to win the Presidency. As most polling firms anticipated, the voter turnout increased from the 2016 election. In fact, Joe Biden and Donald Trump received the largest and second-largest amount of votes cast for a candidate in United States history, respectively. This may be attributed to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the current state of the economy, etc. It appears that Democrats generally voted early, either by mail or in person, whereas Republicans were more likely to vote in person on Election Day. The abnormality of this election does not seem to end at how votes were cast. Joe Biden will be the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the states of Arizona and Georgia since Clinton carried the two states in 1996 and 1992 respectively. On the other hand, Republicans overperformed what many polling outlets were expecting in the Senate and in the House of Representatives, winning over many competitive seats that were not expected to go to the Republican Party. Trump has claimed that voter suppression is the reason for Biden’s victory and has refused to concede the election despite increasing pressure from other Republicans. Rather, his campaign has filed a multitude of lawsuits in key states, including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, etc. As of the time this article was written, Trump’s administration has seen little success in backing these claims, with the majority of the disputes being dismissed. Comments are closed.
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