{"id":104532,"date":"2020-11-04T08:41:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T05:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/u-s-election-2020-the-three-states-everyone-is-watching-now\/"},"modified":"2020-11-04T08:41:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T05:41:21","slug":"u-s-election-2020-the-three-states-everyone-is-watching-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/u-s-election-2020-the-three-states-everyone-is-watching-now\/","title":{"rendered":"#U.S. Election 2020: The three states everyone is watching now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a408dac67704\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a408dac67704\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/u-s-election-2020-the-three-states-everyone-is-watching-now\/#Wisconsin\" >Wisconsin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/u-s-election-2020-the-three-states-everyone-is-watching-now\/#Michigan\" >Michigan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/u-s-election-2020-the-three-states-everyone-is-watching-now\/#Pennsylvania\" >Pennsylvania<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#U.S. Election 2020: The three states everyone is watching now<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                            After Florida spared us its usual election psycho-drama, it has all come down to a familiar trio in the Midwest\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n                                                                        It was an election like no other thanks to COVID-19, and as the votes come in, it\u2019s becoming clear that election night is just the beginning of the end of it. An unprecedented number of Americans voted by mail, a practice Democrats encouraged and Republicans criticized, without evidence, as insecure and ripe for fraud. Some states reported mail-in and early votes first, but a handful of key battlegrounds are still counting them. With results neck and neck, it might take days to decisively declare a winner\u2014and since Democrats were more likely to mail in their votes, the final tally may look significantly different at the end of that process. Here\u2019s a look at what\u2019s going on in three key states, all in the industrial Midwest.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wisconsin\"><\/span><strong>Wisconsin<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This state was a Democratic stronghold for decades until Donald Trump won it by a narrow margin in 2016. Joe Biden has been consistently polling ahead of Trump there, but Trump had a five-point lead as of just after midnight Wednesday. About two-thirds of the state\u2019s votes had been counted at that time, however. Officials in Wisconsin have their work cut out for them\u2014the state\u2019s 1,800-plus municipalities are responsible for conducting their own elections, rather than running them through a central office like most states. Clerks weren\u2019t allowed to start counting ballots until polls opened on election day, but Gov.\u00a0Tony Evers has said he hopes to be able to report full results by Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Michigan\"><\/span><strong>Michigan<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Michigan is a state of contradictions: A labour union stronghold and a bastion of American gun culture, with a Democrat for a governor and a far-right paramilitary group\u2014one of several in the state\u2014whose members concocted a thwarted plot to kidnap said governor because of her COVID-19 lockdown measures. Like Wisconsin, Michigan went solidly Democrat in presidential elections for decades until Trump came along, winning it by just over 10,000 votes in 2016. And like Wisconsin, Biden had been consistently polling ahead of Trump. As of midnight Wednesday, Trump was leading by 10 points, but officials had only counted about half of all votes. Michigan election officials were only allowed to start counting ballots 10 hours before election day and the state expects to be one of the last states to report results, predicting it will be Friday or later. A possible Supreme Court challenge around when ballots can be received and still be counted could tie things up even longer.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pennsylvania\"><\/span><strong>Pennsylvania<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Pennsylvania is the big, fat electoral college prize of the rust belt, with 20 electoral college votes. And Trump polled better there than he did in other states in the region. As of just after midnight Wednesday, Trump was up 15 points, with just over half of all ballots counted. Voters have returned about one million ballots in the state, but like Wisconsin and Michigan, election officials were legally prevented from counting them early. Still, the state has said it expects to be able to report a final result by the end of the week.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>Quality journalism is not free. It\u2019s built on the hard work and dedication of professional reporters, editors and production staff. We understand the pandemic is likely taking a financial toll on you and your family, so we do not make this ask lightly. 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