New Delhi:
Two hours into the US election counting, Republican candidate Donald Trump and his Democrat opponent Kamala Harris are main in 4 and two swing states, respectively. Whereas Harris leads in Arizona and Michigan, Trump is forward in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia and North Carolina. Leads aren’t but in for the swing states of Nevada.
Often known as battleground states, swing states maintain the important thing to victory within the US election. These states have an almost equal stage of help for each the Democrats and Republicans, and the election is gained and misplaced in these states. This yr, the swing states are Pennsylvania, with 19 electoral faculty votes, Michigan (10), Georgia (16), Wisconsin (10), North Carolina (16), Nevada (6) and Arizona (11).
Each the previous President and the incumbent vice-president are pushing for the magic determine of 270 electoral faculty votes that can pave they strategy to the Oval Workplace within the White Home. In line with the present tendencies, Trump is main with 177 votes, whereas Harris is at 99.
In line with exit polls, the state of democracy, economic system and abortion had been the important thing points on voters’ minds after they headed to ballot cubicles. A CBS Information ballot revealed that just about six in 10 individuals ranked the state of democracy as their primary subject, adopted by abortion, which was picked by 5 per cent of voters as an essential subject. The economic system was a precedence subject for one in ten.
A CNN exit ballot mentioned practically three-quarters of the voters holds a adverse view of the way in which issues are within the US as we speak.