UPDATE: Trump claims electoral fraud as US vote goes to wire
Results suggest a tight contest in important battlegrounds: Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Trump is so far projected to win 23 states, including Texas, Ohio and must-win Florida, having outperformed pollsters' predictions.
And, according to the BBC, the president has made baseless claims of fraud and says he will launch a Supreme Court challenge even though millions of votes are still to be counted.
"It's a recipe for acrimony and a protracted court battle, which ends with supporters on the losing side feeling angry and cheated," BBC News stated.
Biden could take Arizona, while projections have him securing a host of reliably Democratic states - he says he is "on track to win.
His campaign calls President's Trump statement "outrageous", adding: "The counting will not stop".
The US is on course for its highest turnout in more than a century, and we might not have a result for days.
Although the final results aren't known, what is clear after election night is that the US continues to be a sharply divided nation.
The American voters did not repudiate Trump in any meaningful way. Nor did they give him the kind of ringing endorsement that the president had hoped for.
Instead, the battle lines are drawn - and the political warfare will continue no matter who prevails in this particular election.
See previous article published November 3, 2020
Trump or Biden? Americans vote today, November 3, 2020
Americans today, November 3, 2020, took to the polls to elect a new president and government, amid a harrowing surge in COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalisations.
Their options in the contentious 2020 elections; the incumbent President Donald J. Trump and his Vice President running mate Mike R. Pence for the Republicans and for Democrats, Joe R. Biden and his running mate Kamala D. Harris.
The US elections also came at a time when some 231,500 people have died from the virus in that country with researchers from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation project, forecasting a total of about 399,163 lost lives in America by February 1, 2021.
The election winner will undoubtedly start a new term of government at a time when Americans need even stronger leadership to get the country's COVID-19 situation under control.
Closer to home, some of VI’s most vocal social voices have given their perspective on the elections and what it means for the US and the rest of the world moving forward.
‘Trump reign highlighted US division & racism’ -Bishop John I. Cline
“I think four years of Donald Trump has only unearthed the racist nature of the leader of the free world, they preach democracy and preach human rights around the world, but I think what you've seen with the Donald Trump presidency is that the truth is, America is still a very divided and racist nation," Bishop at the New Life Baptist Church, Mr John I. Cline said.
Bishop Cline said there also exists a double standard, especially from Christians in the white American community, who would rather elect a morally bankrupt man as president because he speaks to their agenda.
“It has just unearthed double standard that still exists in America, the inequality with COVID-19, the inequality in healthcare. Those who can access good healthcare versus those who can’t…. so Hispanics and Blacks have died at three times a rate as their white counterparts.”
Further Bishop Cline said that while he believes the Trump camp may emerge the winners of the polls, the US must regain its standing in the eyes of the other nations of the world, “because certainly, it's not looking good right now”.
‘Trump the destabiliser’ - Julio S. Henry
Talkshow host Julio S. Henry said, “I think Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will come out the winners today. I think it to be good for American democracy… America needs a change, Donald Trump has been a destabilising factor in the world, in America, he is bad for and trade, he is bad for stability.”
“With all the division, the racial tension, the pandemic…. you know that their handling of the pandemic all of those things in my view, Donald Trump has proven to be unfit to lead.”
Mr Henry said America now needs a leader who can pull together differences and unite people, “so in my opinion, it needs a change and I think it's going to happen,” Henry said.
‘Trump a very smart man’ - Kenneth G. Gladstone
PSI Radio host Kenneth G. Gladstone remarked, “The US elections will be the most significant of all times in that country because the world is currently at a pivotal point in its history and the USA will significantly impact all decisions being made across the world as we move into the 21st century.”
Gladstone said incumbent President Trump, while he may not be liked by many, is a very smart man and he knows exactly what he is doing.
“However, his leadership style might not be the best for that country, as it could abruptly end what we call a democracy. It could abruptly end the benefits we deserve, the benefits we have always been acquiring from the USA and it could create a war in a flash,” Gladstone said, hinting at an unprecedented period of uncertainty should Mr Trump win.
He said another winner would mean a sense of stability, however, regardless of who wins, the world is moving into a new direction of leadership, with the US as the starting point.
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43 Responses to “UPDATE: Trump claims electoral fraud as US vote goes to wire”
Biden wins ,the world returns to normal, but the USA will break into civil unrest and the world is doomed..
Either way you look at it we are all doomed!
Obviously you do not read your bible. Whomever wins, God has His his hand in it. He is in control. He sets up kings and he takes them down. He governs in the affairs of the world. His Will will be done!
This bully rants in every speech threatening wgg had at he’d do to this or that person, blaming everyone for any and everything, encouraged the vehicles that almost ran Biden’s bus off the road, detests anyone and mocks them when they disagree with him including Fox news.
A nation divided against itself cannot stand and Trump is NOT AN EXAMPLE OF THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT - LOVE
Even Satan promised Christ the world.
One name - Jim Jones (look it up)
Try to read your Bible from picking and choosing what you don’t like rather than EVERYTHING THE WORD OF GOD SAYS!
Galatians 5:19–21 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
The sins of Sodom were identified in Ezekiel 16:21 as arrogance, gluttony, indifference to the poor and needy, haughtiness, and “detestable things.”
IT IS NECESSARY.
Congress was the ones who made those laws with same sex marriage, also they were the ones who took prayer out of the schools. If he didn't agree he wouldn't have gotten in for another term because they would have said that is discrimination.