Election 2020: The waiting game

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Rachael Hajec and Hannah Smrcka

The day everyone has been anticipating (or dreading): Election Day in 2020. As we are all on the edge of our seats while the ballots in four key states are being counted, states are filling in with blue or red. As American citizens loudly voice their opinions, the election results are still underway. Since there were more mail-in ballots this year due to the pandemic and attempting to maintain social distancing, several states are still counting, and this could go on until November 12.

As a majority of the states ballots are counted and confirmed, some states are still narrowing down the percentages: Alaska (Biden 33.5%, 63,992; Trump 62.1%, 118,602,) Georgia (Biden 49.2%, 2,421,422; Trump 49.5%, 2,435,672,) Nevada (Biden 49.5%, 597,353; Trump 48.5%, 585,311,) North Carolina (Biden 48.7%, 2,655,383; Trump 50.1%, 2,732,084,) and Pennsylvania ( Biden 48.5%, 3,113,657; Trump 50.3%, 3,228,821). The current presidential electoral vote count is Joe Biden winning with 264, and Donald Trump with 214. With this, Biden is also winning with 50.2% total, and a vote count of 69,935,569; while Trump has 48.2% total, and a vote count of 67,254,057.

Democratic party majority states:                               

  • New Hampshire
  • Massachusetts
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut
  • New Jersey
  • Delaware
  • Maryland
  • District of Columbia
  • New York
  • Virginia
  • Illinois
  • Minnesota
  • Colorado
  • New Mexico
  • Arizona
  • California
  • Oregon
  • Washington
  • Hawaii
  • Maine
  • Vermont
  • Wisconsin
  • Michigan

Republican party majority states: 

  • Montana
  • North Dakota
  • Utah
  • Idaho
  • Wyoming
  • South Dakota
  • Nebraska
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Missouri
  • Oklahoma
  • Texas
  • Arkansas
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • Alabama
  • Florida
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Kentucky
  • Indiana
  • Ohio
  • West Virginia

While the ballots get counted and the election comes to a close, we will update you with the final results.