NBC News, the North American news network, has already begun counting down to the publication of the first numbers, which They will arrive around 9:30 p.m. ET, that is, 11:30 p.m. in Argentina.
These will be exit polls or exit pollsand are made up of the responses of voters after casting their vote. Unlike previous polls, those measured voting intention, while these analyzes take the data immediately after the election.
This type of survey gained prominence in the United States since the 1960s, when the media began to use them to predict results based on demographic profile and in the selection of candidates made by voters.
Elections in the US: when will the final results be known?
At the moment, there are no details about When will the final results be known? that will define the next president of United States between Kamala Harris or donald trump.
In any case, taking into account what happened in 2020, with a very close election – as this one is expected to be – the final numbers could take days.
The background shows that how much closer the panorama is, the longer it takes to know the conclusive data. That happened in the last election, when they faced Joe Biden and Donald Trump. At that time, confirmation by local media of who was going to be the next president spread. four days after the elections, November 7.
The formula Biden-Harris won the vote of 51.38% of citizenswhile Trump-Pence took 46.91%. The small difference in a series of states such as Pennsylvania, which was left in the hands of the Democrats, extended the wait. Finally, the current president He won 306 electoral votes, while the Republican was left with 232.
In the 2016 election that faced Donald Trump and Hillary Clintonconfirmation of the magnate’s victory occurred in morning hours of November 9, one day after the elections. The peculiarity at that time was that Clinton obtained 48.17% of the direct votes, surpassing Trump’s 46.15%but the republican It was imposed in states that granted larger voters.
Why the vote count is delayed in the United States
The delay in counting votes has to do more with the country’s particular voting system. In each state there are different procedures and laws that They make it easier or more difficult, depending on the case, to quickly know the result.
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One of the main reasons is the variation in the handling early votes by mailwhich require additional processing before being counted. In several states, such as Michigan and Wisconsinchanges were implemented to allow for “advance preparation” of these votes. That is, the Identity verification and envelope pickup before Election Daywhich speeds up the counting.
However, others, such as Pennsylvania, do not allow this type of preprocessing due to lack of legislative agreements, which can delaying results in competitive elections. In the 2020 elections, This entity took four days for its state recount.
Elections in the US: what time do the elections close
Like the counting system and voting methods, closing times vary by state. The first to finish voting will be Kentucky and Indiana, at 6 p.m. They are two traditionally Republican strongholds, so the first results are likely to be favorable to Donald Trump.
At 19, voting hours will end in several critical states, including Georgia and Florida. At this same time, Voting will also close in Alabama, South Carolina and Vermont, which are dominated by Republicans.
Half an hour later, the elections will close in North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia. The focus will be on the first of them, since it is one of the “pendulum states.”
At 8 p.m., 16 states complete their voting, among which stand out Pennsylvania, Michigan and Maine, three of the fundamental ones for the definition of the election.
An hour later voting will end in 14 other states, of which Wisconsin, Minnesota and Arizona will be the most watched.
The last to close the elections will be Montana, Nevada and Utah at 10 p.m. and finally California, Washington and Oregon at 11 p.m.
Source: Ambito
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