The 2020 presidential elections in the United States were hung on Tuesday, November 3rd of 2020, and were the fifty-ninth presidential elections in the United States. Voters elect delegates who in flip must select the new president and vice chairman thru the Electoral College.
In the presidential election, Democratic former vice president Joe Biden defeated the incumbent, Republican Donald Trump. Biden was nominated by his party after defeating numerous challengers within the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. At the same time, Trump faced token opposition within the 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries. In the congressional elections, Democrats lost seats within the House of Representatives. However, they retained their majority inside the chamber. Control of the Senate remains uncertain as one race remains too close to call, and both of Georgia's seats are headed to run-off elections. Six non-voting congressional delegates from the District of Columbia and the completely inhabited U.S. Territories had been additionally elected in the course of the 2020 elections. The COVID-19 pandemic changed into the most extensive marketing campaign problem for voters, followed by health care, the economy, racial unrest, and abortion. Social distancing suggestions ended in unprecedented degrees of postal balloting and early vote casting.
What are the requirements to be able to vote in the United States?
In order to exercise the right to vote, it is necessary to be a citizen of the United States, meet the residency requirements of your state, be of legal age, and meet the conditions established by your state of residence.
This registration is not done once in a lifetime. It must be repeated when there is a change of residence, surname, in case of separation or divorce, etc. This impractical process means that one in four potential voters is not registered, according to an analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice, as one in eight registrations are considered invalid due to bad handwriting or bureaucratic errors. A report from the Pew Research Center describes the need to register to vote as imprecise, costly, and inefficient.
How did the Latino voters influence the elections?
Latino voters in the United States have been decisive in several key states in this year's elections. Conversely, the outgoing president, Donald Trump, managed to win in Florida thanks to the support of Cubans, while the president-elect, Joe Biden, triumphed in Arizona and was about to surprise in Texas with the support of Hispanics, less in the border areas.
This occurs because the political leanings of Hispanics in the country vary according to gender, generation, and country of origin -from Chile to Mexico, passing through Nicaragua-, religion and how long they have been in the United States, according to various demographic studies. What is common in this very heterogeneous group is that it is the youngest ethnic group in the country and, according to the first analyzes, there was particularly strong participation among Latinos under 30 years of age.
The other state, in which Hispanics had a significant weight, not forgetting Nevada, was Texas. Biden was the closest Democratic contender to beating there in decades. In big cities, such as Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin, the Latino voter tended to vote for the president-elect.
In which states did Biden win?
Biden won with a total of 290 votes thus obtaining 50.8% of the votes which were concentrated in the states of Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Hawaii.
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Kimberly Oscullo
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