U.S. Elections 2020: President Donald Trump and Joe Biden attacked each other on a large scale.
New Delhi:
The United States began voting on Tuesday to choose a new president in Joe Biden or stay with Donald Trump for his second term.
The country is more divided and angry than at any time since the Vietnam War of the 1970s – and fears that Trump might challenge the election result only fuel these tensions.
Despite an often surprisingly laid-back campaign, Biden, 77, leads in nearly every opinion poll, supported by his consistent message that America must restore its “soul” and gain new leadership amid a crisis. coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 231,000 people.
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden have attacked each other on a large scale as D-Day approaches.
With a huge expansion of postal voting to guard against the Covid-19 pandemic, nearly 100 million people have already voted, underlining the passion for what is turning into a referendum on the Republican’s first term breaking standards.
The vote will also be different this time around as the coronavirus pandemic grabs the world – the worst affected country being the United States with more than 9 million infections.
Trump himself plans to visit his campaign headquarters in Virginia, while Biden will travel to his hometown of Scranton, the rambling Pennsylvania town that Trump also visited on Monday.
Here are the live updates on the 2020 US Presidential Election:
Supporters of U.S. vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris held prayers near her ancestral village in India ahead of Tuesday’s U.S. election, as a Hindu fringe group sought divine blessings for rival Donald Trump.
The region of southern India, where Harris’ maternal grandfather was born, encourages the Democratic Party to win because of the family tie.
Meanwhile, a group that claims to have the support of 5 million Hindus says it wants Trump re-elected in order to keep India’s main rivals – Pakistan and China – under control, Reuters reported.
Millions of Americans will vote on an election day like no other Tuesday, braving the threat of COVID-19 and the potential for violence and intimidation after one of the most polarizing presidential races in state history -United.
In and around polling stations across the country, reminders of a 2020 election year marked by a pandemic, civil unrest and deadly political partisanship will greet voters, though more than 90 million ballots have already been cast. submitted in an unprecedented wave of early votes.
Many will wear masks at the polls – either by choice or by official warrant – with the coronavirus outbreak raging in many parts of the country, Reuters reported.
Polling stations opened in New York, New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday, marking the start of U.S. Election Day as President Donald Trump seeks to beat the odds and defeat challenger Joe Biden.
The vote is widely seen as a referendum on Trump and his particularly brash and murderous presidency that Biden urged Americans to end to restore “our democracy.”
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that the outcome of the US presidential election would not impact Tehran’s policy towards Washington.
“Our policy towards the United States is clearly defined and does not change with the movement of individuals. It doesn’t matter who comes and goes,” Khamenei said in a speech broadcast live on state television.
Khamenei was speaking on the anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979, which coincided with the birthday of the prophet of Islam Mohammad, Reuters reported.
U.S. business leaders are calling for calm after Tuesday’s election even as they brace for potential problems on the streets and inside their businesses if a contested outcome occurs.
The fears were highlighted in many US cities where retail stores were closed, with some key executives expressing concerns about the public reaction, AFP reported.
The final rally in Donald Trump’s appalling re-election battle ended early Tuesday morning with the president vowing he would challenge polls and political wisdom again.
His last appearance after a marathon of 17 public appearances saw Trump take the stage in Grand Rapids, an industrial city in Midwestern Michigan, AFP reported.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday predicted a “great victory” in his last re-election campaign hours before the polls opened in the United States.
“We’re going to have another great win tomorrow,” he told a crowd in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the same location where he held the climactic rally of his 2016 campaign, when he upset the polls to beat Hillary Clinton.
“We are going to make history again,” he said.
A Texas federal judge on Monday rejected an offer by Republicans to reject about 127,000 votes already cast in the U.S. presidential election at drive-thru voting sites in Houston, a Democratic-leaning region.
The plaintiffs had accused Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins, a Democrat, of acting illegally in allowing drive-through voting as an alternative during the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported.
Voters in Dixville Notch, a village of 12 in the US state of New Hampshire, kicked off polling day at midnight Tuesday by voting unanimously for Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
The vote and count lasted only a few minutes, with five votes for Biden and none for President Donald Trump, who is seeking a second term, AFP reported.
