US Elections; Biden Leads but His Victory Is Not Certain

The US presidential election race continues with intensity and friction in a tense atmosphere. Polls show Biden leading, but his victory is not certain. Trump’s die-hard supporters will not accept anything less than his victory.

The US presidential election campaign has reached its final stage in a tense atmosphere. With two weeks remaining until the November 3rd election, many citizens have voted with unprecedented speed.

According to a report by a research foundation at the University of Florida, approximately 27.7 million people have so far filled out and cast their ballots.

Joe Biden, the Democratic Party’s nominee, on Sunday evening (October 18th) in one of his final campaign rallies in the state of North Carolina, once again asked his supporters not to wait and to participate in the elections as soon as possible.

Biden criticized Donald Trump’s approach and handling of the coronavirus pandemic once more. In response to Trump’s claim that he made over the weekend that the pandemic wave has subsided, Biden accused the president of deception and lying.

Trump, in an election speech in Carson City (Nevada), defended his failure to follow scientists’ advice. He said that had he listened to experts, “the country would now be in complete depression.” He claimed that America is currently at the height of joy and celebration. This is while the coronavirus continues to mercilessly claim lives in the United States.

Statistics show that the pandemic in America is out of control. More than eight million people in the country have so far been infected with the new coronavirus, and approximately 220,000 people have died as a result of contracting COVID-19.

Biden Leading in Polls

Most polls indicate high chances of Joe Biden’s victory in the elections. Some analysts even speak of a decisive victory for him.

Despite this optimism, Democrats, who experienced the disappointment of 2016, are not very confident in victory. That year, polls evaluated Hillary Clinton’s votes in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin as three to over five percentage points ahead of Donald Trump.

This very optimism caused Clinton to not pay sufficient attention to those three states; in contrast, Trump took advantage of the opportunity and received more votes in all three states. On this basis, he also calls polls “fake” today.

Some analysts are paying more attention to the situation after the elections and are focusing on the tense atmosphere among Trump supporters who want to see him become the next president at any cost.