The election anxiety is being felt most strongly this year, New York voters tell Lusa, but immigrants, who are not entitled to vote in the United States, are one of the population groups that may be most affected.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is fast approaching the trophy of 270 votes from the Electoral College, counting from the majority of votes in each state, giving more hope to the Democrats and foreigners in the United States, who tell Lusa to have ” breath of relief “with the latest news.
“It will take a while for the dispute to resolve and the whining of Trump to stop. But the decency is long gone,” says Tuako Tetteh, an immigrant in the USA, an orgy from Ghana.
Presidential elections in the USA are decided by votes at the Electoral College, made up of 538 “big voters” or delegates from the 50 American states, who are required to cast their vote for the candidate most chosen by local citizens in the election.
The Electoral College is composed of a number of delegates proportional to the size of the population of each State.
Although many votes are still to be counted and the elections are far from over, CNN and ABC channels estimate that Joe Biden has already secured 253 votes from the Electoral College, while Donald Trump is at 213 and with less chance of overtaking the opponent.
According to the Associated Press, Joe Biden can now receive the vote of 264 delegates from the Electoral College, with only six remaining to guarantee the majority and be considered a winner.
Nikita Chang, a student from India, of Chinese descent, looks forward to the outcome of yesterday’s elections, hoping for a defeat for Donald Trump, a “defeat over hatred” and the reverse of some immigration policies imposed during the your mandate.
The 23-year-old student expresses her sympathy for “those who have been harmed and frowned upon” throughout the term of Donald Trump, who “seems to be coming to an end”.
“I try not to convey to my parents all the worries and fears I have here in America. I try to prove to them often that I am happy. (…) Now I am fine, but I don’t know anything about my future,” says Nikita, who expects Joe Biden to be a “more compassionate” President.
Student visas in the US may change to limit the length of stay allowed and make it more difficult for foreigners to enter the US job market, even if they have studied under all of the country’s regulations.
In addition to the uncertainty about the future, the covid-19 pandemic managed to create more negative prejudice against Asians, as China was the first country to account for the new coronavirus.
Donald Trump blames China for not sharing enough information, says the new coronavirus should be called the “China virus” and blames international organizations, such as the World Health Organization, for being dependent on the Asian country.
Tuako Tetteh, from Ghana, also says that “it is not easy” to spend almost three years away from the family and fear that he will have to leave if he does not have a job again in the coming months.
“Although it is not all the President’s fault,” says Tuako, “the principles and ideologies” seem to have undergone major changes at the highest level of leadership, with the support of millions of Americans.
The Ghanaian citizen says he does not feel fully included, despite having “good friends” from the United States, with whom he is trying to maintain an atmosphere of calm.
“Even if Biden wins politically, with half the country voting for Trump, the United States has lost morally,” laments Tuako.
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