US President Donald Trump would like to declare himself the winner of the US presidential election by a head start on election night, before all votes are counted. Trump has already discussed such plans with confidants, according to news site Axios. Axios relies on three anonymous sources for this.
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A record number of votes per letter is expected due to the corona pandemic. According to polls, supporters of the Democrat Joe Biden would especially use it. In states such as Pennsylvania, postal votes can be counted up to days after the election.
As a result, Trump could be in the lead on election night, but his lead turns into defeat in the days that follow. Then the electors will go to Biden instead of Trump. That could therefore be decisive with a narrow result: the victor needs at least 270 of the 538 electoral votes.
During an election meeting in Dubuque, Iowa, Trump had demanded on Sunday that the result should be known on the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. “It has always been and should be.” He has been arguing for months that voting by mail leads to fraud. According to critics, he prepares in this way to raise doubts about the result in a Netherlands.
Axios reported that Trump’s team is preparing to argue that the Democrats have stolen the election, should the result in Pennsylvania turn out in Biden’s favor after election night.
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