Election In Usa Votes

In a united states presidential election the popular vote is the total number or percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and washington d c.
Election in usa votes. Trump became the first u s. Elections candidates are elected directly by popular vote. Democrats would need a net gain of three or four seats to win a majority in the senate.
The process of using electors comes from the constitution. Because of the many postal ballots cast in this election some states. But the president and vice president are not elected directly by citizens.
View live updates on electoral votes by state for presidential candidates joe biden and donald trump on abc news. The candidate who gets the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote however the popular vote is not used to determine who is elected as the nation s president or vice president. Senator from california kamala harris defeated the republican ticket of incumbent president donald trump and vice president mike pence.
The 2020 united states presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election held on tuesday november 3 2020 the democratic ticket of former vice president joe biden and incumbent u s. Mr biden also won wisconsin and michigan and arizona according to race calls by the associated press donald trump carried florida texas ohio and iowa. There are 35 seats up for election in the senate and of those 23 belong to republicans and 12 to democrats.
Instead they re chosen by electors through a process called the electoral college. Joe biden was elected president of the us winning the battleground state of pennsylvania to reach the 270 votes needed to secure a majority in the electoral college.