Election 2024 still undecided as votes are being counted

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Though the voting public was warned quite a few occasions that this presidential race could be very shut, it was obvious very early within the night that there have been no phrases that might assuage individuals’s overwhelming nervousness. For nearly her complete marketing campaign, Vice President Harris introduced herself because the underdog not solely as a result of she knew the misguided power of MAGA however as a result of she solely had 107 days to persuade America to forged a vote for her.

Democratic Presidential Nominee Vice President Kamala Harris Visits The Democratic National Committee Headquarters On Election Day

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The night time opened with all eyes firmly affixed on the contentious swing states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona. The states within the south and midwest that have been anticipated to go to Trump did, early and infrequently. The states that have been anticipated to go to Harris is in order effectively. There wasn’t a “shock” till MSNBC known as the state of Georgia for Donald Trump seeding him 16 valuable electoral votes within the race to 270. President Biden received Georgia in 2016 by a really slender margin for a state that’s deeply pink traditionally.

Shortly after midnight, VP Harris’ marketing campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond spoke tepidly to a crowd of supporters on Howard College’s campus to announce that Madam VP wouldn’t be talking however that she would tackle the nation the following day.

We gotta maintain it a buck, Richmond’s tone of voice didn’t precisely characterize a present of confidence for these hope to see Harris change into the primary lady to guide the USA as President. That stated, elections aren’t received or misplaced primarily based on tone of voice or physique language. The one factor that issues are votes that have been forged and there are nonetheless loads of these to be counted.

Till then, we wait. We drink. We smoke. We eat. We tweet. We textual content the group chat however we wait. Bear in mind, the 2020 election wasn’t known as till three days after election day.

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