USA decides this Tuesday about his future the next four yearssince its neighbors are called to the polls to elect the new president, in addition to renewing the the entire House of Representatives and a third of the Senate. The results will begin to be known once the polling stations close and the counting begins, figures that the media themselves will know and which will indicate Kamala Harris or Donald Trump.
Unlike other countries, the United States a central electoral body is missing and it is the media themselves that project the election night resultswhile monitoring is carried out independently in each state. The American presidential electoral system It is determined by the Electoral Collegein which each State contributes number of delegates relative to population and that means scrutiny could be extended or election night attention will focus only on certain swing states, which will determine which candidate reaches the 270 electoral votes needed to be declared the winner.
What is being voted on today in the United States
A few 244 million Americans They are called to the polls during these elections. Among them, 80 million have already exercised their right vote in advance, both at the polls and by mail, according to the count from the University of Florida, a reference in the matter. Besides the president, Americans They will elect the 435 members today of the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate.
They will also vote for several governors and many mayorsin addition to state legislatures, and will decide on citizen initiatives, including proposals to protect abortion or strengthen restrictions on this right in ten years.
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When do polls open in the United States
THE Center opening hours Voting patterns vary considerably, since all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia encompass six different time zonesand each state has its own lelectoral law with specific opening and closing hours. As the morning progresses, voting will begin at 1:00 p.m. in Spain in most centers in the District of Columbia and in 17 states with different time zones: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, New Hampshire, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland. , Massachusetts, Missouri, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Wyoming, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan, the latter three “hinge” states.
An hour later he will do it in the centers in ten other states with different time zones: Arizona, Iowa, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. Half an hour later, the centers will open in Arkansas and at 3 p.m. in six other states (Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah). The last to open will be California and Idaho, followed by Washington and Alaska at 5 p.m. and finally Hawaii at 6 p.m.
When do polling stations close in the United States
Even though the process itself has been underway for weeks given that citizens They have already been able to vote by mail and even in person, this Tuesday will be the big day. When itclose polling stations -most will between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of peninsular Spain -, a net of projections and results will begin to know the future tenant of the White House.
When will the winner of the elections in the United States be known?
He vote count starts once the doors are closed electoral collegesbut the publication of results It depends on the media and they publish which candidate wins each state. SO, the time the winner is known The number of elections may vary from year to year. From the BBC they remember that in 2016, Donald Trumpwas declared the winner a few hours after the polls closed while in the 2020 elections the winner was not declared Biden up to four days laterwhile awaiting the Pennsylvania result.
