Who will win, Donald Trump or Kamala Harris? If results have started to fall for the first States, the wait could be as long as it is feverish. As the map of the country turns red, the color of the Republicans, and blue, that of the Democrats, no one knows if it will be hours or days before the media attributes the final victory to Kamala Harris, who would be the first woman elected to this position, or to Donald Trump, who never admitted his defeat in 2020.
To win, a candidate must obtain at least 270 electors. After a campaign punctuated by dramatic events, including two assassination attempts targeting Donald Trump, L’Express follows this American night for you.
Information to remember:
⇒ The first results are starting to fall, without surprise for the moment
⇒ Trump denounces “massive cheating” in Pennsylvania, without providing evidence
⇒ Kamala Harris urges Americans to “get out and vote”
04:40
What would happen in the event of a tie?
What if Kamala Harris and Donald Trump each failed to reach the necessary majority of voters to win the White House? This completely crazy scenario is theoretically possible.
Here is a video of what the constitution provides:
04:35
Donald Trump in the lead, a “mirage”?
For the moment, Donald Trump is ahead of his rival Kamala Harris, with 20 states won for 168 voters. But this lead does not mean that he will necessarily win, as our journalist Paul Véronique explains in this article.
04:30
The United States on alert in the face of threats targeting the elections
False bomb threats attributed to Russian destabilization operations targeted polling stations in several states, notably briefly disrupting the vote in Georgia (southeast), one of those where the election is being played out, authorities announced . The FBI, the American federal police, indicated in a press release “that it is aware of bomb threats at polling stations in several states, several of which appear to emanate from Russian internet domain names.” “None of these threats have so far been considered credible,” underlines the FBI without specifying the states concerned and calling on the population to report any suspicious activity to law enforcement.
The head of elections in Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, for his part affirmed that the source of the false bomb threats in his state “had been identified and it was Russia”. Local authorities in Fulton and DeKalb counties, around Atlanta, Georgia’s main city, reported five office closures in each. Bomb threats also targeted polling stations and municipal buildings in the key state of Pennsylvania (north-east) in the evening, without immediate consequences, according to authorities cited by the media.
04:15
Donald Trump wins Ohio, Kamala Harris wins Colorado
And four new states for Donald Trump, winner in Ohio, Kansas, Montana and Utah, while his rival Kamala Harris is given victory in Colorado, according to projections from major American media.
Ohio, already won by the Republican in 2016 and 2020, brings no fewer than 17 voters to Donald Trump. No results have yet been released for the seven key states likely to swing the outcome of the election.
04:10
Sarah McBride, first transgender person elected to the US Congress
Democrat Sarah McBride on Tuesday became the first transgender person elected to the US Congress, where she will represent her state of Delaware. The 34-year-old woman, who sat in the local senate of this small state in the northeast of the United States, will enter the House of Representatives, according to projections from NBC and CNN.
While saying she is aware of her image as a pioneer, the candidate recently told CBS that her priorities in Congress would mainly be the subjects of the cost of childcare, housing, health and even the right to ‘abortion. The rights of transgender people were among the hot topics of this American presidential and legislative election campaign.
04:05
Update on the States already won
As of this hour, Donald Trump has already won Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi , Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming, which gives him a total of 168 electors.
Kamala Harris, for her part, accumulates 81, with her victory in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington DC
04:00
America in feverish waiting
Hello and welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the American night, or hello again if you have already been following us since last night. America voted this Tuesday to decide whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will enter the White House. Never has the outcome of a presidential duel in the United States been so unpredictable, between two completely opposite candidates. No one knows whether it will be hours or days before the media assign the final victory to the Democrat or the Republican.