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EPNs results service opens on election night its worth

You can follow the vote count from ‘s results service in the palpably exciting presidential election. The updated data tells the exact situation from Wednesday night.

Päivi Koskinen,

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15:59•Updated 16:35

Wednesday morning Finnish time.

Then the decisive moments will probably be at hand in the counting of votes in the US presidential election.

At three o’clock in the morning, the polling stations have already closed in several areas. Voices start to accumulate at a fast pace Terrible for Harris and For Donald Trump.

At that time, if ever, it is worth monitoring and monitoring ‘s results service.

It tells the exact situation in the presidential race.

Early results start to be updated to the service at approximately 01:00, when the first polling stations have closed.

The results service can be found here on election night.

Often the winner has been known between 05 and 07 in the morning Finnish time. The presidential elections have been very tight and unpredictable this year. Therefore, it is difficult to estimate the time of the announcement of the winner.

What is shown in the results service?

In ‘s results service, you can see how the voters are accumulating for the Republican candidate Donald Trump and the Democrat Kamala Harris.

The US presidential election is based on the electoral system. In almost all states, the candidate with the most votes gets all of the state’s electors.

In the results service, you can follow all US states and compare their situation with previous election results.

The most exciting thing is in the decisive swing states, where the difference between Harris and Trump, according to the polls, is very small. The winner can only be decided by a few thousand votes.

The results service also shows the counting of votes for the House of Representatives and Senate elections that are ongoing at the same time.

The future leader of the country can get several of his projects through only if the majority of MPs are from the same party as the president himself.

How is the results service data collected?

‘s performance monitoring is based on data maintained by the German news agency DPA. DPA’s information, on the other hand, comes from the news channel CNN.

When CNN announces a candidate as the state winner, the electors appear in the candidate bar as well as the map graphic.

CNN announces the winner after analyzing data from several different sources.

Special broadcast in the morning

‘s special broadcast about the elections starts on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday at 01:55.

You can watch the special broadcast online, on Radio in Finland and on the TV1 channel.

Votes become electors in the US elections

  • The US presidential election is based on the electoral system. Each state has a number of electors based on population.
  • The candidate with the most votes gets all the electors in the state.
  • There are a total of 538 voters in the elections. The winner of the presidential election is the candidate who gets at least 270 of the electors.
  • Exceptions are the states of Nebraska and Maine, where some of the electors are assigned to candidates according to electoral districts. There are three such electors in Nebraska and two in Maine.
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