Washington, SAEDNEWS, Nov. 3: After weeks of early voting that broke records and saw nearly 100 million Americans cast ballots by mail and in-person amid a deadly pandemic, Election Day has arrived in the United States. Roughly 60 million voters are expected to go to the polls to choose between Democratic challenger Joe Biden and President Donald Trump – two candidates who are offering starkly different visions for a nation in crisis.
Trump’s path to an Electoral College win is challenging. Closely contested states to watch for early results will be Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. Losses for Trump in any of those would signal Biden is having a good night.
Arizona, Iowa and Ohio are also states where the race for president is very close and Trump cannot afford to lose.
Authorities nationwide braced for unrest following the results of the election either way.
Stores and buildings in downtown Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and midtown New York were boarded up. Extra police have been deployed in New York. A no-scale fence was installed around the White House.
The National Guard deployed in Philadelphia following rioting over the weekend after the police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr, a Black man. Ten states had activated the National Guard as of last week, and 14 more are expected to activate troops this week, The New York Times reported (Source: AlJazeera).
Biden Leads the polls by 7.2 Percent: One Week to Go!
