More than a month has passed since the US presidential election day, and under the donkey elephant dispute, it is still inconclusive who won biden and Trump. Although Biden himself and the international community generally believe that Biden has won, Trump has not yet admitted defeat. On December 14, 2020, the U.S. Electoral College will vote, which may set the results of this election "settled".
01 Electoral College voting – a key part of the general election
Unlike in the past, although the election results released by the Associated Press showed Biden winning, the election results are still not fully determined because Trump refused to concede defeat and launched lawsuits in multiple states. This impasse may seem insoluble, but it is because the election process is not yet over.
Electoral college system
According to the Electoral College system unique to the United States, the final outcome of the election is not directly determined by the voter vote, but follows the "winner-take-all" rule in each state, and whichever side gets the highest number of votes, the state's electoral votes are all given by one person (Maine and Nebraska are exceptions).
At present, the 50 us states and the District of Columbia have confirmed the election results, biden and Trump are expected to receive 306 and 232 votes respectively, while the "threshold" for winning the election is 270 votes.
Based on the results of the polls, state electors will vote in their respective states on December 14, and the results will be officially announced in Congress on January 6, 2021, and the candidate who obtains the majority of the electoral votes will eventually win the general election.
02 Trump continues to question the outcome of the election Can he still turn the tables?
On December 13, local time, Trump hinted in an interview that even if the Electoral College will vote in most state parliaments on the 14th, he will continue to question and challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election.
In an interview with Fox News broadcast on the morning of the 13th, Trump repeated his claims about election fraud and said that although the Supreme Court rejected the lawsuit launched by the Texas Attorney General to overturn the election results, his legal team will continue to challenge the election results.
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So, is there still a possibility for Trump to turn the tables?
Li Haidong, a professor at the Institute of International Relations of the China Foreign Affairs University, said: "The probability of Trump's reversal is very low, and [this vote] will basically end Trump's lawsuit against the entire election process." ”
However, Lee also said that "even if Biden wins, Trump will still insist that Biden won unjustly, and will leave the White House without insisting on this belief."
As for why Trump did this, Lee believes that "the motivation is power, in order to maintain enough influence to pave the way for his comeback in the 2024 election." ”
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