In a new survey for the US presidential election, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris is well ahead of her Republican opponent Donald Trump in the two particularly important states of Pennsylvania and Michigan.
According to a survey released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University, compiled after the televised Sept. 10 matchup between the two candidates, Harris currently holds 51 percent of the vote in Pennsylvania, while Trump holds 45 percent. In Michigan, the split was 50 to 45 percent.
In Wisconsin, the poll showed a narrower picture: Harris received 48 percent of the vote, while Trump received 47 percent.
Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin are among the group of seven U.S. states where the race is particularly close. In Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina, Trump is narrowly ahead, and in the seventh state, Nevada, Harris leads by a razor-thin margin.
The American president is not directly elected by the people, but rather by popular vote by an electoral college to which the states send their representatives. To win the election, a majority of 270 of the 538 electors is needed. In almost all American states, the all-or-nothing rule applies, so that the winner gets all the electors.
In most states, there are clear majorities. As in this year’s November 5 election, the outcome often depends on just a handful of so-called swing states, and in some cases, just a few tens of thousands of votes make the difference.
Source: Krone
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