#ElectionDay 2020: Does Joe Biden Have What It Takes To Win US Election?—-With the long awaited day, finally here for the United States election, campaigns has finally ended yesterday and there are lots of political intrigues at the poll. This is the 59th quadrennial presidential election of the country.
This actually the first election in the history of the United States in which both major parties candidates are over 70 years of age.
Some of the major determinant of the election includes Climate Change, COVID-19 pandemic, the death of George Floyd which gave birth to the Black Lives Matter protests across the world and the death of other African-Americans, pushing for the repeal of Obama Care, Economy, Faceoff with China among other issues.
Unlike in Nigeria and some other countries, the US election is not about the total number of votes cast or states won but satisfying the 270 or above Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.
If no candidate receives the minimum 270 electoral votes needed to win the election, the United States House of Representatives will select the president from the three candidates who received the most electoral votes, and the United States Senate will select the vice president from the candidates who received the two highest totals.
The election will occur simultaneously alongside elections for the House of Representatives, Senate, and various state and local-level elections.
In 2016, President Trump won the Electoral College with 304 votes compared to 227 votes for former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Though, Clinton won by 65,853,625 (48.0%) to Trump’s 62,985,106 (45.9%) of popular votes.
Americans prefer Republican candidate, President Donald Trump while the Latino, African-American, Indian-American, and the Asian-American voters queue behind the former Vice President and Democratic candidate, Joe Biden.
If Biden wins the election, his victory then becomes historical. He would become the oldest person to serve as president of the United States at 78-year-old on the day of his inauguration and the first candidate to defeat an incumbent president in 28 years since Democrat Bill Clinton defeated Republican George Walker Bush in 1992.
His running mate, Kamala Harris would also become the first woman to serve as vice-president of the United States.
