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Voting for the presidential election is to be held in America today. The world’s oldest democratic country will vote today to elect its 47th President. There is a direct contest for the presidency between Donald Trump of the Republican Party and Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party.
Kamala Harris is currently the Vice President of America, while Donald Trump has been the President of America from 2017 to 2021. In the elections being held this year, so far about 7.5 crore i.e. 37% voters have already voted through postal voting.
About 60% voters can take part in the voting to be held today.
In 95% of America’s areas, voting is done using ballot paper or ballot marking device.
How will the votes be counted and when will the results come?
Voting will be completed by 7 pm on November 5 as per US time (4:30 am on November 6 as per Indian time). After this the counting of votes will start. Usually the results come after 1 day of voting.
In the elections held in 2020, the results were revealed after 4 days of voting. Actually, due to Covid 19, about 60% people voted through mail. Due to this it took more time to count the votes. This time election results may come in 1 to 2 days.
At the time of counting, results come sooner due to greater difference of votes between the candidates. If there is a difference of more than 50 thousand votes between the two candidates in a state and only 20 thousand votes are left to count, then the leading candidate is declared the winner. This helps in getting results quickly.
If the margin of victory between the two remains less, then a recount will be conducted to confirm the results as per American law.
In case of recount, results may take longer to arrive.
Major issues in presidential election
There are two major issues in the presidential elections being held in 2024. These include immigration and abortion. Let us understand them one by one…
Immigration: Immigration, i.e. the coming of migrants into the country, has emerged as a big issue in the US elections. From 2000-10, 14 million immigrants arrived in America. Of these, 10 lakh migrants have also taken American citizenship. Among these, most were people from China, India, Mexico and Philippines.
On the other hand, surveillance was increased on the 3200 km long Mexico-America border to stop immigrants from entering the country illegally. Besides, barriers were also installed here.
Republican candidate Donald Trump recently even called immigrants monsters and animals. Trump has promised that if he becomes president, immigrants who murder American citizens will be given the death penalty.
During Kamala Harris’s tenure as Vice President, Donald Trump has repeatedly cornered her on the issue of immigration.
Abortion: Abortion was easy and legal in America until 1880. However, in 1873, abortion drugs were banned by passing the Comstock Law in the US Congress. By 1900, abortion was banned in almost all states.
Abortion could be done only when the pregnancy posed a threat to the mother’s life. In the 1960s, women’s movement for their rights began in America. In 1973, the Supreme Court legalized abortion in America in the Roe vs. Wade case.
However, from then until 2017, more than 1,000 laws were passed to limit access to abortion. American women have demonstrated many times in protest against these laws and for the right to abortion.
Recently, on November 3, thousands of women protested for abortion rights in the capital Washington DC.
Dominance of two parties in elections for 168 years
For the first time after the formation of America, elections were held in 1788-89. In this election, George Washington became the President of America. The Democratic-Republican Party came to power in 1800. This party remained in power for two decades.
After the Democratic-Republican split during the presidential election of 1824, this party got divided into two factions, National Republicans and Democrats. The National Republicans were renamed the Whigs. However, in 1854 there was another split among the Whigs, due to which the Republican Party was formed.
For the first time in 1856, there was a contest for the presidency between the Republican and Democratic parties. Since 1856, there have been electoral contests between the two parties 42 times in 168 years. Out of these 42 elections, the Republican Party has won 24 times while the Democrats have won 18 times.
However, out of the last 6 elections, both the parties have won 3-3 elections.
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