2020 US elections: Georgia competes fair – recount threatens

Two days after the US election, both President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden are confident of victory, according to their campaign leaders. “Our data shows that Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States”, Democratic campaign leader Jen O’Malley Dillon said Thursday. Bill Stepien, the reigning Republican’s campaign director, said Trump is doing well and will win the election. “Donald Trump is alive and well,” he said.

Biden is currently well ahead in the race for at least 270 state voters needed to win. His team expects Biden to win in the still open states of Nevada, Arizona and Pennsylvania. It’s so close in Georgia that both candidates have a chance, O’Malley Dillon said. In North Carolina, Trump is only in the lead. Hope for more results later in the day. “We know it will take a little longer,” he said.

Stepien, in turn, said the president would win in the still open states. Democrats tried to “steal” the election and deprive Trump of his legitimate victory, he stated – without citing any evidence. The campaign has already filed or announced legal actions in several states.

O’Malley Dillon described Trump’s legal action as an act of desperation. Trump had already claimed victory on election night, although millions of votes still had to be counted at the time. (sda / dpa)