U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German firm BioNTech reported that studies of their COVID-19 vaccine have shown superior efficacy to 90% in participants who showed no prior evidence of infection with the virus.
Thus, during the first analyses of the phase three study on this vaccine, a level of protection of 90% against the virus was achieved only 28 days after the first dose and seven days after the second application.
However, in a statement, both companies cautioned that the final efficacy may vary as the study progresses.
So far, they said, no safety problems have been reported, so the independent body in charge of overseeing the clinical trials has recommended collecting additional information, which will be analyzed with the U.S. regulatory authorities.
"I am pleased to share with you that Pfizer and our collaborator, BioNTech, announced positive efficacy results from our Phase 3, late-stage study of our candidate COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants with no evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis," Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said in the document.
This, he said, "means we are one step closer to bringing people around the world a much-needed breakthrough to help end this global pandemic.
He added that it could be about two months after the safety data from the second and final dose of the candidate vaccine, required by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance, that a possible emergency use authorization could be given.
He also noted that data is being generated to show that the vaccine can be manufactured consistently to meet quality standards.
It should be noted that efficacy, safety and consistent manufacture are the three requirements that are needed before authorisation can be applied for.
Phase three of the trial began on July 27 and to date has required 43,538 volunteers, of whom 38,955 received a second dose on November 8.
It was the morning of Saturday, November 7, when the media announced that the Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency, Joe Biden, won in Pennsylvania, a state that would give him the victory by putting him above the 270 electoral votes needed, however, the minority vote was crucial to his victory.
And according to Stephen Nuño-Perez, an analyst with the Latino Decisions organization, according to the results of The American Election Eve 2020 poll, Joe Biden won Latino voters nationwide by an estimated margin of 43 points.
Thus, the now-virtual winner of the U.S. presidency received the support of 70 percent of Latinos, while Republican Donald Trump captured 27 percent, and the remaining 3.0 percent supported other candidates.
The also communications director of the organization, said during the virtual meeting: "Analysts take stock of the ethnic vote and its impact" conducted by Ethnic Media Services, that the Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on Latino voters, as it is the community that has been hit hardest by the virus.
Nationally, he noted, 67 percent of Latinos surveyed agreed with the statement that Trump "ignored early warning signs" about the virus and "mismanaged" the government's response.
Their attitudes are similar to those of Asian Americans (67 percent), but notably lower than those of African Americans (84 percent), he said.
The poll also notes that only white voters surveyed were more likely to agree with the statement that "there was nothing Trump could have done differently" to limit the spread of the virus (54 percent).
In that regard, 90 percent of Latino voters said a national mandate is needed to wear masks in public whenever Covid-19 is a threat.
The study also reveals that of the Latino community, 45 percent of Cubans would vote for Biden and 52 percent for Trump, while Mexican-Americans 74 percent would vote for the Democratic candidate and 23 percent for the Republican.
In the case of U.S.-born Latinos, 70 percent would vote for Biden and 27 percent for Trump.
In gender also marked an important difference, as Latinas are the ones who would vote for Biden with 73 percent against 23 percent who would have done so for Trump, while men were 67 percent in favor of Biden and 31 percent for Trump.
According to Latino Decisions, the poll of more than 15,000 voters nationwide, in Pennsylvania, the state that gave the victory to the Democrat, 69 percent of Latinos would vote for Biden while 26 percent would vote for Trump.
To that, they add that nationally, Latinos supported protests this summer that continue to this day in response to police abuse of the African-American community.
When questioned about whether they believe police should be held accountable for their actions when they kill or abuse African Americans and whether to get rid of laws that make it harder to prosecute police officers, so they face justice like everyone else, 89 percent said they supported it.
Similarly, the issue of racism was among their top priorities when it came to voting, with 62 percent of Latino voters saying that racism and discrimination against their community had increased in the past four years.
This wasn't just a sentiment among Democrats either, with 34 percent of Republican Latinos saying the same thing.
According to Theodore Johnson, a researcher at the Brennan Center for Justice, the racial justice protests, coupled with the Covid-19 numbers and unemployment in the African-American community, were key to getting these voters to the polls.
In that sense, he noted that 90 percent of voters of African descent gave their ballot in favor of Democrat Joe Biden, while only 8.0% did so for Republican Donald Trump.
This, he noted, has been seen since 1964, where 90 percent of African-American votes have been for Democratic candidates, and this election saw the highest voter turnout in more than 120 years.
However, he said, the gender bias is different, as more men voted for Donald Trump, while women mostly went for Joe Biden, as Kamala Harris accompanying the Democrat also helped turnout increase.
In the case of Asian Americans, about 300,000 voted for the first time, said John Yang, vice president and director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice. He added that the enthusiasm for these votes exceeded those of 2012 and 2016.
The activist also noted that between 65 and 70 percent of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters supported Biden, while 30 percent voted for Trump.
Yang said it was a common good that united African descendants, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans to vote more enthusiastically for Biden, especially in states key to the Democrat's victory.
The editor of Indian Country Today, meanwhile, noted the impact of the Native American vote, and that in these particular elections, Native Americans were elected to state legislatures, most notably Arizona and Kansas.
In this regard, he noted that racism and Xenophony in the speech of Republican candidate Donald Trump, made natives turn their vote for Democrat Joe Biden, as he said that the native community, looking for "a welcoming country".
Sunita Sohrabji and Pilar Marrero Ethnic Media Services
In a country that is polarized and wounded by the COVID-19 and divisive leadership, massive voter turnout resulted in a close election where Democrat Joe Biden was pushed toward the finish line by large majorities of African-American voters.
On Saturday, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were projected winners in the 2020 election, relegating Donald Trump to a single term, which he refused to relinquish; subsequently, their lawyers sought to legally maneuver to argue election fraud.
The Democratic presidential candidacy achieved its goal primarily because communities of African descent rejected the Trump Administration by wide margins, explained experts who discussed the numbers, history and motivations of elections in U.S. communities of African descent at an Ethnic Media Services media briefing.
Election-eve and exit polls confirmed that most white voters voted for President Donald Trump, but Asian-American, Latino and African-American voters turned out in record numbers to oust the president and promote the first African-American woman to reach the White House.
According to the Latino Decisions poll on the eve of the U.S. election, 56% of white people voted for Trump. A CNN exit poll found a similar number: 57% of white people voted for the current president.
However, voters of African descent told a different story. According to the LD poll, 70% Latinos, 89% African Americans, 68% Asians and 60% Native Americans voted for Biden.
"I want to thank people of African descent and their communities for saving our democracy," Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, said at a November 6 briefing organized by Ethnic Media Services.
"As a white man, I come from a community that voted mostly for Donald Trump. And, if it weren't for the African American, Latino and Asian American community in the Pacific Islands, we wouldn't be celebrating the victory we are today," said Sharry.
It was a close election, a stumbling block that lasted from Tuesday 3 November until Saturday morning, 7 November, when the official numbers made it clear that Biden-Harris had won the necessary 270 electoral votes.
The polarisation and the states in which Biden's lead was taken made it clear that democratic votes by the Afro-descendant community played an important role in the results.
Stephen Nuño-Perez, senior analyst at Latino Decisions, whose company conducted a pre-election survey of ethnic voters in key states, said that "it is extremely difficult to win an election when minorities and Latinos have been mobilized in Phoenix, Las Vegas and Albuquerque.
"Voters in the Latino community were critical in turning Arizona around," said Nuno Perez of Latino Decisions, pointing to counties like Maricopa, Pima and Yuma, which have significant Latino populations.
Latino voters also excelled in Florida, handing Biden victories in Miami-Dade, Tampa Bay, Orlando and Broward County. In Miami, Cuban Americans gave their support to Trump.
Nuño warned about taking some outliers, like the Cuban vote in Miami-Dade and a couple of counties near the border in Texas where Trump did much better with Latinos, to project that into a larger narrative.
"Yes, Latinos are not a monolith, and yes, they are a monolith, they respond to certain kinds of messages, and nationally, seventy percent of Latinos voted for Biden. That's a clear pattern," he said.
Theodore Johnson, senior researcher at the Brennan Center for Justice, said a summer of racial justice protests, coupled with disproportionate numbers of COVID-19s and record levels of unemployment in African-American communities, drove black voter turnout in record numbers to remove Donald Trump from office.
"That explains why we're seeing Atlanta change to Michigan, Philadelphia change to Pennsylvania, Milwaukee change to Wisconsin, and Detroit change to Michigan," he said. "That's the enthusiasm and power of the African-American vote.
"In general, voters of African descent were pragmatic," Johnson said, "pointing to South Carolina where they chose Joe Biden over Kamala Harris or Corey Booker. "They chose the candidate they thought had the best chance of winning over white voters.
Johnson attributed the small increase in African-American men who voted for Trump to African-American Republicans who had chosen to vote for the first African-American president in 2008 and 2012 and were now returning to the Republican Party.
Asian Americans turned out in significant numbers for the 2020 election, said John Yang, president and chief executive officer of Asian Americans Advancing Justice. Some 300,000 voted for the first time.
"Exit and pre-election polls showed that there was much more enthusiasm for voting," Yang said. Between 65 percent and 70 percent of AAPI voters supported Biden, and 30 percent voted for Trump, which is consistent with the 2012 and 2016 voting patterns.
While one-third of Asian Americans live in the 10 most contested states, it would be easy to attribute the margin of victory in Nevada, Arizona, Georgia and Pennsylvania to the AAPI vote. But Yang said it was the common good that brought African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans and Asian Americans together that gave Biden the margin of victory in those states.
Yang recalled June 16, 2015, when Trump descended an escalator in the Trump Towers to announce his candidacy for the White House: "That was a turning point for me and changed the trajectory of my career. When he talked about illegals being rapists, gangsters and criminals, he was talking about me because, at one point, I was an undocumented immigrant.
Mark Trahant, editor of Indian Country Today, spoke of the impact of the Native American vote, noting that a large number of Native Americans are running for office and that next year's Congress will hold a caucus with three Republicans and three Democrats. "This will put a bipartisan spin on Native affairs," he said.
Native Americans were also elected to state legislatures, including Arizona and Kansas.
Sharry of the America's Voice said the massive minority vote was also a rejection of the issue of Trump's cornerstone: xenophobia and racism.
"The American people were forced by Donald Trump and his extremism to decide, and they decided to side with the refugees and immigrants. This is a statement of what a multiracial majority in the United States said through this election. They said, "We want to be a welcoming country. We don't like the separation of families from Trump.
The projections give victory to Joe Biden, who would be the 46th president of the United States of America, according to decisive counts in the state of Pennsylvania. This results in 273 electoral votes out of the 270 he needed to win because, from that number, it is mathematically impossible for another candidate to have the same electoral votes.
After winning the state of Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes), the triumph was announced in the state of Nevada (6 electoral votes), other networks such as CNN, ABC and news programs such as The New York Times, AP and Reuters also gave Biden the presidential victory. The news network Fox News would take 40 minutes to proclaim him the winner.
So far, Joe Biden, would total 284 votes in the U.S. Electoral College. The Democrat broke the 69.4 million vote barrier that would have been left by former President Barack Obama in the 2008 election, so Joe Biden becomes the most voted president electThe result, so far, shows 74.4 million votes.
Later, he would make a statement through a video on Twitter: "I am honored that the United States of America has chosen me to lead our great nation.is read in the message. And, as he had repeated on several occasions during his speeches as a candidate, he pointed out "The work ahead of us will be hard, but I can promise you one thing: I will be a president for all Americans, whether they vote for me or not.". He ended by saying: "I will keep the faith that you have placed in me".
America, I'm honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country.
The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans - whether you voted for me or not.
Joe Bien would have officially started his presidential campaign on April 25, 2019.
Kamala Harris is elected vice president of the United States.
In a telematic communication, Kamala Harris, Vice President-Elect of the United StatesIn a conversation with President-elect Joe Biden, he is seen saying, "We did it, 'JoeBiden. "We did it, Joe. You will be the next president of the United States."
The current president of the United States, who came up short for re-election by the Republican Party, Donald Trump, says he does not know the results of the election. He declared this through Twitter; however, as official sources have not declared him the winner of the presidency, the social network proceeded to "moderate" his tweet.
With that statement regarding the victory of Joe Biden, the current president threatened that on Monday he will start taking legal action "so that only legal ballots are counted.
Photo: Manuel Ortiz. 555 California Street, San Francisco.
Manuel Ortiz Escámez. Península 360 Press [P60P].
San Francisco, California. After the November 3 general election, and after the current U.S. president, Republican candidate for reelection, Donald Trump, made an unsubstantiated claim that "they want to steal the election" and then sue via his Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump: "STOP THE COUNTING!" -of votes-, activists in different cities of the country, including San Francisco, went out to protest "to defend democracy" and "ask that all votes be counted".
"We're here to celebrate Trump's defeat and at the same time we want to say that the vote should be respected," said Jason Gonzales, one of the young activists who gathered at noon at 555 California Street, where they painted a giant mural with the slogan "Count Every Vote.
The mural was painted right in front of the building where the offices of Jones Day are located, a national law firm hired by President Trump to stop the recount of votes in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin - states where his Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, has won their respective electoral votes - along with the state of Georgia, where this morning was announced the restart of the count by a vote that marked the difference of 1,576 votes in favor of the Democrat.
Photo: Manuel Ortiz. In front of 555 California Street, in San Francisco, a mural was painted with the slogan "Count Every Vote".
"The truth is that the will of the people is clear: an overwhelming majority of people in this country have chosen a future with freedom and justice for all, and this is a desperate attempt to hinder the will of the voters," said David Escobedo of Bay Resistance, one of the organizations involved.
The protest organizers - who spread their messages on social networks with the hashtag #CountEveryVote - told Alianza News that if the president refuses to accept his defeat and thus leave power, they will begin an escalation of actions in the San Francisco Bay Area and the rest of the country to defend the vote.
Photo: Manuel Ortiz. Activists gathered to demand that the electoral process be respected.
"People made a great effort to go and vote. We've had an election with a lot of popular participation and it's not fair that Trump wants to throw all that away. The citizen's vote has to be respected," added Gonzalez.
So far, 71 electoral votes remain to be cast in the states of Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, and Georgia, where Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden leads the states of North Carolina and Alaska.
With an advance of 99% of votes counted, where the candidate for the presidency of the United States for the Democratic Party, Joe Biden surpassed his Republican counterpart, Donald Trump, this morning by only 1,579 votes, the secretary of state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, announced to the media that it is necessary to restart the counting of the ballots.
In the early hours of this Friday morning, November 6, the state of Georgia turned blue, as Biden had taken away from Trump the state of Georgia with 16 electoral votes. Had he continued a clear upward trend for the Democrat, he would have been only 1 electoral vote away from winning the race.
This situation reverses speculation that Joe Biden could reach 269 electoral votes at the end of the vote count in Georgia's polls, keeping Biden with 253 electoral votes out of 270 to be declared the winner in the presidential election.
"By 10 a.m. local time, we were missing the 5,500 vote count in Gwinnett, Floyd, Cherokee and DeKalb counties, and the Army voters have yet to arrive," Raffensperger announced. "The margin is so narrow between one candidate and the other that there will surely be a recount in Georgia. We know that the recount has implications not only for our state, but for the entire nation.
He recalled that in this election process, mainly in the state of Georgia, "the stakes are high as there is a heated debate on both sides," referring to both Trump and Biden; however, he stressed that he will not allow those clashes to distract his work from counting the votes and then declaring a winner. "We will defend the integrity of our electoral process with all our might," he said.
The Secretary of State of Georgia stressed that the electoral process is open to public opinion as well as transparent. "If any public figure dares to question it, we will use any procedure to defend the integrity of every person's vote in Georgia," he said.
Subsequently, Gabriel Sterling, head of Georgia's counting system, admitted an error in the counting of the postal votes, which were added to the initial vote count on November 3. He said Georgia will provide election results "by the end of this weekend.
This November 3 took place the presidential election of the United States for the period 2021-2024. The race between the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, and the Democrat, Joe Biden, transcended to the world of sports, where athletes from different backgrounds incited the vote, both in favor of Trump to remain four more years in the White House, and for a change in the Oval Office.
In the NFL, Tom Brady and Drew Brees, quarterbacks of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints respectively, spoke in favor of Republican continuity, even the '12' of the Florida team declared himself a close friend of the current president.
After racial discrimination caused several gridiron players to raise their voices and force the league not to punish those who kneel when the national anthem is played during games, Drew Brees expressed that, under his values and beliefs, he could not support those who do not respect the national symbols, which led him to the rejection of figures of his team, mainly those who support the movement. Black Lives Matterand the label of a racist character.
Former quarterback Brett Favre also took a stand as a friend of Donald Trump. "My vote is for what makes this country great, freedom of speech and religion, the second amendment, hard working, tax paying citizens, police and military. In this election, we have freedom that everyone should respect. For me and these principles, my vote is for @RealDonaldTrump," he said.
Likewise, Jack Nicklaus, former golfer, was interested in the government to continue for the next four years. He tweeted that he had cast his vote in favor of the reelection of the current president.
And although under this administration has gained strength the movement that aims to highlight racism and police brutality against African Americans, also the boxer Mike Tyson showed his support. Through the manifesto: "If I can convince 200,000 people or more to vote for Trump, I will".
On the other hand, the team of athletes supporting the Democratic Party is mainly made up of African-American NBA stars, led by LeBron James, star of the Los Angeles Lakers, who told The New York Times: "We want something better, we want change in our community. We always say we want a change and now we have the opportunity".
James has been a constant critic of the abuses and lack of conditions to ensure racial equity in the United States, even raised, along with other colleagues, the boycott of the league playoffs last August 26, when they demanded justice for the oppression of white police officers to African American citizen Jacob Blake.
Other supporters of Joe Biden who look forward to the victory of the Democrat, are Magic Johnson, NBA legend, and Megan Rapione, women's soccer icon and world champion, who in social networks showed rejection of Trump, calling him a "white nationalist who promotes hatred".
The call of sports, athletes and the great focus of attention that they represent in the United States, can mark the course of a very even election, which, from the courts, has been polarized to strengthen the link between politics and critical thinking in the protagonists.
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"Desperation instills courage in the coward," historian Thomas Fuller once said, and the U.S. presidential election has brought out the true substance of what Republican candidate Donald Trump is made of, who through his Twitter account - @realDonaldTrump - has expressed his mood in the face of what could be his defeat.
After this Tuesday afternoon, November 3, the counting of votes began in what is perhaps the closest electoral contest in the country's history, the national map began to be painted red and blue, and so did Twitter.
The reactions were moving forward, and with them the comments of Donald Trump, who is seeking to secure four more years of the presidential chair, everything was going well until Democratic candidate Joe Biden began to overcome it.
The Twitter guidelines began to be applied on election night, and while the social network is monitoring Trump's tweets, it is very likely that we will see very few of them spread not only in people's chronologies - tweets with this warning are limited to the person's profile - but for the Democratic candidate's followers.
It was at 11:49 p.m. on November 3 that the signs of anger began: "We are in a big way, but they are trying to STEAL the election. We will never let them do that. No votes can be cast after the polls are closed.
The reaction of the blue bird's social network was to put up a warning. "Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet has been objected to and may be misleading as to how to participate in an election or other civic process.".
Moreover, it would be the first wake-up call for an already obviously upset Donald Trump, who a few hours later would give a short speech to the voters to tell them that everything was going well, that he "had a great night" and that he had surely won. Nothing could be further from the truth.
1TP3Lessons2020 - "It's a fraud for the country that the election results were stopped. We won the election. We believe that the law will prevail. It's a sad moment. We already won. I want to thank you for your support," he said. @realDonaldTrump. pic.twitter.com/QGG5P54Chw
Specifically, the social network establishes two cases for "conversation moderation" on Twitter about the U.S. elections; the first of the rules states that: "People on Twitter, including candidates for public office, cannot claim an election victory before it is confirmed by the authorities.
This is just one of the measures that Twitter implemented for the general elections in the United States; as stated in the article on its official blog since October 9, where it urged tweeters about the measures that would be taken to ensure that these publications become "de-amplified" or hidden. Twitter said these elections represent "a safe, fair and legitimate democratic process.
By 9:04 a.m. on Wednesday, November 4, Trump wrote: "Last night I was leading, often solidly, in many key states, in almost every state controlled by the Democrats. Then, one by one, they began to magically disappear as surprise ballots were counted - VERY Odd, and the "pollsters" got it completely and historically wrong!
Again Twitter put a stop to it: the second to the account.
Only 13 minutes later (9:17 am) he had already written again on the web that, since four years ago, he has loved to make statements. "How is it that every time they count the postal vote dumps are so devastating in their percentage and power of destruction?
Doubt about what he had said just a few hours earlier, about doing very well and winning, began to take hold of him. By 9:35 a.m., the Republican said, "WHAT IS ALL THIS?" Thus, in capital letters. And Twitter gave him the third warning.
Six minutes after his last tweet, Twitter hid one of his messages again, which reads: "They are working hard to make the 500,000 vote lead in Pennsylvania disappear - ASAP (as soon as possible). So are Michigan and others.
At 12:43 p.m., the U.S. president called it "terrible what is happening" when he said that "Michigan has found a way to get the wonderful young man, John James, out of the U.S. Senate at the polls.
Not ten minutes had passed when the U.S. president again tweeted, this time to declare himself the winner in Pennsylvania, but, in a more pessimistic tone, he referred to the statements made by Pennsylvania's "secretary of state," Kathy Boockvar, saying that there were still "millions of ballots to be counted.
Three hours and one minute later, at 3:53 p.m., two more messages appear on Donald Trump's account. In the first one, he had won the states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina as well as Michigan. Twitter put on notice this message that the information at the time of publication had not been released by an official count.
Subsequently, Trump claims that it has been "widely" reported that "a large number of ballots" have been "secretly" turned over. Twitter hid the content of this particular tweet.
Realizing that both tweets had been flagged in the conversation between the Twitter rules and Trump's disinformation, he added almost two hours later that "the damage to the integrity of the system - election - was done and, with it, the presidential election - is something that must be discussed.
Subsequently, and to prevent the Twitter algorithm from attacking Trump, it retweeted the information from Breitbart News against the Pennsylvania Attorney General and irregular acts in the Detroit boxes.
Then, after a 12-hour break, Trump explodes, "STOP THE COUNTING!" was the first thing he said this Thursday morning, November 5.
At 9:09 a.m., another tweet from the governor followed, written in capital letters: "ANY VOTE THAT HAS ARRIVED AFTER THE DAY OF VOTING WILL NOT BE COUNTED!
Twitter puts a stop to it for the fourth time and calls on it to moderate itself, as its information is false and accurate: "some of the votes still need to be counted".
Luckily for the Republican, Pennsylvania joined the winning states. Twenty more points for Donald Trump and he celebrated via Twitter: "We won the state of Pennsylvania legally in a big way!
At 10:22 a.m., the President of the United States claims to have "sufficient evidence" that there is "fraud" in state elections and voter fraud; consequently, states in which Joe Biden has won will be legally challenged. "We will win! America first!" he said.
And, for the fifth time, Twitter puts a stop to it, as no authority has reported incidents that indicate either of these two crimes.
Not even half the day had passed when a "STOP THE FRAUD!" appeared on the account of the current US president, @realDonaldTrump. Could it be that he's given up?
In the case of Trump's tweets, the U.S. president is violating a very specific company rule that states that "we can now label tweets that violate our policies against misleading information about civic integrity.
Actually, the tweets are still there in case they want to be consulted via their original source; in this case, the profile of the person with "tagged" tweets; however, as we announced at the 10:50 p.m. pacific time cutIn the second instance, they declared that such tweets will not be taken into account within the algorithm of the recommendations in the personal chronologies.
In doing so, Twitter hopes "that this will further reduce the visibility of misleading information and encourage people to reconsider" the dissemination of messages that meet these characteristics. Finally, Twitter regrets the use of these measures and their implementation; however, it is justified on the grounds that it represents "a worthwhile sacrifice to encourage more thoughtful and explicit amplification".
So farThe Democratic nominee for president of the United States, Joe Biden, leading with 248 electoral votes out of the 270 he needs to winaccording to The Associated Press (AP).
The agency notes that Republican Donald Trump has 214 electoral votes so far.so we still is 56 to winThe White House, and with that, he will be able to remain in the White House for four more years.
Thus, Biden has been made from the states of: Wisconsin (10 votes), Arizona (11 votes), Minnesota (10 votes), Hawaii (4 votes), California (55 votes), Colorado (9 votes), New Hampshire (4 votes), Oregon (7 votes), Washington (12 votes), New Mexico (5 votes), Illinois (20 votes), Virginia (13 votes), and Maryland (10 votes), Delaware (3 votes), New Jersey (14 votes), New York (29 votes), Connecticut (7 votes), Rhode Island (4 votes), Massachusetts (11 votes), Vermont (3 votes), and the District of Columbia (3 votes).
While Donald Trump has been crowned in the states of: Texas (38 votes), Florida (29 votes), Ohio (18 votes), Montana (3 votes), Iowa (6 votes), Missouri (10 votes), Utah (6 votes), Idaho (4 votes), Kansas (6 votes), North Dakota and South Dakota (3 votes, respectively), Wyoming (3 votes) and Nebraska (5 votes) Oklahoma (7 votes), Arkansas (6 votes), Louisiana (8 votes), Mississippi (6 votes), Alabama (9 votes), Tennessee (11 votes), Kentucky (8 votes), Indiana (11 votes), West Virginia (5 votes), and South Carolina (9 votes).
Still 76 votes remain out of 538 that the Electoral College has. While still votes have not been cast in the states of: Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alaska.
It is worth noting that AP points out that in the case of North Carolinawhich equals 15 electoral votes, 94% of the votes have been counted, and so far, Trump is up with 50.1% of the vote, while Biden has 48.7%.
In the case of Georgia (16 electoral votes), Trump also leads with 50.2% of the vote, to Biden's 48.6%, with 95% of the votes having been counted.
Michigananother key state, which has 16 electoral votes, is leaning towards the Democratic contender, as with 99% of the votes counted, Biden leads with 49.6% compared to Trump's 48.9%.
Nevada also shows leaning toward Biden, who with 75% of votes counted gets 49.2% of the electorate, to Trump's 48.6%.
In the case of PennsylvaniaIn the first round of the election, the canvass gives Republican Donald Trump the edge with 52.7% of the vote compared to Biden's 46.2%, with 84% of the votes having been counted.
The measures R and Y -two opposing measures that address density limits, height limits and inclusive housing policies in the City of San Mateo's master plan-have yet to achieve the majority of votes needed for either to pass.
Unofficial election results released by San Mateo County at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday show that Measure Y had 49 percent of votes in favor whilst Measure R had 47 percent of votes in favor, less than the required majority for either of them to be approved.
The results will be updated Thursday at 4:30 p.m., and may differ from the final count on election night, as there are still ballots to be counted.
If Measure Y is approved, it would extend existing citywide density and height limits through 2030 and prevent developers from choosing not to meet the requirement for inclusion of housing to provide at least 10 percent affordable housing units - that is, below market rate units (BMR).
Supporters of Measure Y include a coalition of residents, former urban planning commissioners and several neighborhood associations. They argue that Measure Y will allow balanced city growth, avoid skyscrapers and support affordable housing by eliminating alternatives to inclusive housing policy.
If the Measure R, would also extend the current height and density limits until 2030 with some exceptions: it would allow the City to increase the limits in designated areas near Downtown, Hayward Park and Hillsdale Caltrain stations.
The Measure R would also allow for alternatives to inclusionary housing policy, such as entrance fees or expanded building spaces. Supporters of Measure R include the San Mateo County Housing Leadership Council, several housing developers, and a variety of nonprofits, among other organizations.
Supporters of Measure R argue that current density and height limits are not sufficient to meet the need for affordable housing, Measure R would allow efficient growth near roads, allowing residents to maximize the use of public transportation.
If both measures end up being approved, the measure with the most votes in favour will enter into force.
Currently, the San Mateo P measure dictates density and height limits. Building heights are limited to 55 feet (about five floors), and 75 feet (about seven floors) in exceptional cases.
Residential projects are limited to 50 units per acre. Measure P is scheduled to expire at the end of 2020.
If Measures R and Y are rejected, with no further action, the City Council would go through a general plan update process to amend density and height limits as well as inclusionary housing policies. The general plan update process is expected to be completed in 2023.
