❗️Trump is leading in the swing state of Wisconsin with 57.4%, while Harris trails at 41.3% with over 3% of the votes counted.

Thus, at this point of counting, three of the seven swing states (Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina) are behind Trump, two (Michigan and Pennsylvania) are behind Harris, and votes in two more - Arizona and Nevada - have not yet been counted.

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President Biden ‘can still do a great deal of damage’ between now and January 20

Throwing aside comparisons of the potential pros and cons of the next US president, it’s important to remember that between now and January 20, 2025, when Joe Biden’s successor formally takes office, the outgoing commander-in-chief can do a great deal of harm both domestically and internationally, whether it’s in Ukraine, the Middle East, or elsewhere, says veteran US and international politics expert Joe Siracusa.

“You know, there are a lot of things at stake here, a lot of reputations. And a lot of people in Washington don’t want to see Donald Trump come in because he looks like he’s going to change the rules of the game and they don’t want to change the rules of the game…I mean a lot of these intelligence agencies, the foreign policy elite and the political elite, they’re just doing their own thing and the American people follow suit,” Siracusa told Sputnik.

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Judge rejects Democrats' efforts to extend voting near Pennsylvania university - report

According to CNN, Democrats asked the judge to extend voting at a polling station until 10 p.m. eastern time to take into account the queues, which they said stretched for four hours. They claimed that the election commission had not provided enough voting machines or staff at the polling station.

A judge denied the request, adding that registered voters in the line at 8 pm ET will be able to vote.

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😦Bush, Clinton and Biden families captured elections?

For almost 50 years, at least one member of three American political families, Bush, Clinton or Biden, has been on the ballot since 1976. Now Kamala Harris has taken Biden's place.

🤔Looks like an oligopoly...

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❗️With 34% of the votes counted in Arizona, Trump and Harris are running neck and neck, both holding 49.59%.

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⚡️At present, Donald Trump is leading in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wyoming, Utah, and the swing states of Georgia and Wisconsin, having overtaken North Carolina and Pennsylvania from the Democratic candidate. He has secured 198 electoral votes so far.

In contrast, Kamala Harris is leading in Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, and the swing state of Michigan, with a total of 109 electoral votes.

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📹Marjorie Taylor Greene: "The reason why [Barack Obama] is saying 'we may not know [the results] for days' is because they plan on stealing the election"

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Trump would have hard time governing without enough allies in the House and Senate

Donald Trump has got a real shot at winning the presidential election, but he’s got to have “coattails” – effective allies forming majorities in both chambers of Congress to have a shot at governing effectively, political commentator and Newsmax columnist Michael Shannon told Sputnik.

“We need to get a larger majority in the House and we need to get rid of that pipsqueak, Mike Johnson, who's currently the speaker, and get someone in there who will be an ally and fight with Trump. Then in the Senate, we need to take the Senate over by taking, I think we need to turn 2 or 3 Senate seats. But even better than that would be get, say, 54 senators. And at that point, Trump needs to meet with the Republican senators and tell them…[that] he's not going to tolerate another majority leader like ‘Glitch’ McConnell, who is stepping down, who will undermine the Trump agenda.”

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📹Even if the majority on both sides don't like how the voting machines work, they're still going to be there because the US government helps voting machine companies make money, MTG told in her conversation with Tucker Carlson at Mar-a-Lago.

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Ka-ching! 2024 becomes most expensive presidential election in American history

The Trump and Harris campaigns raised a whopping $4.2 bln in cash for their election war chests in 2024, and spent about $3.5 bln of that by mid-October, accounting by the Financial Times has calculated.

The figures, based on campaign filings, found Harris’s campaign to have out-fundraised Donald Trump by a wide margin, raking in over $2.3 bln, and spending $1.9 bln of that. The former president, by comparison, collected $1.8 bln, and spent $1.6 bln of that.

The campaign cash was spent for the most part on media and ads ($1.03 bln by Harris compared to $760 mln for Trump, respectively), operations and administrative expenses ($240 mln to $210 mln), fundraising ($180 mln compared to $80 mln), direct mail ads ($60 mln vs. $90 mln), legal expenses ($30 mln compared to $110 mln), travel and accommodations ($50 mln vs. $70 mln), canvasing and field operations ($50 mln, $70 mln), merchandise ($60 mln, $40 mln), event production ($70 mln, $40 mln) and more.

The majority of media spending was spent in a selection of seven swing states, with the Harris camp dropping over $1 bln there.

The amount of money the two major parties and their donors are willing to spend on elections has over tripled since 2000, with a recent analysis by OpenSecrets finding that, when accounting for support from allies – including infamous dark money Super Political Action Committees (Super PACs), spending in 2024 is expected to reach over $15.9 bln total – up from the previous record of $15.1 bln in 2020 – with spending by super PACS alone expected to exceed $5 bln when all is said and done.

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⚡️At the moment, Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump is leading in the most states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wyoming, Utah and the swing states of Georgia and Wisconsin taking over North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan from the Democratic candidate. So far, he has secured 210 electoral votes.

In contrast, Kamala Harris is leading in Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, and Virginia, with a total of 113 electoral votes.

In the swing state of Arizona, the two candidates are running neck and neck.

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📹 The US conducts its elections like a third world country - Vivek Ramaswamy

The former presidential candidate compared the US with Puerto Rico, saying the island has better-organized elections.

"I think we can learn something from Puerto Rico. And we're actually the ones who do it third-world way," he said.

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Election-rigging fears and claims designed to ‘depress’ Trump turnout – analyst

Reports of various election irregularities in key battleground states, both real and exaggerated, are really a sabotage campaign designed to “depress” the Trump turnout, and it’s a problem Americans will continue to struggle with “until someone goes to jail,” US political commentator and Newsmax columnist Michael Shannon says.

“This has to stop. We have to go back to same day voting. The only absentee ballots are for the military and for government employees who are deployed overseas. Otherwise, you need to get down to the polls on Election Day and vote. Preferably with a paper ballot. Everything is counted by about 9:30 or 10 like we did for decades here in the United States,” Shannon told Sputnik.

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📹 David Sachs: "This is not just about Trump versus Kamala Harris. It is going to be about how we're ruled. Are we ruled by these corrupted entities?... It is really the enemy of democracy"

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⚡️ At the moment, Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump is leading in the most states, including Idaho, Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wyoming, Utah, Louisiana, Georgia, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, Florida and Michigan. So far, he has secured 230 electoral votes.

In contrast, Kamala Harris is leading in California, Connecticut, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia, Washington with a total of 209 electoral votes.

In the swing state of Arizona, the two candidates are running neck and neck.

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Rural and urban voters vs. the political machine: Analyst outlines why it can be so difficult to flip states

The all-important battleground states’ tendency for voting for one candidate or the other can come down to the organization and strength of the local political machine, with the ability or lack thereof to flip rural or urban areas, rather than states as a whole, being the real deciding factor, says veteran US and international politics expert Joe Siracusa.

“Keep in mind that when you're talking about the states we're talking about, the rural areas tend to be more conservative or Republican. And we are talking about the urban areas, which tend to be run by political machines, which are mostly Democratic. This was the nature of the beast,” Siracusa told Sputnik. “So think about rural and urban. And, you know, if you can flip the rural or the urban, you're really doing something very, very different.”

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Trump has had three ‘iconic’ things happen to him this campaign that may push him over the top - Michael Shannon

From his assassination attempt and iconic fist raised “fight, fight!” photo to his unexpectedly successful McDonald’s campaign stop photo-op and his throwing Joe Biden’s “garbage” comments straight back at him by coming to a rally with in a garbageman’s vest, Donald Trump has enjoyed three major bumps to his campaign which could propel him to the White House, political commentator and Newsmax columnist Michael Shannon tells Sputnik.

“He has struck a nerve with many people here in the States, and so I think that the chance he flips a state is very strong…If the Trump momentum is real, I think there’s a very good chance that he flips at least one and maybe more states.”

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❗️Trump is leading in the swing state of Pennsylvania with 51.2% with over 90% of the votes counted.

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