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2020 US Presidential election results may take more days, pollster says

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Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/11/05/20201105-newyork-protest-rtr.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>People attend a &quot;Count Every Vote&quot; rally the day after the US election in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, November 4, 2020.<em> Jeenah Moon, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — It could take a few more days before the winner in the 2020 US presidential elections emerges as the counting continues, according to an American public opinion pollster. </p><p>John Zogby, founder of Zogby Strategies, said the timeline may be further delayed if there are court challenges from either side. </p><p>A winner may be projected by Friday or Saturday at the earliest, if there will be no court challenges said Zogby. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/11/05/20/candidates-refusal-to-accept-defeat-in-us-elections-a-challenge-to-democracy-civil-order-pollster">Candidates&#x27; refusal to accept defeat in US elections, a challenge to democracy, civil order: pollster</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/11/05/20/close-race-means-americans-did-not-reject-trump-pollster">Close race means Americans did not reject Trump: pollster</a></li></ul><p>Votes that remain to be counted are mail-in or absentee ballots. Polls indicate that Democratic challenger Joe Biden won early voters by about 17 percentage points while President Donald Trump took at least a 10-point advantage among election day voters. </p><p>“In terms of counting the ballots then, we knew that there was going to be a big huge blue wave before the election, big red wave the day of the election, but then those who voted before the election will not be fully counted until today, tomorrow, Friday, into Saturday,” he said in a press briefing organized by the US Department of State’s Foreign Press Centers.</p><p>“But then let me add a further caveat to that which is that because these states are [very] close, expect in the first instance a recount of these ballots which then would postpone the results at least another few days,” he added. </p><p>Vote counting in Pennsylvania is expected to be a “long, arduous process” where there are still more than a million votes to be counted as of Thursday morning. </p><p>Because of this, according to Zogby, it may take a “long time” if disputes or automatic recounts will be taken into account. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5SwGOb6V69Q?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>“It seems to me like the more realistic scenario is to get some sort of count and projective winners by the end of this week, meaning Friday or Saturday. But then you get into the recounts and the challenges. If there are no challenges, it’s conceivable that we know who the next president is by the end of this week,” he said. </p><p>Trump on election night vowed to mount a <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/11/05/20/as-biden-wins-wisconsin-trump-team-seeks-recount">legal challenge</a> before the Supreme Court wanting “all voting to stop.” </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/11/05/20/rigged-election-trumps-long-running-fraud-claims">&#x27;Rigged election&#x27;: Trump&#x27;s long-running fraud claims</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/11/05/20/us-supreme-court-may-not-have-final-say-in-presidential-election-despite-trump-threat">US Supreme Court may not have final say in presidential election, despite Trump threat</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/04/20/expert-says-up-to-ph-leaders-to-see-opportunity-whoever-wins-2020-us-presidential-elections">Expert says up to PH leaders to see opportunity whoever wins 2020 US Presidential elections</a></li></ul>

<p>It could take a few more days before the winner in the 2020 US presidential elections emerges as the counting continues, according to an American public opinion pollster. </p>

It could take a few more days before the winner in the 2020 US presidential elections emerges as the counting continues, according to an American public opinion pollster.

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2020 US Presidential election results may take more days, pollster says

Willard Cheng,

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Published November 05, 2020 04:45 PM PHT

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