Pizza, marijuana, alcohol and Fox News triumph in U.S. election

After a second election night where the presidential race for the White House was marked by the narrow margins of difference between the two candidates in the “pivotal state”, the FOX television station, marijuana and pizza emerged like the others . general election winners in the United States.

In addition to voting for current Republican and President Donald Trump or Democratic candidate Joe Biden, Americans voted for members of the Senate, Congress, Governors, Sherriffs, other municipal offices and even some States have asked its citizens about the legalization of recreational marijuana use and other issues.

A total of four states voted to legalize the use of recreational cannabis, as well as the nation’s capital, Washington DC, while Oregon became the first state to approve possession of small amounts of the considered hard drugs, including cocaine, heroin, oxycodine and methamphetamines.

Oregn also voted in favor of decriminalizing the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms, while New Jersey, Arizona, Montana, and South Dakota are the four states joining the legalization of marijuana. About a third of all states across the country currently allow recreational use of this substance, although at the federal level it is still legally sanctioned.

Pizza, sushi or alochol, the most popular

On the other hand, the wait that surrounded the elections, both during the electoral campaign and on election night, had the media as another of its protagonists, especially since it is they who launch the projections. that the voters of a state give to one candidate or another.

However, Fox News TV was the favorite to follow the frantic coverage of the elections through the show hosted by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, which averaged 13.8 million viewers, a record for a program of news from US cable television covering Election Night.

Another aspect that united Americans on the night of Tuesday, November 3 was food, drink and marijuana. Throughout the night, food and drink delivery services, as well as marijuana sales, saw very high levels of demand, according to U.S. media.

For example, home alcoholic beverage delivery service Drizly ensured that its sales increased 68% from previous Tuesdays, while Eaze, a home marijuana delivery service in California, saw an increase. Sales. 18 percent.

On the same Tuesday, Google Trends wrote on its Twitter account that the top searches at the time were for “pizza, Chinese food, liquor stores, sushi and Mexican food.”

Despite these “triumphs,” all eyes remain on the vote count that follows in most states to determine who ultimately will be the new occupant of the Oval Office, amid the tension between “counting all the votes” that has been defended. Biden, who benefits from the postal vote, and demands that current President Trump is making to either stop the tally or question his legitimacy.