2020 US presidential election: nearly 80% of Americans believe Biden won the election

Casei 80% of Americans – Of which more than half of the Republicans -, recognize the elected president Joe biden as winner of presidential elections.

According to a Reuters / Ipsos poll, 79% of respondents believe Biden won the race for the White Housewhile another 13% said the election has yet to be decided. On the other hand, only 3% said Trump won and 5% said they didn’t know. The results were divided according to partisan criteria: approximately six out of ten republicans And almost all the Democrats said Biden won.

Meanwhile, the campaign team of Asset advanced today with his judicial strategy: the team went to federal court to judge prevent Michigan from certifying election results. Trump lost the state by about 148,000 votes (2.6 percentage points) based on the total unofficial votes in Michigan. The lawsuit was filed a day after Biden called Trump’s refusal to concede defeat “shameful”.

Michigan State Department spokesperson Jake Rollow said in a statement that the Asset this promote false accusations erode public confidence in national elections. “It doesn’t change the truth: Michigan’s election was conducted in a fair, secure and transparent manner, and the results faithfully reflect the popular will,” Rollow said.

Featured Republican lawmakers and others Trump allies approved the president’s strategy, claiming he has the right to challenge election results. Judges, however, have already ruled out some of the lawsuits and legal experts believe the litigation has little chance of changing the election result.

For its part, Biden keep working on transition. The president-elect has appointed finance, trade and banking regulatory experts to a transition team that includes mainstream Democrats and progressive activists, reflecting the debate his party is experiencing on how to tackle climate change, wealth inequalities and other issues.

The government of Asset does not cooperate with the team Biden, who has not yet been able to relocate to federal government offices or receive funds to hire staff.