US Presidential: follow live the last hours before the election

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Who will be elected President of the United States on Tuesday, Democrat Joe Biden or incumbent President Donald Trump?

Since the beginning of October, the polls have given Joe Biden the lead.

But Democrats have learned the lesson of 2016 and prefer to remain cautious.

Especially since the ballot takes place in a tense atmosphere, after several months of exacerbation of tensions between the two camps.

Follow the situation live.

Information to remember

• Joe Biden is given the winner in the polls against Donald Trump

• The last hours before the ballot are marked by a tense context ...

• ... but also a record participation

A tense context

The last days of the campaign take place in a tense context.

Some cities, like Washington, fear that violence will erupt between supporters of both camps after the election.

The capital of the country has thus started to barricade itself for a few days and the police banned traffic on Tuesday in certain streets of the city.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly refused to make it clear that he will hand over power peacefully if defeated.

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Towards a record participation

Even before Tuesday's poll, 95 million Americans had already voted, either by post or at an early poll.

It's a record.

In some states, there are already more Americans who voted than in 2016. This high turnout can be explained by the fact that Democrats urged their voters to vote as early as possible.

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More reliable surveys than in 2016?

Joe Biden leads the polls, as Hillary Clinton did four years ago.

But this time the pollsters say they have improved their methods.

In addition, the differences between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the key states, the famous "swing states", are greater than in 2016. These differences have also been very stable from the start.

On Monday, ten points still separated Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

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Two very different campaigns ...

Throughout the campaign, the candidates marked their differences.

On Monday, Donald Trump held five meetings in four different states.

Republican activists have redoubled their efforts in the towing.

Meanwhile, Democratic activists opted for an online campaign, coronavirus oblige, while Joe Biden focused on his home state of Pennsylvania, where he spent all day Monday with his wife and running mate Kamala. Harris.

"Pennsylvania is crucial. Donald Trump won it four years ago with only 44,000 votes, so every vote counts," said the Democratic candidate.

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... and two programs too

Joe Biden and Donald Trump offer Americans two very different programs.

Often absent from American campaigns, health is this time at the center of the debates, due to the coronavirus.

The results and action of the outgoing president in this area are often at the center of discussions, especially as the Covid-19 continues to progress widely.

While Donald Trump is betting everything on the establishment of a vaccine, his opponent pleads for a more generalized wearing of the mask and a more effective tracing policy.

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But

is also Obamacare, this historic reform of health insurance, hated by Republicans.

Its outright removal is one of Donald Trump's campaign promises, which has already methodically unraveled during his first term.

Joe Biden instead proposes to restore it and extend it to almost the entire American population.

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On

, Donald Trump hand with an advantage.

His balance sheet speaks for him: sustained growth, unemployment at its lowest, and stock markets breaking the ceilings in New York.

For this campaign, he found a shock proposal: create 10 million jobs and a million small businesses in ten months.

If it remains unclear how to achieve this goal, the Republican President is trying to address the working classes.

Joe Biden, he wants to take the opposite view of his opponent.

He therefore proposes to tax the largest fortunes in the country more in order to ensure better redistribution.

And thus be able to increase, as he promises, the federal minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour (12.70 euros) against 7.50 at the present time.

The two candidates also stand out in the fight against

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