Tension reigns in the major US states that may soon be resolved as a result of the presidential elections, while President Donald Trump's camp has lost some of the lawsuits it launched to stop the vote count or exclude some of it.
It is expected that the winner will be known in the states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada Thursday evening local time, according to the officials in charge of the electoral process in those states.
"I think this day will be very positive for the Vice President," said Jennifer Dillon, campaign manager for Democratic candidate Joe Biden. "We are absolutely confident that Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States."
However, the atmosphere appears to be very tense on the street, as demonstrations were held for the second day by supporters of both camps in several cities on Thursday, with the counting of votes continuing.
The two teams' demonstrations
Supporters of both Biden and Trump demonstrated outside the vote counting center in Philadelphia, in the crucial state of Pennsylvania, on Thursday morning.
Biden supporters rallied around the slogan "Count every vote", as they see that counting all votes will show the Democratic candidate winning over Republican President Trump.
Supporters of the president responded by calling for "vote protection" in support of his campaign efforts to cancel some categories of ballot papers, including those delivered by mail.
The National Guard on the Streets of Philadelphia (Getty Images)
Discount expectations
Biden has only got to win one or two of the remaining major states to become the 46th president of the United States.
Biden now has 253 electoral college votes, or 264 if Arizona is counted.
The Associated Press and Fox News believe he won in Arizona, but other media outlets are still questioning the final result of this state due to the number of votes to be counted and the intensification of competition in the past hours.
Thus, Biden needs 6 or 17 of the electoral college votes to reach the 270 needed to win the presidency, and he may win these votes in Nevada (6), Georgia (16) or Pennsylvania (20).
Trump continues to appeal
On the other hand, President Trump continued to question the counting of votes, saying in a series of tweets on Twitter, "Stop the count," and "stop the fraud."
He said his campaign would challenge the results of all states that Biden won recently because of "voter fraud and state election fraud."
His campaign said it was preparing to initiate additional lawsuits in Pennsylvania and Nevada, and expected Trump to win the election by Friday evening.
Trump campaign officials announced during a press conference that they had prepared a lawsuit in Nevada to challenge votes they said were illegal because they belonged to dead people or people who moved their residency outside the state in light of the Corona pandemic.
However, some of the court actions taken by the Trump campaign were unsuccessful, as a Michigan judge rejected the campaign's case to stop the state vote count.
Judge Cynthia Stevens issued the verdict orally during Thursday's hearing, and said she intended to deliver the verdict in writing on Friday.
And in Chatham County, Georgia, a judge dismissed a Republican lawsuit challenging the validity of dozens of late-arriving votes.
Meanwhile, CNN quoted an advisor to Trump as saying that the president discussed with his aides preparing for the presidential race in 2024 if he loses this election, indicating that he leaves the door open to accept defeat in the end.