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BIDEN BY: CAMILO FLORIDO
THIS IS HOW THE ELECTIONS WENT IN THE U.S.
The United States elected its president in a rather difficult democratic exercise, the Republican and current president Donald Trump obtained 73,703,868 million votes, reaching 232 Electoral College votes, against the Democrat Joe Biden who reached a majority by a short difference of 79,687,090 million votes, thus reaching 306 Electoral College votes, which makes him the 46th president of The United States. This lets us see that the country is divided or balanced between Democrats and Republicans, considering that the North American nation has an average population of 328.2 million inhabitants and where an average of 153.3 million citizens participated in these elections. One of the most valuable data of this democratic exercise is that for the first time a woman comes to the position of Vice President of the United
States, Kamala Harris. The big losers were the polls that did not predict this reality. These elections represented a new great opportunity for the Hispanic community, where according to historical data, there was a greater participation by citizens of Hispanic roots, they played a fundamental role in determining the new president of the United States. Both candidates looked for Hispanics to be able to add votes in these elections, which is an example of how today the Spanish-speaking community has become one of the most important minorities in the United States. The promises of the new president on immigration matters are: • Revoking the cancellation of t 'green cards' for new immigrants. • End the separation of families on the southern border. • Restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program • Facilitate the process to acquire US citizenship. • Cancel the construction of the wall on the border between Mexico and the United States. In this way begins a new chapter in the history of the United States.
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