Izigidi lezigidi zabantu beMelika lamhanje zikundwendwe zokuvota kukhetho lokusekela uMongameli Donald Trump webandla lamaRepublicans ukuthi aqhubeke esembusweni kumbe njalo ukuthi adedele kuMnu. Joe Biden ancintisana laye kulolukhetho lwalonyaka owebandla lamaDemocrats.
U-Biden usungule ilanga lakhe lokuvota ngokuya enkonzweni yamaKatolike esigabeni seDelaware. Abomkhankaso wakhe babika ukuba uzaphinda avakatshele emadolobheni amabili awesigabeni sePennsylvania andubana aphindele eDelaware lapho azakhulumisana labasekeli bakhe ntambama.
Umongameli Trump usungule ilanga lakhe lokuvota ngokukhuluma kuhlelo lukamabonakude olwe “Fox & Friends”, esithi uzazitsho ukuba usenqobile nxa esenqobile. Uzaphinda ayethekelele isigodlo sakhe lapho obekuqhutshelwa umkhankaso wokhetho esiphandle kwedolobho leWashington DC, andubana aphindele esigodlwenis akhe eseWhite House.
Emkhankasweni ngaphambilini kokhetho bekuphoselanwa aqhatha omunye lomunye esethesa omunye wakhe umlandu wokungabi lesithunzi eseneleyo sokukhokhela leli lizwe.
Abantu asebevotile ngaphambilini kosuku olwabekwayo lokuvota elikamhla ka 3 Lwezi, sebeyizigidi phose ezilukhulu-99 million emizameni yokuvimba ukuthelelanwa kweCovid 19, okulinani elikhulu kuqhathaniswa labavotayo ngomnyaka ka2016.
Okumangalisayo ngokhetho lweMelika yikuthi lanxa kunqoba othola amavoti amanengi ukwedlula abanye kukhetho lokudinga amalunga edale lephalamende eleCongress, oMeya bamadolobho labosibalukjhulu, onqoba kolokudinga umongameli akudingeki ukuthi athole amanengi kodwa kumele athole abayithi yiCollege Electoral Vote.
Isizatho esenza abancintisa kukhetho lokudinga umongameli bakhankase kakhulu kwezinye izigaba ukwedlula ezinye yikuthi yizo ezilamacollege electoral votes amanengi. Lezo zigaba yizo eziphiwa igama lokuthi ngama battleground states, ezinjenge Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, leWisconsin.
Kudingeka ukuthi onqobayo ukuze angene esigodlweni sikamongameli weMelika eseWhite House, kumele athole amacollege electoral votes angaba ngamakhulu amabili lamatshumi ayisikhombisa-270, phakathi kwengamakhulu edlula amahlanu aselizweni-538.
Ozatholake ukuthi ezinye izigaba zilamacollege electoral votes amanengi ukwedlula amanye ayiwo anikwa igama lokuthi ngama.