Trump’s advisers: We are skeptical about the number of silent votes and are waiting for the results

According to Isna, the advisors of Donald Trump, the former president of the United States and the candidate of the Republican Party of the United States, with the official start of the last day of the election on November 5 (today, November 15), are cautiously optimistic about how Trump will perform today and believe that their success or failure In these final hours, in the end, it depends on one issue, which is the outcome of the election.

CNN reported that one of Trump’s senior advisers told the network: “We feel that we are in a position where if the people who we think are going to show up for President Trump do so, he will win.” . So, it depends on whether we achieve it or not. It’s close, really close. It all boils down to the election result and that’s all we’re focused on right now.

Trump advisers say they see Trump as his strongest performer this election cycle, especially when you compare public opinion polls to 2016 and 2020.

His advisers pointed to the latest poll by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal in the run-up to the 2020 election, which showed current US President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party’s national candidate at the time leading among registered voters by more than 10 points. has

One area of ​​concern, however, that emerges from the data, and is acknowledged privately by advisers and people close to Trump, is that the number of voters who were once considered Trump’s “silent votes” has declined.

A person close to Trump told CNN about this: While before, the election result may have come as a surprise to him, especially in 2016 and many people did not say anything about their vote and this was not recorded in the election data, it is not clear that this Let’s witness such a unique event once again.

The last day of voting for the 2024 US presidential election officially began on Tuesday evening Tehran time, Tuesday morning Eastern US time.

Polls are reportedly open in New Hampshire, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia.

About 81 million Americans had voted in person or by mail in presidential, congressional, gubernatorial and local elections before Tuesday, more than half of all votes cast in 2020. About 159 million Americans voted in the 2020 US presidential election.

230 million Americans are eligible to vote, but only about 160 million of them are registered. However, almost half of the 50 US states allow registration on the main election day.

Early mail-in and in-person voting have long been in place, however state laws vary and some do not allow them to be counted until after the election officially closes.

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