2023-09-13 20:33:38
Berlin – On Wednesday night, America will decide between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. You can find out here where you can watch the US election on TV and when the first results can be expected.
Where can you watch the US election on German TV?
Die ARD accompanies the US election on Tuesday from 10:45 p.m. until at least seven in the morning. Moderator Jörg Schönenborn provides analyzes and figures. Sandra Maischberger will accompany the US presidential election on the first and is part of the show.
The ZDF starts at 12:15 a.m. and also reports on the US election until seven in the morning. According to the broadcaster, the first forecasts and results should be available from one o’clock German time.
At RTL it starts at midnight. “Experience shows that the broadcaster expects a final result early in the morning”. The RTL early magazine starts at four o’clock with a focus on the US election.
Sat.1 starts with the latest coverage of the US election with the news at 3:05 a.m.
The news station reports from 10 p.m N-TV to six a.m. continuously reporting on forecasts, projections, results and analyses.
The news channel N24 reports live from 12:10 a.m. on the fight for the White House.
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3sat broadcasts ORF’s US election coverage. On election night, Austrian presenter Armin Wolf, among others, reports live from Washington – from 12:20 a.m. The News Channel Phoenix its live election program begins at midnight.
When do the polling stations close?
There are six time zones in the USA – this means that when the polling stations on the East Coast close, voting is still taking place in California, for example. The first polling stations close at midnight our time – in Kentucky and Indiana. On the west coast – California, Oregon and Washington – voters can cast their votes until five a.m. German time. The last state is Alaska. Some polling stations there don’t close until seven in the morning. In swing states such as Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, voting can take place until one or two o’clock.
What are swing states and why are they so important?
The so-called swing voter states are particularly hotly contested because the majority’s decision is extremely close. This makes them particularly important for the election campaign. The US newspaper “Politico” has identified eleven such swing states. This is where the US election campaign will be decided. Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania are particularly popular because they determine more electors than other states. They elect the US President and his Vice President on behalf of the American people. Each state sends a certain number of electors, which depends on the size of the state. Whoever gets the majority of votes in a state wins all the electoral votes. In Florida, for example, there are 29. To win, a candidate needs at least 270 of the 538 electoral votes.
When can a result be expected?
Traditionally, the village of Dixville Notch in the state of New Hampshire is the first place to publish its results – because the village only has twelve residents. Shortly following midnight the result will be known and published here. However, no one is expected to be crowned the winner of the presidential election before five in the morning. At this point, at least 81 electoral votes are still missing. Everything depends on how quickly the votes are counted. In the last US election in 2012, several television networks declared Barack Obama the winner of the election at 5:15 a.m. following the polls closed in California and the result from the swing state Ohio was also forecast. California, on the West Coast, is the most populous state. The candidate who wins here gets 55 electoral votes.
Our live blog
We will also accompany you through election night. From 11 p.m. you will receive all the important news, forecasts and results in our live blog.
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