Government leaders scrambled to digest the delay and ordinary people swapped views, hopes and fears on feeds and phones. “I’m hearing it may take some time before things are sorted out,” said the finance minister of Japan, Taro Aso. “I have no idea how it may affect us.”In Paris, a Spanish resident, Javier Saenz, was stunned to wake up without a declared winner. In a year turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic, many states made it easier to vote by mail. “Africa used to learn American democracy, America is now learning African democracy,” tweeted Nigerian Sen. Shehu Sani, reflecting a common view from some on a continent long used to troubled elections and US criticism of them.

Source: Manila Times November 04, 2020 15:56 UTC