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Americans happy Donald Trump lost

More Americans are happy that President Donald Trump lost his reelection bid than are happy that President-elect Joe Biden won the election, according to a Monmouth University poll. 

About one-third of the country said they are "happy" that Trump lost the Nov. 3 presidential election compared with one-quarter of Americans who say they are happy that Biden won.

An additional 18% said they were "satisfied" with Trump's loss, compared with 28% who were "dissatisfied" and 10% who were "angry." 

The poll also found a majority of the public disapproves of how Trump has handled the transition process, with one-third saying the delay is a major threat to national security. 26% of the public thinks that the stalling poses a minor threat, meaning a little over half of the country is concerned about the lagging process on national security grounds.

Trump moves to seek partial recount

President Donald Trump will seek a recount of ballots in liberal Wisconsin counties, hoping to overturn the election results in his favor.

Trump's campaign paid the state $3 million as of Wednesday morning to start a partial recount, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The campaign said it would seek a recount in the state's two most populous and liberal-leaning counties: Dane and Milwaukee.

Trump would have had to pay nearly $8 million to conduct a full statewide recount of Wisconsin, a state he narrowly lost two weeks ago by nearly 21,000 votes. A recount of certain counties costs less.

Georgia almost done with recount

Election officials in Georgia say they are on track to finish their weeklong hand recount of the presidential race before midnight Thursday and to have results released by noon.

Election administrators have finished recounting the 5 million ballots cast in the race for president, but 21 of the state’s 159 counties are still inputting their data, Gabriel Sterling, the state’s voting system manager, said Wednesday. 

These include some of the state’s largest counties, such as Fayette, DeKalb, Gwinnett and Cheatham. Georgia must certify its election results Friday by state law. 

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