Americans by the millions waited patiently to cast their ballots at libraries, schools and arenas across the United States on Tuesday, in an orderly show of civic duty that belied the deep tensions of one of the most polarizing presidential campaigns in the country's history.

US Election 2020: US Election Day gets off to an orderly start

After a rancorous presidential campaign that exposed the depth of the political divisions in the United States, Americans streamed to the polls on Tuesday to choose either incumbent Donald Trump or challenger Joe Biden to lead a pandemic-battered nation for the next four years.

Polling booths open in several states | US Election 2020 LIVE updates from New York

As polling in US elections gathers pace, President Trump declared that "we should be entitled to know who won on November 3". "You have to have a date, and the date happens to be November 3," the US President said during his visit to Republican National Committee offices in Arlington, Virginia.

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US election 2020:&nbsp;The incumbent President of the United States, Donald Trump&nbsp;is currently vying for a second run in the White House against Democratic hopeful Joe Biden. Over the last few months, representatives of both the Republican party and the Democratic party have attacked each other on various issues, ranging from the effectiveness of masks, and external interference in the elections. But on the day of reckoning, all could be seen using available platforms to urge the American people to exercise their democratic right.&nbsp;

Incumbent President Donald Trump posted a clip showcasing the basic ideals of his presidency. Take a look.

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His rival in the election, Democrat Joe Biden posted an image saying "Let's make history".

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Let’s make history, <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KamalaHarris</a>. <a href="https://t.co/JKF6spZZd0">pic.twitter.com/JKF6spZZd0</a>
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Biden's Vice President hopeful Kamala Harris had a lot to say! Read below.

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One day, our children and grandchildren are going to look us in the eye and ask what we did in this moment. 
 
And I want to be able to say, we did everything we could to fight for our country and their future. Go vote.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1323709075801153537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Joe Biden shared another message:&nbsp;

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This is our moment to choose: 
 
Hope over fear. 
Unity over division. 
Science over fiction. 
Truth over lies. 
 
Vote: <a href="https://t.co/eoxT07d7QB">https://t.co/eoxT07d7QB</a>
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1323722695297695745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Trump's 2016 rival, Hillary Clinton who lost the 2016 elections directly referred to climate change, and urged Americans to vote like the future is watching.

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Vote like the future's watching. <a href="https://t.co/CaL2VUJ1EG">https://t.co/CaL2VUJ1EG</a>
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1323692471252062208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Trump's daughter Ivanka, who has been fiercely involved in campaigning for US elections hit out with the following:

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Let’s do this!! 🇺🇸<a href="https://t.co/MGWt09vs6m">https://t.co/MGWt09vs6m</a> 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vote?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Vote</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vote2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Vote2020</a> <a href="https://t.co/3x8d4eOWW3">pic.twitter.com/3x8d4eOWW3</a>
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VOTE for the PEACE✌️President — ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>⁩ is leading with strength and ending the endless foreign wars! <a href="https://t.co/PaiKeKGRmu">pic.twitter.com/PaiKeKGRmu</a>
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/1323714551121141760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama called on the people to go out and make their voices heard.

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TODAY is Election Day. There are no do overs. Show up, have your voice heard, and vote. <a href="https://t.co/9gwUiQQ22l">https://t.co/9gwUiQQ22l</a>
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/1323696842132082688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Dr Jill Biden, who is married to Democratic hopeful Joe Biden also shared a message on election day:

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Can you imagine waking up on a Saturday morning and the headlines aren’t about some late-night tweet-storm? 
 
I can. We just need to vote.
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Harris' husband also tweeted in support of his wife. Take a look.

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From all staff/family call last night. I’m so proud of ⁦my wife ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KamalaHarris</a>⁩ even prouder of this entire ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a>⁩ team. Let’s get this done! <a href="https://t.co/XK4mUFnwM6">pic.twitter.com/XK4mUFnwM6</a>
— Doug Emhoff (@DouglasEmhoff) <a href="https://twitter.com/DouglasEmhoff/status/1323707747225997344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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US election 2020: The incumbent President of the United States, Donald Trump is currently vying for a second run in the White House against Democratic hopeful Joe Biden.

US election 2020: The incumbent President of the United States, Donald Trump is currently vying for a second run in the White House against Democratic hopeful Joe Biden. Over the last few months, representatives of both the Republican party and the Democratic party have attacked each other on various issues, ranging from the effectiveness of masks, and external interference in the elections. But on the day of reckoning, all could be seen using available platforms to urge the American people to exercise their democratic right. Incumbent President Donald Trump posted a clip showcasing the basic ideals of his presidency. Take a look. pic.twitter.com/zX4bqgtWqH — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2020 × His rival in the election, Democrat Joe Biden posted an image saying "Let's make history". Let’s make history, @KamalaHarris. pic.twitter.com/JKF6spZZd0 — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 3, 2020 × Biden's Vice President hopeful Kamala Harris had a lot to say! Read below. One day, our children and grandchildren are going to look us in the eye and ask what we did in this moment. And I want to be able to say, we did everything we could to fight for our country and their future. Go vote. — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 3, 2020 × Joe Biden shared another message: This is our moment to choose: Hope over fear. Unity over division. Science over fiction. Truth over lies. Vote: https://t.co/eoxT07d7QB — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 3, 2020 × Trump's 2016 rival, Hillary Clinton who lost the 2016 elections directly referred to climate change, and urged Americans to vote like the future is watching. Vote like the future's watching. https://t.co/CaL2VUJ1EG — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 3, 2020 × Trump's daughter Ivanka, who has been fiercely involved in campaigning for US elections hit out with the following: Let’s do this!! 🇺🇸https://t.co/MGWt09vs6m #Vote #Vote2020 pic.twitter.com/3x8d4eOWW3 — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) November 3, 2020 × VOTE for the PEACE✌️President — ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ is leading with strength and ending the endless foreign wars! pic.twitter.com/PaiKeKGRmu — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) November 3, 2020 × Former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama called on the people to go out and make their voices heard. TODAY is Election Day. There are no do overs. Show up, have your voice heard, and vote. https://t.co/9gwUiQQ22l — Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) November 3, 2020 × Dr Jill Biden, who is married to Democratic hopeful Joe Biden also shared a message on election day: Can you imagine waking up on a Saturday morning and the headlines aren’t about some late-night tweet-storm? I can. We just need to vote. — Dr. Jill Biden (@DrBiden) November 3, 2020 × Harris' husband also tweeted in support of his wife. Take a look. From all staff/family call last night. I’m so proud of ⁦my wife ⁦@KamalaHarris⁩ even prouder of this entire ⁦@JoeBiden⁩ team. Let’s get this done! pic.twitter.com/XK4mUFnwM6 — Doug Emhoff (@DouglasEmhoff) November 3, 2020 ×

US election 2020: Here's how American leaders are urging people to go out and vote

As the US elections results turn into a cliffhanger, President Trump addressed his supporters with First Lady Melania by his side&nbsp;as he thanked the American people for their support.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-election-2020-result-live-update-donald-trump-joe-biden-votes-tally-president-predictions-begins-vote-count-how-to-follow-the-2020-us-election-results-from-india-Trump-wins-Kentucky-joe-Biden-Vermont-340293">| Live Blog: Biden predicts victory in knife-edge presidential race</a>

"This is a major fraud on our country so we are going to Supreme Court&nbsp;as far as I&nbsp;am concerned we have already won it," Trump said.

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"I want to thank the First Lady, my entire family, VP Pence and his wife. The results tonight have been phenomenal such a vote, such a success, this is a record," the US president said.

"We won Ohio, we won Texas by 700,000 votes, they don't even include tabulations," <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/donald-trump-jr-tweets-image-showing-jammu-and-kashmir-in-pakistan-340416">Trump</a>&nbsp;said. "It is also clear that we won Georgia. They will never be able to catch us.&nbsp;We won North Carolina. They can't catch us," the US president said.

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According to US media exit poll results, President Donald Trump has won Florida beating his Democratic rival Joe Biden in the vital battleground state.

"In Arizona, we have a lot of light in that. Certainly, there are a lot of votes. We don't need that, there is a possibility, a good possibility. Most importantly we are winning Pennsylvania," Trump asserted.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-election-result-2020-they-are-trying-to-steal-the-elections-alleges-trump-340404">Also Read | US Election Result 2020: They are trying to steal the elections, alleges Trump</a>

"We are up 690,000. It is impossible to catch us. We are winning Michigan, I looked at the numbers and I was like, wow that's a lot."

"We are winning Wisconsin. We don't need all of that. The Governor called me to congratulate me for winning Texas, he said, by the way, what is going on, I have not seen anything like this," he said.

As the US elections results turn into a cliffhanger, President Trump addressed his supporters with First Lady Melania by his side as he thanked the American people for their support.

As the US elections results turn into a cliffhanger, President Trump addressed his supporters with First Lady Melania by his side as he thanked the American people for their support. | Live Blog: Biden predicts victory in knife-edge presidential race "This is a major fraud on our country so we are going to Supreme Court as far as I am concerned we have already won it," Trump said. Watch: "I want to thank the First Lady, my entire family, VP Pence and his wife. The results tonight have been phenomenal such a vote, such a success, this is a record," the US president said. "We won Ohio, we won Texas by 700,000 votes, they don't even include tabulations," Trump said. "It is also clear that we won Georgia. They will never be able to catch us. We won North Carolina. They can't catch us," the US president said. Also Read: We are on track to win the elections, says Joe Biden According to US media exit poll results, President Donald Trump has won Florida beating his Democratic rival Joe Biden in the vital battleground state. "In Arizona, we have a lot of light in that. Certainly, there are a lot of votes. We don't need that, there is a possibility, a good possibility. Most importantly we are winning Pennsylvania," Trump asserted. Also Read | US Election Result 2020: They are trying to steal the elections, alleges Trump "We are up 690,000. It is impossible to catch us. We are winning Michigan, I looked at the numbers and I was like, wow that's a lot." "We are winning Wisconsin. We don't need all of that. The Governor called me to congratulate me for winning Texas, he said, by the way, what is going on, I have not seen anything like this," he said.

US Election Result 2020: They will never be able to catch us, we have already won, says Trump

Lines of honking SUVs, pickup trucks and motorcycles, flying flags for US President Donald Trump are raising&nbsp;security&nbsp;concerns,&nbsp;election&nbsp;experts&nbsp;say&nbsp;- particularly on the country's last&nbsp;day&nbsp;of voting.

One of the&nbsp;caravans, known as "Trump Trains," sparked a confrontation on a highway outside Austin, Texas, on Friday, when it surrounded a campaign bus for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, and one member allegedly sideswiped a car, leading to&nbsp;an FBI investigation. On Sunday, a Trump caravan in Richmond, Virginia left the roadway to drive on the grass near the Lee Monument, Richmond police said on Facebook. Members allegedly pepper sprayed a woman, police said, and they are investigating reports that an unoccupied car was shot.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-election-2020-fbi-investigating-calls-urging-tens-of-thousands-of-people-to-stay-at-home-on-election-day-340243" hreflang="en">US election 2020: FBI investigating calls urging 'tens of thousands of people' to stay at home on election day</a>

A slew of Trump Train events are planned for Tuesday, the United States' official&nbsp;Election&nbsp;Day, according to posts on Facebook and interviews with organizers. Several are advertised as ending or going past polling stations.&nbsp;Election&nbsp;security&nbsp;experts&nbsp;say&nbsp;they are&nbsp;concerned the rallies could break laws, intimidate voters or spiral into violent confrontations.

"The Austin thing shows that it's not noise," said Michael Greenberger, the director of the Center for Health and Homeland&nbsp;Security&nbsp;at the University of Maryland.

"Disruption tomorrow is going to be the kind of thing that we haven't seen in our prior federal&nbsp;elections," he predicts.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-elections-2020-country-entitled-to-know-who-won-on-november-3-says-trump-340238" hreflang="en">US Elections 2020: Country entitled to know who won on November 3, says Trump</a>

Most Trump Train events have gone off peacefully, and the three organizers who Reuters spoke to Monday&nbsp;stressed that they condemn what happened in Texas.

A Reuters review of public Facebook events Monday&nbsp;afternoon found about a dozen "Trump Train"&nbsp;caravans&nbsp;planned for&nbsp;Election&nbsp;Day. More are likely to be organized through private groups,&nbsp;experts&nbsp;said.

Several public itineraries include plans to drive past, or through, polling locations. State and federal laws make voter intimidation illegal, and many states have laws https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/electioneering.aspx against campaigning on or near polling stations.

One such event, organized on Facebook in southeastern Maryland's Wicomico County, outlines a route that goes past the Civic Center and the "election&nbsp;office." The organizer, who gave his name as Mark F. when contacted through Facebook, told Reuters the caravan of vehicles plans to slowly drive through the parking lot of the Civic Center, one of the county's nine voting centers.

Election&nbsp;officials have asked him to change the route, he said, but as of Monday&nbsp;afternoon he hadn't decided whether to accede to their request and drive on the road next to the site instead.

"There's nobody that can stop us," he said, arguing that Trump supporters had the right to be on county property making a last-minute appeal to voters. "I'm going to let everybody know that Biden's not the way to go," he said.

In Pics:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/us-election-2020-heres-what-voting-looks-like-in-uncertain-times-340260" hreflang="en">US election 2020: Here's what voting looks like in uncertain times</a>

He timed the event for about 3:15 in the afternoon, when he said he thinks the site will be most heavily crowded with voters.

Trump retweeted a video of the Austin caravan on Saturday, commenting "I LOVE TEXAS!" The Trump campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about Tuesday's planned&nbsp;caravans.

Greenberg, who is advising officials on&nbsp;security&nbsp;at polling places, said he hoped the incident in Texas would deter more extreme Trump supporters.

"I think having the FBI&nbsp;saying they're looking at Austin&nbsp;may&nbsp;cause some people, not everyone, to think twice about interference."

For more stories on the US election, click&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/us-election">here</a>

For live updates, click&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/live-us-election-2020-donald-trump-joe-biden-more-than-98-million-voted-to-elect-the-next-president-340039">here</a>

Lines of honking SUVs, pickup trucks and motorcycles, flying flags for US President Donald Trump are raising security concerns, election experts say - particularly on the country's last day of voting.

Lines of honking SUVs, pickup trucks and motorcycles, flying flags for US President Donald Trump are raising security concerns, election experts say - particularly on the country's last day of voting. One of the caravans, known as "Trump Trains," sparked a confrontation on a highway outside Austin, Texas, on Friday, when it surrounded a campaign bus for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, and one member allegedly sideswiped a car, leading to an FBI investigation. On Sunday, a Trump caravan in Richmond, Virginia left the roadway to drive on the grass near the Lee Monument, Richmond police said on Facebook. Members allegedly pepper sprayed a woman, police said, and they are investigating reports that an unoccupied car was shot. Also read: US election 2020: FBI investigating calls urging 'tens of thousands of people' to stay at home on election day A slew of Trump Train events are planned for Tuesday, the United States' official Election Day, according to posts on Facebook and interviews with organizers. Several are advertised as ending or going past polling stations. Election security experts say they are concerned the rallies could break laws, intimidate voters or spiral into violent confrontations. "The Austin thing shows that it's not noise," said Michael Greenberger, the director of the Center for Health and Homeland Security at the University of Maryland. "Disruption tomorrow is going to be the kind of thing that we haven't seen in our prior federal elections," he predicts. Also read: US Elections 2020: Country entitled to know who won on November 3, says Trump Most Trump Train events have gone off peacefully, and the three organizers who Reuters spoke to Monday stressed that they condemn what happened in Texas. A Reuters review of public Facebook events Monday afternoon found about a dozen "Trump Train" caravans planned for Election Day. More are likely to be organized through private groups, experts said. Several public itineraries include plans to drive past, or through, polling locations. State and federal laws make voter intimidation illegal, and many states have laws https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/electioneering.aspx against campaigning on or near polling stations. One such event, organized on Facebook in southeastern Maryland's Wicomico County, outlines a route that goes past the Civic Center and the "election office." The organizer, who gave his name as Mark F. when contacted through Facebook, told Reuters the caravan of vehicles plans to slowly drive through the parking lot of the Civic Center, one of the county's nine voting centers. Election officials have asked him to change the route, he said, but as of Monday afternoon he hadn't decided whether to accede to their request and drive on the road next to the site instead. "There's nobody that can stop us," he said, arguing that Trump supporters had the right to be on county property making a last-minute appeal to voters. "I'm going to let everybody know that Biden's not the way to go," he said. In Pics: US election 2020: Here's what voting looks like in uncertain times He timed the event for about 3:15 in the afternoon, when he said he thinks the site will be most heavily crowded with voters. Trump retweeted a video of the Austin caravan on Saturday, commenting "I LOVE TEXAS!" The Trump campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about Tuesday's planned caravans. Greenberg, who is advising officials on security at polling places, said he hoped the incident in Texas would deter more extreme Trump supporters. "I think having the FBI saying they're looking at Austin may cause some people, not everyone, to think twice about interference." For more stories on the US election, click here For live updates, click here

US election 2020: 'Trump Train' caravans may become a security concern on election day

Be it Democratic nominee Joe Biden or incumbent President Donald Trump, the winner of the US election 2020 has to wait for the celebrations as the voting so far suggests a neck-and-neck finish.

In the United States, the key states are the battleground or swing states that decide which way election is going. So, as we have to wait for final US election 2020 result, here is a comparison of battleground states from the 2016 presidential election and 2020 election to get a sense of who is ahead.

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<h1>2016 vs 2020 Presidential election key states</h1>

<h2>Florida</h2>

Trump won the crucial state in 2016 with 49 per cent votes in comparison with Hillary Clinton's 47.8 per cent votes. The state has once again chosen as Trump as he maintains sizeable support of over 50 per cent and is all set to win the state.&nbsp;

<h2>Ohio</h2>

In the last election, Trump won this state too after getting 52.1 per votes, about seven percentage points more than Clinton. This time too, Trump retained Ohio after getting sizeable support.&nbsp;

<h2>Iowa</h2>

Trump was able to comfortably win this state in 2016 and this time too he managed to retain it.&nbsp;

<h2>Arizona</h2>

In the previous election, with support of 49.5 per cent votes, Trump won this state. However, the trends so far suggest that Biden is ahead with a support of over 52 per cent votes, as per CNN tracker.&nbsp;

<h2>Wisconsin</h2>

With just a slim lead of about 1 percentage point, Trump managed to pull off a victory in this state. However, the trends of this year's election have not yet started since the polling closed recently.&nbsp;

<h2>Michigan</h2>

Trump won this state with only a lead of 0.3 percentage point over Clinton. This time, however, the trend suggests that Trump is at a comfortable support of 53.1 per cent vote.&nbsp; 
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Be it Democratic nominee Joe Biden or incumbent President Donald Trump, the winner of the US election 2020 has to wait for the celebrations as the voting so far suggests a neck-and-neck finish.

Be it Democratic nominee Joe Biden or incumbent President Donald Trump, the winner of the US election 2020 has to wait for the celebrations as the voting so far suggests a neck-and-neck finish. In the United States, the key states are the battleground or swing states that decide which way election is going. So, as we have to wait for final US election 2020 result, here is a comparison of battleground states from the 2016 presidential election and 2020 election to get a sense of who is ahead. Also read | US election 2020 result LIVE updates: Trump claims victory, says will go to SC to dispute election count 2016 vs 2020 Presidential election key states Florida Trump won the crucial state in 2016 with 49 per cent votes in comparison with Hillary Clinton's 47.8 per cent votes. The state has once again chosen as Trump as he maintains sizeable support of over 50 per cent and is all set to win the state. Ohio In the last election, Trump won this state too after getting 52.1 per votes, about seven percentage points more than Clinton. This time too, Trump retained Ohio after getting sizeable support. Iowa Trump was able to comfortably win this state in 2016 and this time too he managed to retain it. Arizona In the previous election, with support of 49.5 per cent votes, Trump won this state. However, the trends so far suggest that Biden is ahead with a support of over 52 per cent votes, as per CNN tracker. Wisconsin With just a slim lead of about 1 percentage point, Trump managed to pull off a victory in this state. However, the trends of this year's election have not yet started since the polling closed recently. Michigan Trump won this state with only a lead of 0.3 percentage point over Clinton. This time, however, the trend suggests that Trump is at a comfortable support of 53.1 per cent vote.

As US election set for tight finish, here's a comparison of 2016 vs 2020 in key states

The social media platforms Facebook and Twitter suspended several accounts on the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/us-election">US election</a> day as the accounts were spreading misinformation about the elections and were wrongly predicting win of the current President&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;against the former Vice President and&nbsp;Democratic nominee&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>.

Twitter claimed that multiple accounts had been suspended for "coordination", a practice where the accounts post identical content but claim to be different individuals or groups. These accounts have been suspended for indulging in inauthentic behavior and spreading misinformation about the US elections.

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One of the accounts suspended by Twitter,&nbsp;SVNewsAlerts, had more than 78,000 followers, out of which more than 10,000 have increased in the past one week. The acount was suspended for posting content related to and hinting towards civil unreast after the US election results&nbsp;and kept stressing that the voting was a fruad and the process of vote counting was not reliable.

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The accounts were suspended after #StopTheSteal started trending on social media platforms and the Twitter mentions increased form 10-12 to nearly 2,000 within minutes, loacal reporters claimed.

Meanwhile, the FBI and the New York attorney general have also started an investigation to find the criminal mind behind the numerous mysterious robocalls that Americans received urging them to stay home instead of casting their ballots. The call was received in several states and nobody has been caught for this yet. The calls, however, have stopped, local media houses claimed.

Facebook also labelled Trump's post in which he had questioned the reliability of the mail-in voting and claiming the in-person voting system has a "history of trustworthiness" in the country. Another video posted by the Fix news channel was also labelled by Facebook a trump was heard accusing Biden of "cheating” in Pennsylvania voting.

The social media platforms Facebook and Twitter suspended several accounts on the US election day as the accounts were spreading misinformation about the elections and were wrongly predicting win of the current President Donald Trump against the former Vice President and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

The social media platforms Facebook and Twitter suspended several accounts on the US election day as the accounts were spreading misinformation about the elections and were wrongly predicting win of the current President Donald Trump against the former Vice President and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Twitter claimed that multiple accounts had been suspended for "coordination", a practice where the accounts post identical content but claim to be different individuals or groups. These accounts have been suspended for indulging in inauthentic behavior and spreading misinformation about the US elections. LIVE: Trump claims victory, says will go to SC to dispute election count One of the accounts suspended by Twitter, SVNewsAlerts, had more than 78,000 followers, out of which more than 10,000 have increased in the past one week. The acount was suspended for posting content related to and hinting towards civil unreast after the US election results and kept stressing that the voting was a fruad and the process of vote counting was not reliable. × The accounts were suspended after #StopTheSteal started trending on social media platforms and the Twitter mentions increased form 10-12 to nearly 2,000 within minutes, loacal reporters claimed. Meanwhile, the FBI and the New York attorney general have also started an investigation to find the criminal mind behind the numerous mysterious robocalls that Americans received urging them to stay home instead of casting their ballots. The call was received in several states and nobody has been caught for this yet. The calls, however, have stopped, local media houses claimed. Facebook also labelled Trump's post in which he had questioned the reliability of the mail-in voting and claiming the in-person voting system has a "history of trustworthiness" in the country. Another video posted by the Fix news channel was also labelled by Facebook a trump was heard accusing Biden of "cheating” in Pennsylvania voting.

Facebook suspends groups spreading misinformation on US Election results day as #StopTheSteal trends

US Election 2020: Trump warns of violence

The incumbent President of the United States, Donald Trump, who is currently vying for a second run in the White House against Democratic hopeful Joe Biden recently claimed that the state of Pennsylvania could be marred by “cheating” in voting, which could trigger violence in the state.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="http://13.235.153.162/node/340194" hreflang="en">Undeterred by pandemic, Americans prepare to render a verdict on Trump</a>

The United States is voting for their next president right now, with tensions running high across the country, owing to the clashes that have become violent in multiple cities over the year. The protests in the US began after the death of George Floyd, who was knelt on by a police officer and eventually died. This triggered a series of clashes between protesters and the government on multiple occasions. Many such deaths at the hand of policemen followed, stirring more trouble in the country.

US Election 2020: Trump denounces mail-in voting |&nbsp;US election 2020: Joe Biden vs Donald Trump

Donald Trump has repeatedly denounced mail-in voting, claiming it would lead to fraud in the ongoing elections, and has attributed his potential loss to this unproven “rigging” on multiple occasions.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="http://13.235.153.162/world/US-election-2020-donald-trump-solid-chance-of-winning-340168" hreflang="en">On US election day, Trump says he has a 'solid chance of winning'</a>

As of now, over 100 million Americans have already voted in the elections, proving how much the Americans trusted provisions for early voting. The coronavirus pandemic has also played a large role in deciding how voters cast their ballots.

While Trump warns of violence, the White House has been fenced up to avert any crisis.&nbsp;

The record numbers inducted across the country point to how seriously the elections are being taken by voters this time around, which may be a valid response to the pandemic, which has killed the most people in the world in the US, along with the country’s economic woes, and heightened racial tensions.

US election 2020: The Pennsylvania connect |&nbsp;US election 2020: Joe Biden vs Donald Trump

Recently, the Supreme Court had allowed Pennsylvania to count mail-votes that even arrive upto three days after Election Day. But Trump believes that this would lead to cheating “at a very high level”, while also calling it “very dangerous”.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="http://13.235.153.162/world/biden-may-secure-narrow-win-against-donald-trump-in-us-election-2020-survey-340103" hreflang="en">Biden may secure narrow win against Donald Trump in US Election 2020: Survey</a>

Following this, he put out a Tweet whereby he claimed that the SC decision could “induce violence in the street”. During a rally in Wisconsin, Trump had claimed that this decision could “put our country in danger”.

Naturally, Twitter flagged Trump’s tweet as potentially misleading.

Trump has also claimed that the results of election be made available on the same night. In fact, it has sometimes taken at least a month for the votes to be fully counted. In 2000, counting finished by Mid-December in a tight race between George W Bush and Al Gore, which was also taken to the Supreme Court.

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US Election 2020: Trump warns of violence The incumbent President of the United States, Donald Trump, who is currently vying for a second run in the White House against Democratic hopeful Joe Biden recently claimed that the state of Pennsylvania could be marred by “cheating” in voting, which could trigger violence in the state.

US Election 2020: Trump warns of violence The incumbent President of the United States, Donald Trump, who is currently vying for a second run in the White House against Democratic hopeful Joe Biden recently claimed that the state of Pennsylvania could be marred by “cheating” in voting, which could trigger violence in the state. Also read: Undeterred by pandemic, Americans prepare to render a verdict on Trump The United States is voting for their next president right now, with tensions running high across the country, owing to the clashes that have become violent in multiple cities over the year. The protests in the US began after the death of George Floyd, who was knelt on by a police officer and eventually died. This triggered a series of clashes between protesters and the government on multiple occasions. Many such deaths at the hand of policemen followed, stirring more trouble in the country. US Election 2020: Trump denounces mail-in voting | US election 2020: Joe Biden vs Donald Trump Donald Trump has repeatedly denounced mail-in voting, claiming it would lead to fraud in the ongoing elections, and has attributed his potential loss to this unproven “rigging” on multiple occasions. Also read: On US election day, Trump says he has a 'solid chance of winning' As of now, over 100 million Americans have already voted in the elections, proving how much the Americans trusted provisions for early voting. The coronavirus pandemic has also played a large role in deciding how voters cast their ballots. While Trump warns of violence, the White House has been fenced up to avert any crisis. The record numbers inducted across the country point to how seriously the elections are being taken by voters this time around, which may be a valid response to the pandemic, which has killed the most people in the world in the US, along with the country’s economic woes, and heightened racial tensions. US election 2020: The Pennsylvania connect | US election 2020: Joe Biden vs Donald Trump Recently, the Supreme Court had allowed Pennsylvania to count mail-votes that even arrive upto three days after Election Day. But Trump believes that this would lead to cheating “at a very high level”, while also calling it “very dangerous”. Also read: Biden may secure narrow win against Donald Trump in US Election 2020: Survey Following this, he put out a Tweet whereby he claimed that the SC decision could “induce violence in the street”. During a rally in Wisconsin, Trump had claimed that this decision could “put our country in danger”. Naturally, Twitter flagged Trump’s tweet as potentially misleading. Trump has also claimed that the results of election be made available on the same night. In fact, it has sometimes taken at least a month for the votes to be fully counted. In 2000, counting finished by Mid-December in a tight race between George W Bush and Al Gore, which was also taken to the Supreme Court. For more stories on the US election, click here For live updates, click here

US election 2020: To close his bid for reelection, Trump warns of potential violence in Pennsylvania - a key state

US election 2020: Marred by robocalls?

The United States is currently voting for its next president. The incumbent President Donald Trump is fighting against Democratic hopeful Joe Biden in the 2020 US elections, and now the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) is dealing with an unusual threat: robocalls.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-elections-2020-country-entitled-to-know-who-won-on-november-3-says-trump-340238" hreflang="en">US Elections 2020: Country entitled to know who won on November 3, says Trump</a>

A Homeland Security official was quoted by Reuters as saying that people across the country are receiving suspicious calls, urging them to stay at home on the day of election.

Even though the FBI did not explain the calls in detail, they claimed that they are currently looking into the matter.

US election 2020: Voters being targeted?

According to state and local officials in the United States, two separate automated call campaigns are currently reaching out Americans on their most important election of the century.

Reuters reported that the purpose of the calls still remains unclear, and so does its origins. In conversation with the news agency, experts claimed that one of the campaigns urged people to stay at home, without mentioning the ongoing US elections or voting at all.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/what-are-naked-ballots-and-a-red-mirage-your-guide-to-us-election-lingo-340231" hreflang="en">What are 'naked ballots' and a 'red mirage'? Your guide to US election lingo</a>

"There's a little bit of confusion about this one across the industry," Giulia Porter, vice president of RoboKiller told Reuters.

RoboKiller tracks robocalls and telemarketers, and has been actively following the campaign.

US election 2020: Stay home?

The audio of one of these calls was shared by RoboKiller, and an automated female voice could be heard asking people to stay at home.

"Hello. This is just a test call. Time to stay home. Stay safe and stay home”, it said.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-election-2020-to-close-his-bid-for-reelection-trump-warns-of-potential-violence-in-pennsylvania-a-key-state-340223" hreflang="en">US election 2020: To close his bid for reelection, Trump warns of potential violence in Pennsylvania - a key state</a>

Porter added that the call had been made over millions of times in the last 11 months, but its attempt to reach more people jumped dramatically today, while the US votes to choose its next president.

In the list of top spam calls, the call is currently at #5 or #6, fluctuating from time to time.

Porter claimed that the call is being sent out at a very high volume. "This robocall is being sent at a very high volume," she said.&nbsp; According to Porter, at leasts “thousands or tens of thousands” of people had received such robocalls.

For more stories on the US election, click&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/us-election">here</a>

For live updates, click&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/live-us-election-2020-donald-trump-joe-biden-more-than-98-million-voted-to-elect-the-next-president-340039">here</a>

US election 2020: Marred by robocalls? The United States is currently voting for its next president. The incumbent President Donald Trump is fighting against Democratic hopeful Joe Biden in the 2020 US elections, and now the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) is dealing with an unusual threat: robocalls.

US election 2020: Marred by robocalls? The United States is currently voting for its next president. The incumbent President Donald Trump is fighting against Democratic hopeful Joe Biden in the 2020 US elections, and now the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) is dealing with an unusual threat: robocalls. Also read: US Elections 2020: Country entitled to know who won on November 3, says Trump A Homeland Security official was quoted by Reuters as saying that people across the country are receiving suspicious calls, urging them to stay at home on the day of election. Even though the FBI did not explain the calls in detail, they claimed that they are currently looking into the matter. US election 2020: Voters being targeted? According to state and local officials in the United States, two separate automated call campaigns are currently reaching out Americans on their most important election of the century. Reuters reported that the purpose of the calls still remains unclear, and so does its origins. In conversation with the news agency, experts claimed that one of the campaigns urged people to stay at home, without mentioning the ongoing US elections or voting at all. Also read: What are 'naked ballots' and a 'red mirage'? Your guide to US election lingo "There's a little bit of confusion about this one across the industry," Giulia Porter, vice president of RoboKiller told Reuters. RoboKiller tracks robocalls and telemarketers, and has been actively following the campaign. US election 2020: Stay home? The audio of one of these calls was shared by RoboKiller, and an automated female voice could be heard asking people to stay at home. "Hello. This is just a test call. Time to stay home. Stay safe and stay home”, it said. Also read: US election 2020: To close his bid for reelection, Trump warns of potential violence in Pennsylvania - a key state Porter added that the call had been made over millions of times in the last 11 months, but its attempt to reach more people jumped dramatically today, while the US votes to choose its next president. In the list of top spam calls, the call is currently at #5 or #6, fluctuating from time to time. Porter claimed that the call is being sent out at a very high volume. "This robocall is being sent at a very high volume," she said. According to Porter, at leasts “thousands or tens of thousands” of people had received such robocalls. For more stories on the US election, click here For live updates, click here

US election 2020: FBI investigating calls urging 'tens of thousands of people' to stay at home on election day

Deutsche Bank AG&nbsp;is looking for ways to end its relationship with President Donald Trump after the U.S. elections, as it tires of the negative publicity stemming from the ties, according to three senior bank officials with direct knowledge of the matter.

Deutsche Bank has about $340 million in loans outstanding to the Trump Organization, the president's umbrella group that is currently overseen by his two sons, according to filings made by Trump to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics in July and a senior source within the bank. The three loans, which are against Trump properties and start coming due in two years, are current on payments and personally guaranteed by the president, according to two bank officials.

In meetings in recent months, a Deutsche Bank management committee that oversees reputational and other risks for the lender in the Americas region has discussed ways in which it could rid the bank of these last vestiges of the relationship, two of the three bank officials said. The bank has over the years lent Trump more than $2 billion, one of the officials said.

One idea that has come up in the meetings: sell the loans in the secondary market, two of the bank officials said. But one of the officials said that idea has not gained traction, in part because it is not clear who would want to buy the loans and the attendant problems that come with it.

While it was known that Deutsche Bank has been closely examining its relationship with Trump, including by setting up a working group in 2016 to review the bank's relationship with him, its recent eagerness to end all ties and the contours of discussions in light of the election have not been previously reported.

Deutsche Bank declined to comment. The Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment. The White House declined to comment.

Warren's warning

The German bank, which first started lending to Trump in the late 1990s, has been dragged into congressional and other investigations into the real estate mogul-turned-politician's finances and alleged Russia connections.

The probes and the bad press, seen by one senior executive as "serious collateral damage" from the relationship, are an unwelcome distraction for the bank, the three officials said. It comes at a time when Chief Executive Christian Sewing is trying to turn Deutsche Bank around after its decades-long run at becoming a major Wall Street bank left it nursing huge losses.

Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat member of the Senate banking committee, has previously called for an investigation into Deutsche Bank over its money laundering controls and has demanded answers from the lender about its relationship with Trump and his family. She told Reuters that she intended to keep pushing for a probe in the next administration.

"You bet I'm going to continue to fight for accountability and strong enforcement of our banking laws, especially for giant institutions like Deutsche Bank," she said.

What happens next for the bank rests on the outcome of Tuesday's elections, according to the three bank officials.

If the Republican president loses, and Democrats take control of the White House and Congress, senior Deutsche Bank executives believe congressional investigations that have stalled amid a court battle over access to Trump's financial records could be rejuvenated, the three bank officials said.

In this scenario, however, Deutsche Bank executives believe they will also have more freedom to deal with the loans and end their relationship with Trump, the officials said. They hope doing so might help reduce some of the scrutiny, they said.

Different scenarios

The loans, which are against Trump's golf course in Miami, and hotels in Washington and Chicago, are such that the Trump Organization has only had to pay interest on them so far, and the entire principal is outstanding, two of the three bank officials said. They come due in 2023 and 2024, the filings show.

The businesses backing the loans face challenges. The coronavirus-driven economic slowdown has hit the travel industry, including hotels. Moreover, last month Reuters reported that Trump's plan to make money by developing houses and hotels on his golf courses, including the one involving the Deutsche Bank loan, had not panned out so far.

The Deutsche Bank executives are not unduly concerned about Trump's ability to repay the loans, given the president's personal guarantees and the time left before they come due, the three bank officials said.

If Trump is not in office, Deutsche Bank executives feel that it would be easier for them to demand repayment, foreclose if he is not able to pay it off or refinance, or try to sell the loans, according to two of the three bank officials.

Since Trump has personally guaranteed all the loans, Deutsche Bank could also seize the president's assets if he is unable to repay, two of the three bank officials said.

If Trump wins a second term, Deutsche Bank executives feel their options would be fewer, the three bank officials said. The bank wouldn't want the negative publicity inherent with seizing assets from a sitting president and would likely extend the loans until he is out of office, two of the bank officials said.

The bottom line, the three bank officials said, is that the matter won’t be resolved until well after the election.

Deutsche Bank AG is looking for ways to end its relationship with President Donald Trump after the U.S. elections, as it tires of the negative publicity stemming from the ties, according to three senior bank officials with direct knowledge of the matter.

Deutsche Bank AG is looking for ways to end its relationship with President Donald Trump after the U.S. elections, as it tires of the negative publicity stemming from the ties, according to three senior bank officials with direct knowledge of the matter. Deutsche Bank has about $340 million in loans outstanding to the Trump Organization, the president's umbrella group that is currently overseen by his two sons, according to filings made by Trump to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics in July and a senior source within the bank. The three loans, which are against Trump properties and start coming due in two years, are current on payments and personally guaranteed by the president, according to two bank officials. In meetings in recent months, a Deutsche Bank management committee that oversees reputational and other risks for the lender in the Americas region has discussed ways in which it could rid the bank of these last vestiges of the relationship, two of the three bank officials said. The bank has over the years lent Trump more than $2 billion, one of the officials said. One idea that has come up in the meetings: sell the loans in the secondary market, two of the bank officials said. But one of the officials said that idea has not gained traction, in part because it is not clear who would want to buy the loans and the attendant problems that come with it. While it was known that Deutsche Bank has been closely examining its relationship with Trump, including by setting up a working group in 2016 to review the bank's relationship with him, its recent eagerness to end all ties and the contours of discussions in light of the election have not been previously reported. Deutsche Bank declined to comment. The Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment. The White House declined to comment. Warren's warning The German bank, which first started lending to Trump in the late 1990s, has been dragged into congressional and other investigations into the real estate mogul-turned-politician's finances and alleged Russia connections. The probes and the bad press, seen by one senior executive as "serious collateral damage" from the relationship, are an unwelcome distraction for the bank, the three officials said. It comes at a time when Chief Executive Christian Sewing is trying to turn Deutsche Bank around after its decades-long run at becoming a major Wall Street bank left it nursing huge losses. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat member of the Senate banking committee, has previously called for an investigation into Deutsche Bank over its money laundering controls and has demanded answers from the lender about its relationship with Trump and his family. She told Reuters that she intended to keep pushing for a probe in the next administration. "You bet I'm going to continue to fight for accountability and strong enforcement of our banking laws, especially for giant institutions like Deutsche Bank," she said. What happens next for the bank rests on the outcome of Tuesday's elections, according to the three bank officials. If the Republican president loses, and Democrats take control of the White House and Congress, senior Deutsche Bank executives believe congressional investigations that have stalled amid a court battle over access to Trump's financial records could be rejuvenated, the three bank officials said. In this scenario, however, Deutsche Bank executives believe they will also have more freedom to deal with the loans and end their relationship with Trump, the officials said. They hope doing so might help reduce some of the scrutiny, they said. Different scenarios The loans, which are against Trump's golf course in Miami, and hotels in Washington and Chicago, are such that the Trump Organization has only had to pay interest on them so far, and the entire principal is outstanding, two of the three bank officials said. They come due in 2023 and 2024, the filings show. The businesses backing the loans face challenges. The coronavirus-driven economic slowdown has hit the travel industry, including hotels. Moreover, last month Reuters reported that Trump's plan to make money by developing houses and hotels on his golf courses, including the one involving the Deutsche Bank loan, had not panned out so far. The Deutsche Bank executives are not unduly concerned about Trump's ability to repay the loans, given the president's personal guarantees and the time left before they come due, the three bank officials said. If Trump is not in office, Deutsche Bank executives feel that it would be easier for them to demand repayment, foreclose if he is not able to pay it off or refinance, or try to sell the loans, according to two of the three bank officials. Since Trump has personally guaranteed all the loans, Deutsche Bank could also seize the president's assets if he is unable to repay, two of the three bank officials said. If Trump wins a second term, Deutsche Bank executives feel their options would be fewer, the three bank officials said. The bank wouldn't want the negative publicity inherent with seizing assets from a sitting president and would likely extend the loans until he is out of office, two of the bank officials said. The bottom line, the three bank officials said, is that the matter won’t be resolved until well after the election.

Tired of Trump, Deutsche Bank wants out but sees no good options: Sources

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1.6 million Indian Americans are voting this year. They make up only 1 per cent of the population. But they have significant political clout, which explains the choice of Kamala Harris, the vice-presidential pick of Joe Biden. It's an attempt to woo the Indian diaspora.

But has it worked?

Traditionally, Indian Americans have leaned towards Democrats. The trend may not have changed significantly this year even though many in India seem to support Donald Trump.

Indian Americans, according to recent opinion polls, are still backing the democrats.&nbsp;

Has Trump gained at all?

He has.

In 2016, only 16 per cent Indian Americans said they will vote Trump. In 2020, 28 per cent have said they support Trump.

However, these are just opinion polls. They tend to get it wrong, more often than not.

Both Democrats and Republicans have gone out of their way to reach out to the Indian diaspora. On August 4, the Trump campaign announced the formation of a group called 'Hindu voices for Trump'. Two days later, the Democratic National Convention organised an interfaith service.&nbsp;

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The Republicans are banking on Trump's camaraderie with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the success of Howdy Modi event in Houston and the Namaste Trump event in India.

The Democrats are banking on Kamala Harris' Indian roots.

But why is there a rush to win Indian American votes? Let's take a look at numbers. Indian Americans make up 1 per cent of US population. But they own one-third of all Silicon Valley start-ups. 8 per cent of America's high-tech firms were founded by Indian Americans.

Consider all of America's Fortune 500 companies. 2 per cent of them are led by Indian Americans. Examples include, MasterCard, Microsoft, Alphabet, Adobe and IBM. 1 in every 7 doctors in the US is of Indian descent. At least 10 Indian Americans are lawmakers. 
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According to some estimates, half of America's motels are owned by Indian Americans. This section happens to be very affluent. The median income of an Indian American household is higher than that of other Asian communities.

It is easy to understand why both parties are vying for this important vote bank.

Memorable moments of US Election 2020 campaign:

This has been an election campaign to remember, but there have been some moments that are sure to linger on in everyone's mind.

US President Donald Trump broke into a dance in his campaign rally in Michigan. The YMCA dance made global headlines.

Next was the fly on Vice-President Mike Pence's head. During the Vice-Presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, a fly sat on Pence's head when he was live. This amusing development was witnessed by millions around the globe.

Then there was "Shut Up Man".&nbsp;

First Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden saw the former make so many interruptions that Joe Biden actually told the president to "Shut Up".

Another memorable and surprising moment was when Donald Trump announced that he was positive for coronavirus.

And to top it all, Trump elicited many reactions across the media when he said that he would kiss everyone. He said this in Florida rally. This was his first rally after recovery from coronavirus infection.

1.6 million Indian Americans are voting this year. They make up only 1 per cent of the population. But they have significant political clout, which explains the choice of Kamala Harris, the vice-presidential pick of Joe Biden.

1.6 million Indian Americans are voting this year. They make up only 1 per cent of the population. But they have significant political clout, which explains the choice of Kamala Harris, the vice-presidential pick of Joe Biden. It's an attempt to woo the Indian diaspora. But has it worked? Traditionally, Indian Americans have leaned towards Democrats. The trend may not have changed significantly this year even though many in India seem to support Donald Trump. Indian Americans, according to recent opinion polls, are still backing the democrats. Has Trump gained at all? He has. In 2016, only 16 per cent Indian Americans said they will vote Trump. In 2020, 28 per cent have said they support Trump. However, these are just opinion polls. They tend to get it wrong, more often than not. Both Democrats and Republicans have gone out of their way to reach out to the Indian diaspora. On August 4, the Trump campaign announced the formation of a group called 'Hindu voices for Trump'. Two days later, the Democratic National Convention organised an interfaith service. × The Republicans are banking on Trump's camaraderie with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the success of Howdy Modi event in Houston and the Namaste Trump event in India. The Democrats are banking on Kamala Harris' Indian roots. But why is there a rush to win Indian American votes? Let's take a look at numbers. Indian Americans make up 1 per cent of US population. But they own one-third of all Silicon Valley start-ups. 8 per cent of America's high-tech firms were founded by Indian Americans. Consider all of America's Fortune 500 companies. 2 per cent of them are led by Indian Americans. Examples include, MasterCard, Microsoft, Alphabet, Adobe and IBM. 1 in every 7 doctors in the US is of Indian descent. At least 10 Indian Americans are lawmakers. According to some estimates, half of America's motels are owned by Indian Americans. This section happens to be very affluent. The median income of an Indian American household is higher than that of other Asian communities. It is easy to understand why both parties are vying for this important vote bank. Memorable moments of US Election 2020 campaign: This has been an election campaign to remember, but there have been some moments that are sure to linger on in everyone's mind. US President Donald Trump broke into a dance in his campaign rally in Michigan. The YMCA dance made global headlines. Next was the fly on Vice-President Mike Pence's head. During the Vice-Presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, a fly sat on Pence's head when he was live. This amusing development was witnessed by millions around the globe. Then there was "Shut Up Man". First Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden saw the former make so many interruptions that Joe Biden actually told the president to "Shut Up". Another memorable and surprising moment was when Donald Trump announced that he was positive for coronavirus. And to top it all, Trump elicited many reactions across the media when he said that he would kiss everyone. He said this in Florida rally. This was his first rally after recovery from coronavirus infection.

US Election 2020: Why Indian Americans are important for both parties

With just one day until election day, more than 95 million US citizens have already voted, far outpacing early voting in any past elections and accounting for 69.2 percent of all votes counted in 2016.

US Election 2020: Donald Trump casts doubt on mail-in ballot system in Pennsylvania

The election with far-reaching implications on the world is her. It's #ElectionDay in America and the voters are writing the final chapter of this historic Presidential Election. WION reports the last election pitches from the #Election2020.

US Election New York Direct: The final appeals before election

Twitter has once again labelled the tweet of US President <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/donald-trump">Donald Trump </a>and described the content as "disputed" and potentially "misleading".

Trump took to Twitter to criticise apex court's decision for allowing the state of Pennsylvania for counting mailed ballots three days post the presidential election, calling it "dangerous" and warning it would trigger "violence".&nbsp;

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"The Supreme Court decision on voting in Pennsylvania is a VERY dangerous one. It will allow rampant and unchecked cheating and will undermine our entire systems of laws. It will also induce violence in the streets. Something must be done," Trump tweeted on Tuesday.&nbsp;

Also read | <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-election-2020-donald-trump-dismisses-fake-polls-joe-biden-urges-americans-to-end-chaos-339967">US election 2020: Donald Trump dismisses 'fake' polls, Joe Biden urges Americans to end 'chaos'</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;

Twitter labelled the US president's tweet, saying: "Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process."

Facebook also added a label to the post, which said, "Both voting by mail and voting in person have a long history of trustworthiness in the US. Voter fraud is extremely rare across voting methods."

Also read | <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/grateful-that-trump-hasnt-tried-bottling-his-urine-and-selling-it-as-immunity-juice-john-oliver-slams-the-us-president-339931">Grateful that Trump hasn't tried bottling his urine and selling it as Immunity juice: John Oliver slams the US President</a>

About a month ago, Trump claimed he is "immune" to novel coronavirus after getting a treatment, which according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is incorrect as it says no evidence backs this claim.

The social media giant added a warning label to the tweet and said it "violated" rules for "spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to Covid-19."

Twitter had also labelled Trump's tweet before when he called coronavirus is less deadly than seasonal flu and asking people to vote twice.&nbsp;

Twitter has once again labelled the tweet of US President Donald Trump and described the content as "disputed" and potentially "misleading". Trump took to Twitter to criticise apex court's decision for allowing the state of Pennsylvania for counting mailed ballots three days post the presidential election, calling it "dangerous" and warning it would trigger "violence".

Twitter has once again labelled the tweet of US President Donald Trump and described the content as "disputed" and potentially "misleading". Trump took to Twitter to criticise apex court's decision for allowing the state of Pennsylvania for counting mailed ballots three days post the presidential election, calling it "dangerous" and warning it would trigger "violence". "The Supreme Court decision on voting in Pennsylvania is a VERY dangerous one. It will allow rampant and unchecked cheating and will undermine our entire systems of laws. It will also induce violence in the streets. Something must be done," Trump tweeted on Tuesday. Also read | US election 2020: Donald Trump dismisses 'fake' polls, Joe Biden urges Americans to end 'chaos' Twitter labelled the US president's tweet, saying: "Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process." Facebook also added a label to the post, which said, "Both voting by mail and voting in person have a long history of trustworthiness in the US. Voter fraud is extremely rare across voting methods." Also read | Grateful that Trump hasn't tried bottling his urine and selling it as Immunity juice: John Oliver slams the US President About a month ago, Trump claimed he is "immune" to novel coronavirus after getting a treatment, which according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is incorrect as it says no evidence backs this claim. The social media giant added a warning label to the tweet and said it "violated" rules for "spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to Covid-19." Twitter had also labelled Trump's tweet before when he called coronavirus is less deadly than seasonal flu and asking people to vote twice.

Twitter labels Donald Trump's tweet again, calls it 'disputed'

Voters on both sides of the nation’s widening political divide prepared Monday to render a verdict on President Donald Trump’s four tumultuous years in the White House and, in particular, his management of the coronavirus pandemic that has upended American life for the past eight months.

As Trump and Joe Biden raced across the most important battleground states in a frenzied final push for votes, the 2020 election was unfolding in a country with urgent problems: an uncontrolled public health crisis, a battered economy, deep ideological divisions, a national reckoning on race and uncertainty about whether the outcome of the vote will be disputed.

Undeterred by the pandemic, Americans have already displayed an uncommon determination to have their voices and votes heard this year. Nearly 100 million cast their ballots in advance of Election Day, shattering records as they endured long lines at early voting sites or sent in their ballots by mail.

Much of the country felt on edge as if the often-predicted “most important election of a lifetime” had finally arrived. Ahead of the polls opening Tuesday, businesses in cities from Denver to Detroit to Washington, D.C., were boarding up their windows with plywood as they readied for the possibility of civil unrest. Some governors were readying the National Guard.

“Everyone is starting to panic,” Fernando Salas, a construction worker, said as he pounded nails into a plywood frame at a storefront in a trendy shopping district near Los Angeles.

Election administrators braced themselves to pull off the twin challenges of holding an election during a pandemic and fending off efforts by a president who is trailing in the polls to undermine trust in the vote-counting process.

“Please be patient,” Jim Kenney, the mayor of Philadelphia — the biggest city in one of the most important swing states — urged, predicting long lines Tuesday. Both the Trump and Biden campaigns were readying armies of lawyers for a potentially prolonged fight.

Still, the unchecked spread of COVID-19 shadowed the election, and on Monday, a report from the coordinator of the White House virus task force contradicted the president’s repeated claims on the campaign trail that the United States was on the way to defeating the virus.

The report, by Dr Deborah Birx, warned against the type of rallies that Trump had been holding. It also predicted that the U.S. would continue to see days when the number of new cases exceeded 100,000, according to a White House official who has reviewed the document, which was first reported by The Washington Post.

Voters were wracked with nervous energy. Katie Whelan, a high school history teacher from New Jersey, crossed the Pennsylvania border to knock on doors over the weekend for Biden in the key battleground. The previous night, she said, she had awakened from a panic dream involving Hillary Clinton and the dread of falling just short at the ballot box. “She was like, ‘Honey, I’ve been there,’ ” Whelan recalled Clinton telling her in the dream.

Adding to her anxiety, Whelan could not tell if the nightmare was set in 2016 or 2020. “I stood over the sink and drank 3 pints of water,” Whelan said. “And I said to myself, ‘I better get canvassing.’ ”

For Trump and Biden, their final events on the last full day of 2020 campaigning offered as stark a display of their differences as anything they said.

Seeking to project a sense of normalcy even as infection caseloads surge, Trump flouted public health guidelines with a slate of large rallies in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, and even made a winking nod to firing the country’s top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, should he win another term, in a Florida rally that lasted past midnight Sunday.

In Ohio and Pennsylvania, Biden argued there could be no return to the routine until the virus was under control and his itinerary of socially distanced, drive-in rallies — “Honk if you agree with me!” he shouted in Cleveland — served a visual expression of his sober approach. Biden, the former vice president, cast race as a referendum on Trump’s stewardship of a pandemic that has infected more than 9 million people in the United States and cost more than 230,000 lives.

“The first step to beating the virus is beating Donald Trump,” Biden declared, adding, “The power to change the country is in your hands.”

In his own meandering and grievance-filled appearances, in which he lashed out against Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, Hillary Clinton and the news media, Trump framed his reelection as an economic imperative to avoid “a deadly Biden lockdown” of the economy’s fragile recovery.

“This is not the crowd of a second-place finisher,” Trump said in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where Biden will also appear on Election Day, in a sign of Pennsylvania’s potential to tip the election.

Trump has signalled he may try to declare victory prematurely if the early tabulations favour him, and the Biden campaign held an unusual public briefing on the eve of the election to set expectations. At issue is not just the tallying of the vote but how fast certain states can count. Some key battlegrounds, such as Pennsylvania, are expected to take days while others, like Florida and North Carolina, will likely process most votes within hours.

“Under no scenario will Donald Trump be declared a victor on election night,” Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden’s campaign manager, bluntly declared.

As polling places were set to open on Election Day, Trump’s road back to the White House was plainly narrower than Biden’s pathway. Polls show Trump trailing nationally and in most of the key battlegrounds needed to reach the 270 electoral votes required to win the presidency.

Trump has been forced to defend not just the three Northern industrial states — the former “blue wall” of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan — that he flipped in a surprise victory four years ago, but also an array of diversifying states across the Sun Belt and the South, including Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia and even Texas.

Those latter five states combine for 109 Electoral College votes, nearly all of which analysts believe Trump must win.

On Monday, Biden dispatched his most potent surrogate, former President Barack Obama, to two of those states: Florida and Georgia. The former president campaigned for Biden and two Senate Democratic challengers in Georgia, then stumped for Biden in Florida. Democratic Party strategists are hoping to win the three Senate seats they need to wrest back control of that chamber, along with the White House, and enact a progressive agenda in 2021.

The widening map had some Democrats coveting not only victory Tuesday but also a landslide repudiation of Trump and his brand of Republicanism, including aspirations of flipping Texas for the first time since 1976.

That Biden himself began his final full day on the road in Ohio — a state Trump carried by 8 percentage points — appeared a sign his campaign hoped to run up the score. Ohio was not among the dozen closest states in 2016.

But voters in both parties are mistrusting of the polls. Trump has actively questioned them on a near-daily basis. And many Democrats are still scarred by the shock of 2016.

Outside the Polk County Auditor’s office in Des Moines, Iowa, the line to vote early stretched around the block. For 18-year-old Mikayla Simpson, who stood in line wearing earbuds and a tan camouflage Trump 2020 baseball cap, the wait to cast her first vote for Trump was well worth it.

“I’d stand here all day if I had to,” she said.

Turnout on Tuesday will be critical even with the record early voting.

Trump, who for months has sown mistrust in mail-in ballots, is especially in need of a huge in-person showing, banking that the Republican Party’s early investment in door-knocking will pay off.

Trump’s chances are mostly pinned on luring white working-class voters to the polls — many of whom have flocked to his rallies despite the health risks. Seeking to recapture the energy of his surprise 2016 win, Trump’s final stop is expected to be in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the same city he finished his 2016 schedule.

The Democratic ticket ended the day in Pennsylvania’s two biggest media markets alongside pop stars at rallies in stadium parking lots, with Harris in Philadelphia with John Legend and Biden in Pittsburgh with Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga also performed at Clinton’s final 2016 rally, then in North Carolina.

“Vote like this country depends on it, because it does,” she said Monday.

In the final stretch, both parties were zeroing in on key demographics. Biden spoke with the African American community in Pittsburgh while his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, headlined a Latino get-out-the-vote effort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Obama campaigned in Miami-Dade County, Florida’s most populous which is a majority Latino and Black.

Trump continued to obsess aloud about how white suburban women had flocked toward the Democratic Party during his presidency, helping to deliver Democrats the House in 2018 and possibly the White House in 2020.

“I say to the women of the suburbs: love me, women of the suburbs,” Trump said.

For Trump, the race’s waning days have been a characteristically chaotic closing stretch. He has threatened to send in lawyers to stop vote counting, cheered on supporters who surrounded a Biden bus on a Texas highway and baselessly accused doctors of exaggerating how many people had died from the virus so that they could make more money.

In Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Monday, Trump condemned the Supreme Court decision that will allow ballots to be counted in Pennsylvania after Election Day. “Do you know what can happen during that long period of time?” Trump said without evidence. “Cheating.”

Biden and Trump’s closing messages captured their divergent approaches to electoral politics.

“There will be no red states and blue states, just the United States,” Biden said of his potential presidency.

Trump had a very different pitch. “You have the power to vote, so go out and vote,” he said. “Unless you’re going to vote for somebody other than me, in which case, sit it out.”

Voters on both sides of the nation’s widening political divide prepared Monday to render a verdict on President Donald Trump’s four tumultuous years in the White House and, in particular, his management of the coronavirus pandemic that has upended American life for the past eight months.

Voters on both sides of the nation’s widening political divide prepared Monday to render a verdict on President Donald Trump’s four tumultuous years in the White House and, in particular, his management of the coronavirus pandemic that has upended American life for the past eight months. As Trump and Joe Biden raced across the most important battleground states in a frenzied final push for votes, the 2020 election was unfolding in a country with urgent problems: an uncontrolled public health crisis, a battered economy, deep ideological divisions, a national reckoning on race and uncertainty about whether the outcome of the vote will be disputed. Undeterred by the pandemic, Americans have already displayed an uncommon determination to have their voices and votes heard this year. Nearly 100 million cast their ballots in advance of Election Day, shattering records as they endured long lines at early voting sites or sent in their ballots by mail. Much of the country felt on edge as if the often-predicted “most important election of a lifetime” had finally arrived. Ahead of the polls opening Tuesday, businesses in cities from Denver to Detroit to Washington, D.C., were boarding up their windows with plywood as they readied for the possibility of civil unrest. Some governors were readying the National Guard. “Everyone is starting to panic,” Fernando Salas, a construction worker, said as he pounded nails into a plywood frame at a storefront in a trendy shopping district near Los Angeles. Election administrators braced themselves to pull off the twin challenges of holding an election during a pandemic and fending off efforts by a president who is trailing in the polls to undermine trust in the vote-counting process. “Please be patient,” Jim Kenney, the mayor of Philadelphia — the biggest city in one of the most important swing states — urged, predicting long lines Tuesday. Both the Trump and Biden campaigns were readying armies of lawyers for a potentially prolonged fight. Still, the unchecked spread of COVID-19 shadowed the election, and on Monday, a report from the coordinator of the White House virus task force contradicted the president’s repeated claims on the campaign trail that the United States was on the way to defeating the virus. The report, by Dr Deborah Birx, warned against the type of rallies that Trump had been holding. It also predicted that the U.S. would continue to see days when the number of new cases exceeded 100,000, according to a White House official who has reviewed the document, which was first reported by The Washington Post. Voters were wracked with nervous energy. Katie Whelan, a high school history teacher from New Jersey, crossed the Pennsylvania border to knock on doors over the weekend for Biden in the key battleground. The previous night, she said, she had awakened from a panic dream involving Hillary Clinton and the dread of falling just short at the ballot box. “She was like, ‘Honey, I’ve been there,’ ” Whelan recalled Clinton telling her in the dream. Adding to her anxiety, Whelan could not tell if the nightmare was set in 2016 or 2020. “I stood over the sink and drank 3 pints of water,” Whelan said. “And I said to myself, ‘I better get canvassing.’ ” For Trump and Biden, their final events on the last full day of 2020 campaigning offered as stark a display of their differences as anything they said. Seeking to project a sense of normalcy even as infection caseloads surge, Trump flouted public health guidelines with a slate of large rallies in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, and even made a winking nod to firing the country’s top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, should he win another term, in a Florida rally that lasted past midnight Sunday. In Ohio and Pennsylvania, Biden argued there could be no return to the routine until the virus was under control and his itinerary of socially distanced, drive-in rallies — “Honk if you agree with me!” he shouted in Cleveland — served a visual expression of his sober approach. Biden, the former vice president, cast race as a referendum on Trump’s stewardship of a pandemic that has infected more than 9 million people in the United States and cost more than 230,000 lives. “The first step to beating the virus is beating Donald Trump,” Biden declared, adding, “The power to change the country is in your hands.” In his own meandering and grievance-filled appearances, in which he lashed out against Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, Hillary Clinton and the news media, Trump framed his reelection as an economic imperative to avoid “a deadly Biden lockdown” of the economy’s fragile recovery. “This is not the crowd of a second-place finisher,” Trump said in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where Biden will also appear on Election Day, in a sign of Pennsylvania’s potential to tip the election. Trump has signalled he may try to declare victory prematurely if the early tabulations favour him, and the Biden campaign held an unusual public briefing on the eve of the election to set expectations. At issue is not just the tallying of the vote but how fast certain states can count. Some key battlegrounds, such as Pennsylvania, are expected to take days while others, like Florida and North Carolina, will likely process most votes within hours. “Under no scenario will Donald Trump be declared a victor on election night,” Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden’s campaign manager, bluntly declared. As polling places were set to open on Election Day, Trump’s road back to the White House was plainly narrower than Biden’s pathway. Polls show Trump trailing nationally and in most of the key battlegrounds needed to reach the 270 electoral votes required to win the presidency. Trump has been forced to defend not just the three Northern industrial states — the former “blue wall” of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan — that he flipped in a surprise victory four years ago, but also an array of diversifying states across the Sun Belt and the South, including Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia and even Texas. Those latter five states combine for 109 Electoral College votes, nearly all of which analysts believe Trump must win. On Monday, Biden dispatched his most potent surrogate, former President Barack Obama, to two of those states: Florida and Georgia. The former president campaigned for Biden and two Senate Democratic challengers in Georgia, then stumped for Biden in Florida. Democratic Party strategists are hoping to win the three Senate seats they need to wrest back control of that chamber, along with the White House, and enact a progressive agenda in 2021. The widening map had some Democrats coveting not only victory Tuesday but also a landslide repudiation of Trump and his brand of Republicanism, including aspirations of flipping Texas for the first time since 1976. That Biden himself began his final full day on the road in Ohio — a state Trump carried by 8 percentage points — appeared a sign his campaign hoped to run up the score. Ohio was not among the dozen closest states in 2016. But voters in both parties are mistrusting of the polls. Trump has actively questioned them on a near-daily basis. And many Democrats are still scarred by the shock of 2016. Outside the Polk County Auditor’s office in Des Moines, Iowa, the line to vote early stretched around the block. For 18-year-old Mikayla Simpson, who stood in line wearing earbuds and a tan camouflage Trump 2020 baseball cap, the wait to cast her first vote for Trump was well worth it. “I’d stand here all day if I had to,” she said. Turnout on Tuesday will be critical even with the record early voting. Trump, who for months has sown mistrust in mail-in ballots, is especially in need of a huge in-person showing, banking that the Republican Party’s early investment in door-knocking will pay off. Trump’s chances are mostly pinned on luring white working-class voters to the polls — many of whom have flocked to his rallies despite the health risks. Seeking to recapture the energy of his surprise 2016 win, Trump’s final stop is expected to be in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the same city he finished his 2016 schedule. The Democratic ticket ended the day in Pennsylvania’s two biggest media markets alongside pop stars at rallies in stadium parking lots, with Harris in Philadelphia with John Legend and Biden in Pittsburgh with Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga also performed at Clinton’s final 2016 rally, then in North Carolina. “Vote like this country depends on it, because it does,” she said Monday. In the final stretch, both parties were zeroing in on key demographics. Biden spoke with the African American community in Pittsburgh while his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, headlined a Latino get-out-the-vote effort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Obama campaigned in Miami-Dade County, Florida’s most populous which is a majority Latino and Black. Trump continued to obsess aloud about how white suburban women had flocked toward the Democratic Party during his presidency, helping to deliver Democrats the House in 2018 and possibly the White House in 2020. “I say to the women of the suburbs: love me, women of the suburbs,” Trump said. For Trump, the race’s waning days have been a characteristically chaotic closing stretch. He has threatened to send in lawyers to stop vote counting, cheered on supporters who surrounded a Biden bus on a Texas highway and baselessly accused doctors of exaggerating how many people had died from the virus so that they could make more money. In Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Monday, Trump condemned the Supreme Court decision that will allow ballots to be counted in Pennsylvania after Election Day. “Do you know what can happen during that long period of time?” Trump said without evidence. “Cheating.” Biden and Trump’s closing messages captured their divergent approaches to electoral politics. “There will be no red states and blue states, just the United States,” Biden said of his potential presidency. Trump had a very different pitch. “You have the power to vote, so go out and vote,” he said. “Unless you’re going to vote for somebody other than me, in which case, sit it out.”

Undeterred by pandemic, Americans prepare to render a verdict on Trump

Voters in the all important swing state of Wisconsin turned out on Tuesday (November 3) morning to cast their votes in the bitterly contested presidential race between incumbent Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden after a tumultuous four years that have left the United States as deeply divided as at any time in recent history.

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A nation with nearly 8% unemployment and mourning more than 231,000 COVID-19 deaths, where 4 out of 5 Americans say they feel nervous about the country’s future, gets a final chance Tuesday to decide which candidate is best equipped to lead it past those daunting numbers.

The division and anxiety are evident in conversations among voters in long lines outside early voting places and across browning autumn lawns where warring yard signs pit neighbour against neighbour. Here in the middle of the country, where case counts are surging and college football games were postponed after much angst this past weekend, the worry is all connected, from people on either side of the political chasm.

The coronavirus trends are especially pronounced in several battleground states, including Wisconsin and Michigan, which Joe Biden is fighting to win back for the Democrats after President Donald Trump’s victories there in 2016, and where infection rates were ticking up as the calendar wound down.

A fundamental unease about the country hovers over most other concerns voters describe as they cast ballots: The future of America troubles them more than whether they may lose a job in this recession, whether they could become ill in this pandemic, whether they could personally be harmed by violent crime.

In national polling by The New York Times and Siena College, voters across the political spectrum say they worry that the next generation of Americans will be worse off. And they are concerned America could lose its democracy.

That sentiment means different things to voters on the left and the right. Republicans describe fears of creeping socialism from within the Democratic Party and deep changes in American values amid protests against police and historical figures. Democrats fear threats to democracy from within the White House itself, as they describe Trump undermining the country’s institutions and rule of law.

Other opinion polling leading up to the election has shown Americans deeply divided not just on which candidate they support in the election, but also on questions that have become inseparable from partisan politics this year.

Democrats believe the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come; Republicans believe the worst is already behind the country. Democrats, by broad margins, approve of the Black Lives Matter movement; Republicans, to a comparable degree, have denounced it.

Voters in the two parties disagree on the outlook for the economy, the importance of wearing masks and even whether schools should reopen in person.

They even see different realities in their personal lives: Just 1 in 5 Democrats said they were personally better off than four years ago, in a recent Times/Siena national poll. Nearly 9 in 10 Republicans said they were better off at the end of the first Trump administration.

Heading into Election Day in 2016, the presidential candidates — and the country — were facing an economy that was pointed upward. There had been 79 months of uninterrupted private-sector job gains, the unemployment rate was running below 5% for the first time since the start of the Great Recession, wages were growing and there were high levels of consumer confidence.

Today, the economic picture looks very different. The official unemployment rate in September was 7.9%, and more than 12.6 million people are unemployed — 5 million more than when Trump took office.

There has been progressing since the spring when the spreading pandemic shut down the economy and virtually halted commerce. But the improvements, fueled in part by $2.2 trillion in government assistance to individuals and businesses, are fading. Hundreds of thousands of new jobless claims are reported every week at levels that still eclipse previous records.

Several major companies have said they expect another wave of layoffs and furloughs. Wall Street analysts warn that growth is likely to continue to slow, leaving the economy about 2.5% smaller than it was last year.

In several battleground states, including Pennsylvania (8.1%), Texas (8.3%), Ohio (8.4%), Michigan (8.5%) and Nevada (12.6%), the jobless rate is higher than the national average. Others are faring better, with Wisconsin at 5.4%, Georgia at 6.4% and North Carolina at 7.3%. All, though, are in much worse shape than they were a year ago.

Through most of the Trump administration, views of the economy closely tracked political preferences. Republicans could be counted on to have optimistic views about the economy and give Trump the credit, while Democrats had a much more negative outlook on the country’s prospects and Trump’s effect on them.

“People’s views of the economy are always coloured by party identification,” said Lynn Vavreck, a political scientist at UCLA.

Republicans remain more positive than Democrats, but overall confidence in the economy is low, according to Gallup Polls from mid-October, and only 28% of those surveyed approved of the way things were going in the United States.

Vavreck said that in this unusual year, handling of the economy and handling of the pandemic were joined together in a way that is difficult to peel apart.

But, she added, “there is a robust relationship between the actual economy and election outcomes.”

In Nebraska, the jobless rate in September was 3.5%, not that far off its rate last September and the lowest in the country. Many supporters of the president here tout the nation’s economy overall as one reason they plan to vote for him. They blame economic woes on the pandemic, which they think was outside his control.

“Trump has improved the economy and once they get a vaccine, I’m sure the economy will go back up again,” said Eli Duberow, 42, from Lincoln, Nebraska, as he was waiting for Trump’s rally in Omaha to start last week.

On top of economic and election worries, America is facing a pandemic with a growing number of victims; 9.3 million Americans have been infected.

Nebraska, which splits its Electoral College votes and has been a focal point for Trump, has averaged more than 1,100 coronavirus cases per day over the past week, the most of any point in the pandemic.

That, rather than the pandemic’s economic toll, is more present in the minds of some Nebraska voters — along with, for Republicans, the creep of socialism, and for Democrats, improvements to health care.

In the state’s 2nd Congressional District race in Omaha’s metropolitan area, the Democratic candidate, Kara Eastman, is being painted by her opponent as a radical socialist. Her Republican rival, Don Bacon, whom she has framed as heartless for not supporting COVID relief funds, had planned for an in-person election night hotel party, but switched it to a scaled-back event for staff and family as new coronavirus cases surged.

Across the country, the virus outlook is bleak and getting bleaker. Infection numbers are trending upward in 41 states, and more than 20 states have set weekly case records in recent days. The nation has averaged more than 82,000 cases per day over the past week, the most yet. Deaths, which tend to lag cases, have climbed more slowly to about 800 daily, still well below the spring peak.

Much of the recent increase has been driven by explosive growth in the same Northern battleground states that could decide the presidential race.

The situation is especially dire in Wisconsin and Iowa, which are third and fifth nationally in recent cases per capita. Ten of the country’s 17 metro areas with the highest rates of new cases over the past two weeks are in Wisconsin. More than 14,000 cases were announced in Iowa in the seven-day period ending Sunday, the most in any weeklong stretch of the pandemic.

Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan are all seeing worrisome rises. Cases have also reached record levels in the Omaha area, where Trump held a rally last week that drew thousands of mostly unmasked attendees.

In the Southern battlegrounds, the picture is somewhat more encouraging, though still not good. Cases are rising in Arizona, Florida and Texas, but so far remain below the peak levels seen this summer. In Georgia, which has also improved since summer, reports of new infections have levelled off in recent days. But in North Carolina, new cases and deaths are still emerging near record levels.

Worries about voter fraud, disinformation, misinformation, possible violence and disruptions to ballot casting are also troubling many Americans. But in Omaha the recent culprit of a more than an hourlong halt to early voting at the Douglas County Elections Commission was less nefarious: a squirrel had chewed through electric equipment.

A nation with nearly 8% unemployment and mourning more than 231,000 COVID-19 deaths, where 4 out of 5 Americans say they feel nervous about the country’s future, gets a final chance Tuesday to decide which candidate is best equipped to lead it past those daunting numbers.

A nation with nearly 8% unemployment and mourning more than 231,000 COVID-19 deaths, where 4 out of 5 Americans say they feel nervous about the country’s future, gets a final chance Tuesday to decide which candidate is best equipped to lead it past those daunting numbers. The division and anxiety are evident in conversations among voters in long lines outside early voting places and across browning autumn lawns where warring yard signs pit neighbour against neighbour. Here in the middle of the country, where case counts are surging and college football games were postponed after much angst this past weekend, the worry is all connected, from people on either side of the political chasm. The coronavirus trends are especially pronounced in several battleground states, including Wisconsin and Michigan, which Joe Biden is fighting to win back for the Democrats after President Donald Trump’s victories there in 2016, and where infection rates were ticking up as the calendar wound down. A fundamental unease about the country hovers over most other concerns voters describe as they cast ballots: The future of America troubles them more than whether they may lose a job in this recession, whether they could become ill in this pandemic, whether they could personally be harmed by violent crime. In national polling by The New York Times and Siena College, voters across the political spectrum say they worry that the next generation of Americans will be worse off. And they are concerned America could lose its democracy. That sentiment means different things to voters on the left and the right. Republicans describe fears of creeping socialism from within the Democratic Party and deep changes in American values amid protests against police and historical figures. Democrats fear threats to democracy from within the White House itself, as they describe Trump undermining the country’s institutions and rule of law. Other opinion polling leading up to the election has shown Americans deeply divided not just on which candidate they support in the election, but also on questions that have become inseparable from partisan politics this year. Democrats believe the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come; Republicans believe the worst is already behind the country. Democrats, by broad margins, approve of the Black Lives Matter movement; Republicans, to a comparable degree, have denounced it. Voters in the two parties disagree on the outlook for the economy, the importance of wearing masks and even whether schools should reopen in person. They even see different realities in their personal lives: Just 1 in 5 Democrats said they were personally better off than four years ago, in a recent Times/Siena national poll. Nearly 9 in 10 Republicans said they were better off at the end of the first Trump administration. Heading into Election Day in 2016, the presidential candidates — and the country — were facing an economy that was pointed upward. There had been 79 months of uninterrupted private-sector job gains, the unemployment rate was running below 5% for the first time since the start of the Great Recession, wages were growing and there were high levels of consumer confidence. Today, the economic picture looks very different. The official unemployment rate in September was 7.9%, and more than 12.6 million people are unemployed — 5 million more than when Trump took office. There has been progressing since the spring when the spreading pandemic shut down the economy and virtually halted commerce. But the improvements, fueled in part by $2.2 trillion in government assistance to individuals and businesses, are fading. Hundreds of thousands of new jobless claims are reported every week at levels that still eclipse previous records. Several major companies have said they expect another wave of layoffs and furloughs. Wall Street analysts warn that growth is likely to continue to slow, leaving the economy about 2.5% smaller than it was last year. In several battleground states, including Pennsylvania (8.1%), Texas (8.3%), Ohio (8.4%), Michigan (8.5%) and Nevada (12.6%), the jobless rate is higher than the national average. Others are faring better, with Wisconsin at 5.4%, Georgia at 6.4% and North Carolina at 7.3%. All, though, are in much worse shape than they were a year ago. Through most of the Trump administration, views of the economy closely tracked political preferences. Republicans could be counted on to have optimistic views about the economy and give Trump the credit, while Democrats had a much more negative outlook on the country’s prospects and Trump’s effect on them. “People’s views of the economy are always coloured by party identification,” said Lynn Vavreck, a political scientist at UCLA. Republicans remain more positive than Democrats, but overall confidence in the economy is low, according to Gallup Polls from mid-October, and only 28% of those surveyed approved of the way things were going in the United States. Vavreck said that in this unusual year, handling of the economy and handling of the pandemic were joined together in a way that is difficult to peel apart. But, she added, “there is a robust relationship between the actual economy and election outcomes.” In Nebraska, the jobless rate in September was 3.5%, not that far off its rate last September and the lowest in the country. Many supporters of the president here tout the nation’s economy overall as one reason they plan to vote for him. They blame economic woes on the pandemic, which they think was outside his control. “Trump has improved the economy and once they get a vaccine, I’m sure the economy will go back up again,” said Eli Duberow, 42, from Lincoln, Nebraska, as he was waiting for Trump’s rally in Omaha to start last week. On top of economic and election worries, America is facing a pandemic with a growing number of victims; 9.3 million Americans have been infected. Nebraska, which splits its Electoral College votes and has been a focal point for Trump, has averaged more than 1,100 coronavirus cases per day over the past week, the most of any point in the pandemic. That, rather than the pandemic’s economic toll, is more present in the minds of some Nebraska voters — along with, for Republicans, the creep of socialism, and for Democrats, improvements to health care. In the state’s 2nd Congressional District race in Omaha’s metropolitan area, the Democratic candidate, Kara Eastman, is being painted by her opponent as a radical socialist. Her Republican rival, Don Bacon, whom she has framed as heartless for not supporting COVID relief funds, had planned for an in-person election night hotel party, but switched it to a scaled-back event for staff and family as new coronavirus cases surged. Across the country, the virus outlook is bleak and getting bleaker. Infection numbers are trending upward in 41 states, and more than 20 states have set weekly case records in recent days. The nation has averaged more than 82,000 cases per day over the past week, the most yet. Deaths, which tend to lag cases, have climbed more slowly to about 800 daily, still well below the spring peak. Much of the recent increase has been driven by explosive growth in the same Northern battleground states that could decide the presidential race. The situation is especially dire in Wisconsin and Iowa, which are third and fifth nationally in recent cases per capita. Ten of the country’s 17 metro areas with the highest rates of new cases over the past two weeks are in Wisconsin. More than 14,000 cases were announced in Iowa in the seven-day period ending Sunday, the most in any weeklong stretch of the pandemic. Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan are all seeing worrisome rises. Cases have also reached record levels in the Omaha area, where Trump held a rally last week that drew thousands of mostly unmasked attendees. In the Southern battlegrounds, the picture is somewhat more encouraging, though still not good. Cases are rising in Arizona, Florida and Texas, but so far remain below the peak levels seen this summer. In Georgia, which has also improved since summer, reports of new infections have levelled off in recent days. But in North Carolina, new cases and deaths are still emerging near record levels. Worries about voter fraud, disinformation, misinformation, possible violence and disruptions to ballot casting are also troubling many Americans. But in Omaha the recent culprit of a more than an hourlong halt to early voting at the Douglas County Elections Commission was less nefarious: a squirrel had chewed through electric equipment.

A country facing high joblessness, virus rates and anxiety picks its President

Americans headed to the polls on Tuesday to choose either incumbent Donald Trump or challenger Joe Biden as their next president, after a tumultuous four years under the businessman-turned-politician that have left the country as deeply divided as at any time in recent history.

US Election 2020: Who is leading on opinion poll charts before historic day?

As the US gears up to <a href="https://www.wionews.com/us-election">cast ballots</a> on November 03, dozens of activists in the country are readying themselves to claim the streets and raise their voices against the current&nbsp;President&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;if he interferes with the election process.

Nearly&nbsp;130 groups from Planned Parenthood to Republicans for the Rule of Law have come together to form a colaition titled 'Protect the Rules' through which they have organised nearly 400 events in different parts of the country where people will take to the streets and peacefully protest against if President Trump interferes or manipulates the election results.

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"We can’t assume that Donald Trump will respect the peaceful transfer of power” said Sean Eldridge, the founder and president of Stand Up America, a group that started organising this coalition in June.

The activists&nbsp; fear that the President may interfere in the vote counting process and use his muscle and economical power to try to turn the election results and/or refuse to step down if his&nbsp;Democratic rival&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>&nbsp;wins the lections — a possibility many independent polls are supporting.

Also read|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-election-2020-battleground-states-and-electoral-colleges-338271" hreflang="en">US election 2020: Battleground states and electoral colleges</a>

"We are very concerned that Trump is going to try to steal this election, using his position of power,"&nbsp;said Kaela Bamberger, an organiser with Shut Down DC, which plans civil action that may include stopping traffic in the US capital.

Hinting towards the uprising in Belarus and Russia, Bamberger said, "The longer the person claims to be in power and tries to force their position of power to be extended, the more likely it is there’s nothing to be done about it."

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The activists decided to group up and be ready for any possibility after Trump hinted that he would not cooperate if he loses the elections to "Sleepy Joe". However, the White House and repeteadly tried to reverse statement and has officialy stated that "The President will accept the results of a free and fair election".

Another student-led group We count on Us" is planning hundreds of peaceful demonstrations in the city hall and are ready to make regular and peacful checks to make sure nobody takes over the ballot centres by muscle power and "no line is crossed". The group is also urging citizens to exercise caution and patience, given the current pandemic. "Because of the pandemic, things look different this year, and that will require us to be more patient than usual,"&nbsp;said Neha Desaraju of the Sunrise Movement, a group which has joined the coalition.

As the US gears up to cast ballots on November 03, dozens of activists in the country are readying themselves to claim the streets and raise their voices against the current President Donald Trump if he interferes with the election process.

As the US gears up to cast ballots on November 03, dozens of activists in the country are readying themselves to claim the streets and raise their voices against the current President Donald Trump if he interferes with the election process. Nearly 130 groups from Planned Parenthood to Republicans for the Rule of Law have come together to form a colaition titled 'Protect the Rules' through which they have organised nearly 400 events in different parts of the country where people will take to the streets and peacefully protest against if President Trump interferes or manipulates the election results. Also read| More than 95 million voters cast early ballots on eve of US election 2020 "We can’t assume that Donald Trump will respect the peaceful transfer of power” said Sean Eldridge, the founder and president of Stand Up America, a group that started organising this coalition in June. The activists fear that the President may interfere in the vote counting process and use his muscle and economical power to try to turn the election results and/or refuse to step down if his Democratic rival Joe Biden wins the lections — a possibility many independent polls are supporting. Also read| US election 2020: Battleground states and electoral colleges "We are very concerned that Trump is going to try to steal this election, using his position of power," said Kaela Bamberger, an organiser with Shut Down DC, which plans civil action that may include stopping traffic in the US capital. Hinting towards the uprising in Belarus and Russia, Bamberger said, "The longer the person claims to be in power and tries to force their position of power to be extended, the more likely it is there’s nothing to be done about it." Also read| US election 2020: How are votes counted in the presidential election? The activists decided to group up and be ready for any possibility after Trump hinted that he would not cooperate if he loses the elections to "Sleepy Joe". However, the White House and repeteadly tried to reverse statement and has officialy stated that "The President will accept the results of a free and fair election". Another student-led group We count on Us" is planning hundreds of peaceful demonstrations in the city hall and are ready to make regular and peacful checks to make sure nobody takes over the ballot centres by muscle power and "no line is crossed". The group is also urging citizens to exercise caution and patience, given the current pandemic. "Because of the pandemic, things look different this year, and that will require us to be more patient than usual," said Neha Desaraju of the Sunrise Movement, a group which has joined the coalition.

'Protect the Results': Americans threaten protest if Donald Trump interferes in US Election 2020

US Election 2020: Donald Trump and Joe Biden hold final election rallies

Americans headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether incumbent Donald Trump or challenger Joe Biden will be elected president, after a tumultuous four years under the businessman-turned-politician that have left the country as deeply polarized as at any time in its recent history.

WION Dispatch: Donald Trump and Joe Biden hold final election rallies

US President Donald Trump sought to project a calm but confident image on the day when millions of Americans were out to decide whether he will get four more years or not. National poll numbers declared by various polling agencies put Biden a bit ahead of Donald Trump. But if Trump&nbsp;was worried, he did not let it show.

“Well, we feel very good," said Trump as he spoke with Fox News.

He made an appearance on Fox News on the election day and said that he had "solid chance of winning".

Donald Trump has previously said that he would "declare victory" if early trends during counting of votes favoured him.

When he was directly asked by Fox News about this on the election day however, he sidestepped the question.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/live-us-election-2020-donald-trump-joe-biden-more-than-98-million-voted-to-elect-the-next-president-340039">Click here for latest updates on US Presidential Election 2020</a>

As Americans head to polling stations on Tuesday, the question is not just whether Republican President Donald Trump will win a second four-year term or be defeated by his Democratic rival Joe Biden, but also when the result will be known.

The latest opinion polls show the race is close enough in the battleground states to swing the outcome to either party, even as Biden leads Trump in national polls.

(With Reuters inputs)

US President Donald Trump sought to project a calm but confident image on the day when millions of Americans were out to decide whether he will get four more years or not.

US President Donald Trump sought to project a calm but confident image on the day when millions of Americans were out to decide whether he will get four more years or not. National poll numbers declared by various polling agencies put Biden a bit ahead of Donald Trump. But if Trump was worried, he did not let it show. “Well, we feel very good," said Trump as he spoke with Fox News. He made an appearance on Fox News on the election day and said that he had "solid chance of winning". Donald Trump has previously said that he would "declare victory" if early trends during counting of votes favoured him. When he was directly asked by Fox News about this on the election day however, he sidestepped the question. Click here for latest updates on US Presidential Election 2020 As Americans head to polling stations on Tuesday, the question is not just whether Republican President Donald Trump will win a second four-year term or be defeated by his Democratic rival Joe Biden, but also when the result will be known. The latest opinion polls show the race is close enough in the battleground states to swing the outcome to either party, even as Biden leads Trump in national polls. (With Reuters inputs)

On US election day, Trump says he has a 'solid chance of winning'

On the final day of the campaign of the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/us-election">US election</a> 2020, President <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a> on Monday dismissed&nbsp;polls that show him headed for defeat.

Meanwhile, his&nbsp;Democratic challenger&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>&nbsp;urged Americans to draw a line under four years of "chaos."

While campaigning in the most fiercely contested battleground, Pennsylvania, The president threatened legal action to stop counting beyond Election Day. If Pennsylvania&nbsp;ballot-counting takes several days, as is allowed, Trump charged that “cheating can happen as you have never seen. ”

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Both campaigns insist they have a pathway to victory, though Biden’s options for winning the required 270 Electoral College votes are more plentiful. Trump is banking on a surge of enthusiasm from his most loyal supporters in addition to potential legal maneuvers.

Trump won the state in a stunner in 2016, but Biden has maintained a steady if narrowing lead there, and will make an 11th-hour Election Day trip to his gritty childhood hometown of Scranton.

Trump jetted into the city for a raucous event on Biden's home turf, but not before rallying supporters in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

"I watch these fake polls," Trump said there. "We're going to win anyway."

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The Republican's gripe at pollsters, combined with swipes at journalists, social media CEOs and his 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton, reflected the bitter mood as he faces the possibility of being removed from the White House.

As he pivoted back to his months-long attempts to paint Biden as either "sleepy" or "corrupt," the crowd chanted: "Lock him up!"

And Trump sought to recapture the spirit of his shock win four years ago, telling the crowd: "You elected an outsider as president who is finally putting America first."

But Biden, who has built his campaign on casting Trump as a reckless failure during the coronavirus pandemic, senses victory.

Opinion polls give him small but steady advantages in all the swing states that tip close elections and even threatening Republican strongholds like Georgia and Texas.

"It's time for Donald Trump to pack his bags and go home," Biden, 77, told supporters at a socially-distanced event in Cleveland, Ohio.

"We're done with the chaos! We're done with the tweets, the anger, the hate, the failure, the irresponsibility."

While, Trump spent the final full campaign day sprinting through five rallies, from North Carolina to Pennsylvania to Wisconsin. Biden on the other hand, devoted most of his time to Pennsylvania, where a win would leave Trump with an exceedingly narrow path. He also dipped into Ohio, a show of confidence in a state that Trump won by 8 percentage points four years ago.

On the final day of the campaign of the US election 2020, President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed polls that show him headed for defeat. Meanwhile, his Democratic challenger Joe Biden urged Americans to draw a line under four years of "chaos.

On the final day of the campaign of the US election 2020, President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed polls that show him headed for defeat. Meanwhile, his Democratic challenger Joe Biden urged Americans to draw a line under four years of "chaos." While campaigning in the most fiercely contested battleground, Pennsylvania, The president threatened legal action to stop counting beyond Election Day. If Pennsylvania ballot-counting takes several days, as is allowed, Trump charged that “cheating can happen as you have never seen. ” Both campaigns insist they have a pathway to victory, though Biden’s options for winning the required 270 Electoral College votes are more plentiful. Trump is banking on a surge of enthusiasm from his most loyal supporters in addition to potential legal maneuvers. Trump won the state in a stunner in 2016, but Biden has maintained a steady if narrowing lead there, and will make an 11th-hour Election Day trip to his gritty childhood hometown of Scranton. Trump jetted into the city for a raucous event on Biden's home turf, but not before rallying supporters in Fayetteville, North Carolina. "I watch these fake polls," Trump said there. "We're going to win anyway." The Republican's gripe at pollsters, combined with swipes at journalists, social media CEOs and his 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton, reflected the bitter mood as he faces the possibility of being removed from the White House. As he pivoted back to his months-long attempts to paint Biden as either "sleepy" or "corrupt," the crowd chanted: "Lock him up!" And Trump sought to recapture the spirit of his shock win four years ago, telling the crowd: "You elected an outsider as president who is finally putting America first." But Biden, who has built his campaign on casting Trump as a reckless failure during the coronavirus pandemic, senses victory. Opinion polls give him small but steady advantages in all the swing states that tip close elections and even threatening Republican strongholds like Georgia and Texas. "It's time for Donald Trump to pack his bags and go home," Biden, 77, told supporters at a socially-distanced event in Cleveland, Ohio. "We're done with the chaos! We're done with the tweets, the anger, the hate, the failure, the irresponsibility." While, Trump spent the final full campaign day sprinting through five rallies, from North Carolina to Pennsylvania to Wisconsin. Biden on the other hand, devoted most of his time to Pennsylvania, where a win would leave Trump with an exceedingly narrow path. He also dipped into Ohio, a show of confidence in a state that Trump won by 8 percentage points four years ago.

US election 2020: Donald Trump dismisses 'fake' polls, Joe Biden urges Americans to end 'chaos'

Kamala Harris' ancestral village in India prays for her victory in US Election 2020 | Photos

Iran's supreme leader mocked America's presidential election Tuesday in a televised address said that the U.S. presidential election's result will not impact Tehran's policy towards Washington.

"Our policy towards the United States is clearly set and does not change with the movement of individuals. It does not matter to us who comes and goes," Khamenei said in a speech carried live on state TV.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated a long-standing Iranian position that it didn't matter whether Trump or Joe Biden wins the vote, but the stakes couldn't be higher for the Islamic Republic.

Khamenei was speaking on the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, which coincided with the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammad.

"The students' attack on this den of spies was quite appropriate and wise," Khamenei said, referring to radical Islamist students who stormed the embassy, taking hostage 52 staff for an eventual 444 days. There have been no U.S.-Iranian diplomatic relations since.

Iran this year cancelled rallies and other events marking the embassy seizure because of concerns over the spread of the coronavirus which has killed about 36,000 people in the country, the worst hit in the Middle East.

The Democratic nominee, Joe Biden, has pledged to rejoin Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with six powers if Iran returns to compliance with it.

In 2018, President Donald Trump abandoned the deal, under which Iran international financial sanctions on Iran were lifted in return for curbs to its nuclear programme. Iran followed Washington's rejection by reducing its compliance.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told U.S. network CBS on Monday that he wants the United States to rejoin the accord, but that "re-engagement does not mean renegotiation" because "if we wanted to do that [renegotiate], we would have done it with President (Donald) Trump four years ago."

Zarif told CBS that "the statements by the Biden camp have been more promising, but we will have to wait and see".

(With inputs from agencies)

Iran's supreme leader mocked America's presidential election Tuesday in a televised address said that the U.S. presidential election's result will not impact Tehran's policy towards Washington.

Iran's supreme leader mocked America's presidential election Tuesday in a televised address said that the U.S. presidential election's result will not impact Tehran's policy towards Washington. "Our policy towards the United States is clearly set and does not change with the movement of individuals. It does not matter to us who comes and goes," Khamenei said in a speech carried live on state TV. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated a long-standing Iranian position that it didn't matter whether Trump or Joe Biden wins the vote, but the stakes couldn't be higher for the Islamic Republic. Khamenei was speaking on the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, which coincided with the birthday of Islam's Prophet Mohammad. "The students' attack on this den of spies was quite appropriate and wise," Khamenei said, referring to radical Islamist students who stormed the embassy, taking hostage 52 staff for an eventual 444 days. There have been no U.S.-Iranian diplomatic relations since. Iran this year cancelled rallies and other events marking the embassy seizure because of concerns over the spread of the coronavirus which has killed about 36,000 people in the country, the worst hit in the Middle East. The Democratic nominee, Joe Biden, has pledged to rejoin Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with six powers if Iran returns to compliance with it. In 2018, President Donald Trump abandoned the deal, under which Iran international financial sanctions on Iran were lifted in return for curbs to its nuclear programme. Iran followed Washington's rejection by reducing its compliance. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told U.S. network CBS on Monday that he wants the United States to rejoin the accord, but that "re-engagement does not mean renegotiation" because "if we wanted to do that [renegotiate], we would have done it with President (Donald) Trump four years ago." Zarif told CBS that "the statements by the Biden camp have been more promising, but we will have to wait and see". (With inputs from agencies)

Iran's US policy not affected by who wins election: Ayatollah Khamenei

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