Joe Biden has been elected as the 46th President of the United States by defeating Donald Trump, after an intense battle. Kamala Harris created history by becoming the first-ever woman Vice President, first Black American and first Asian American to lead the second-highest US office.

Joe Biden has been elected as the 46th President of the United States by defeating Donald Trump, after an intense battle. Kamala Harris created history by becoming the first-ever woman Vice President, first Black American and first Asian American to lead the second-highest US office. As the democrats win, wishes from all around the globe started pouring. Bollywood celebrities including Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ishaan Khattar, Priyanka Chopra, Masaba Gupta, Riteish Deshmukh and many more took their social media to extend their wish for their big win. Priyanka Chopra shared the picture of Biden-Harris and wrote, ''America spoke in record-breaking numbers and the verdict is in... EVERY VOTE counts. I applaud everyone who voted in what was such a powerful display of how a democracy should function. It was amazing to witness this election in the US. Congrats to the President-Elect @joebiden and Vice President-elect @kamalaharris, the first woman VP! Dream Big girls! Anything can happen!! #DemocracyRocks Congratulations America.'' View this post on Instagram America spoke in record breaking numbers and the verdict is in... EVERY VOTE counts. I applaud everyone who voted in what was such a powerful display of how a democracy should function. It was amazing to witness this election in the US. Congrats to the President Elect @joebiden and Vice President elect @kamalaharris, the first woman VP! Dream Big girls! Anything can happen!! 💙❤️🤍   #DemocracyRocks  Congratulations America. A post shared by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (@priyankachopra) on Nov 7, 2020 at 9:25am PST × Kareena Kapoor Khan took to her Instagram story to wish Kamala Harris. Riteish Deshmukh also expressed his thoughts with a dash of humour. “Achha chalta hoon, duaon mein yaad rakhna.. Err.. Ok BI-DEN,” he wrote on Twitter. अच्छा चलता हूँ दुआओं में याद रखना.. Err.. Ok BI-DEN — Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) November 7, 2020 × Alia Bhatt also took to her Instagram account and congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their win. Ishaan Khattar also shared Kamala picture on his Instagram story Designer Masaba Gupta by talking about being a 'mixed girl' just like Harris, and how their roots are similar. Sharing a childhood picture of Harris, Masaba wrote, "You know when i was little & started to understand more about my ethnicity...the fact that I was a mixed child..half Caribbean & half Indian,I thought I was the only one of my kind.I used to think wow, masala there possibly can’t be more like you out there. And then my world opened up, I travelled and on a trip to Antigua I discovered so many more of my kind. It was like looking into a mirror I could never find. And I felt a little less alone in my constant fight to understand racism-it was such a big word. In my fight to understand why I was different. I mean, it’s just so much easier to be like everyone else so you mix with the crowd in Mumbai, isn’t it ? But today I see @kamalaharris & I know different is so good. It’s so good that if you keep your chin up & work hard enough to break out of the color, skin, race box they put you in...you might just make history." View this post on Instagram You know when i was little & started to understand more about my ethnicity...the fact that I was a mixed child..half Caribbean & half Indian,I thought I was the only one of my kind.I used to think wow,masaba there possibly can’t be more like you out there. And then my world opened up,I travelled and on a trip to Antigua I discovered so many more of my kind. It was like looking into a mirror I could never find. And I felt a little less alone in my constant fight to understand racism-it was such a big word. In my fight to understand why I was different. I mean,it’s just so much easier to be like everyone else so you mix with the crowd in Mumbai,isn’t it ? But today I see @kamalaharris & I know different is so good. It’s so good that if you keep your chin up & work hard enough to break out of the color,skin,race box they put you in...you might just make history. Madame Vice President,the first black woman / the first person of south Asian descent & more importantly just the first woman to be VP elect- I salute you & I plan to go back to my drawing board tonight & sketch bigger,brighter dreams for myself and the women who will come after me...mixed girls,just like us. #kamalaharris #america #election2020 - image credit : @jonelleyoga A post shared by Masaba (@masabagupta) on Nov 7, 2020 at 10:23am PST × Read more stories here: 'Return of the Jedi': Mark Hamill celebrates Joe Biden's win with an epic 'Star Wars' touch Joe Biden wins, celebrities who supported him for the presidential election

Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt & other Bollywood celebs congratulate Biden-Harris on their big win

Biden has been declared the winner in the main battleground states of Pennsylvania and Arizona, beating incumbent Donald Trump after one of the longest-ever vote counting process.

US Election 2020 Exclusive: Joe Biden wins with 290 electoral votes

As Donald Trump and Joe Biden continue their tussle for power, the US is witnessing a major spike in cases of the Wuhan Coronavirus. Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you more about America's second wave.

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The Trump camp has lost two legal fights over claims of voter fraud. But on the internet, Trump's claims have taken a life of their own. Palki Sharma Upadhyay takes you inside the alternative reality of the US election, where Americans believe voter fraud is real.

Gravitas: Trump's claims of voter fraud take a life of their own

Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Friday (November 6) said he expects a recount due to the small margin for the presidential election in the battleground state, where Democrat Joe Biden has a small lead over President Donald Trump of just over 1,000 votes.

Georgia results to undergo a recount in US presidential election

<p>There is an equal amount of chaos at the White House as there are in the world due to the long wait for the result of the November 3 vote.</p>

<p>In the run up to the much-awaited outcome, two top officials in the Trump administration have been dropped -- without explanation. And the president's office expects a few more.</p>

<p>President Donald Trump has demoted the nation's top federal energy regulator. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced Thursday evening that Trump had replaced Neil Chatterjee, the agency's chairman.</p>

<p>Analysts are of the opinion that the demotion is likely linked to Chatterjee's recent support for clean energy.</p>

<p>Chatterjee has recently backed policies that support electric vehicles, rooftop solar and other clean energy solutions. Trump, on the other hand, has fiercely backed coal -- a fuel source that is rapidly losing ground to solar and wind.</p>

<p>Trump is replacing Chatterjee as chairman with James Danly, who became a commissioner in March and opposed recent FERC orders that would support clean energy. Chatterjee will remain a FERC commissioner.</p>

<p>The other demotion is of Bonnie Glick, the second highest-ranking official at the US Agency for International Development. She was ousted Friday.</p>

<p>Glick's removal from the deputy administrator post came the same day that John Barsa's term as acting administrator of the agency expired under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.</p>

<p>Sources believe that she was fired so he could remain at the helm.</p>

<p>According to CNN, Glick received a note from the White House on Friday afternoon telling her that she needed to resign by 5 pm or she would be terminated without cause at the pleasure of the president.</p>

<p>It is now suspected at USAID Barsa would be replacing Glick in an acting capacity.</p>

<p>The biggest name, however, to appear in this list is of Defense Secretary Mark Esper's.</p>

<p>He has reportedly prepared his resignation letter in anticipation that Trump will fire him if he wins reelection.&nbsp;</p>

<p>A report, published in October, had suggested that Esper along with FBI Director Christopher Wray and CIA Director Gina Haspel were all on Trump's chopping block if he claims victory in the 2020 presidential race.</p>

<p>To this end, Esper already has his letter ready if Trump beats Biden, NBC News has reported.</p>

<p>Esper reportedly aggravted Trump over the summer when he distanced himself from the idea of sending active-duty soldiers into the streets to combat anti-racism protests all over the country, spurred by George Floyd's death.</p>

<p>According to Daily Mail, both Wray and Haspel are almost unanimously 'despised and distrusted' by Trump's inner circle. Hence, it is speculated that firing Wray, who has been in charge of the FBI since 2017, will reportedly be Trump's first course of action, followed by the ousting of Haspel from the CIA -- that is, if he wins.</p>

<p>Trump reportedly would have fired them both already, sources say, had it not been for the November 3 election.</p>


There is an equal amount of chaos at the White House as there are in the world due to the long wait for the result of the November 3 vote. In the run up to the much-awaited outcome, two top officials in the Trump administration have been dropped -- without explanation.

There is an equal amount of chaos at the White House as there are in the world due to the long wait for the result of the November 3 vote. In the run up to the much-awaited outcome, two top officials in the Trump administration have been dropped -- without explanation. And the president's office expects a few more. President Donald Trump has demoted the nation's top federal energy regulator. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced Thursday evening that Trump had replaced Neil Chatterjee, the agency's chairman. Analysts are of the opinion that the demotion is likely linked to Chatterjee's recent support for clean energy. Chatterjee has recently backed policies that support electric vehicles, rooftop solar and other clean energy solutions. Trump, on the other hand, has fiercely backed coal -- a fuel source that is rapidly losing ground to solar and wind. Trump is replacing Chatterjee as chairman with James Danly, who became a commissioner in March and opposed recent FERC orders that would support clean energy. Chatterjee will remain a FERC commissioner. The other demotion is of Bonnie Glick, the second highest-ranking official at the US Agency for International Development. She was ousted Friday. Glick's removal from the deputy administrator post came the same day that John Barsa's term as acting administrator of the agency expired under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. Sources believe that she was fired so he could remain at the helm. According to CNN, Glick received a note from the White House on Friday afternoon telling her that she needed to resign by 5 pm or she would be terminated without cause at the pleasure of the president. It is now suspected at USAID Barsa would be replacing Glick in an acting capacity. The biggest name, however, to appear in this list is of Defense Secretary Mark Esper's. He has reportedly prepared his resignation letter in anticipation that Trump will fire him if he wins reelection. A report, published in October, had suggested that Esper along with FBI Director Christopher Wray and CIA Director Gina Haspel were all on Trump's chopping block if he claims victory in the 2020 presidential race. To this end, Esper already has his letter ready if Trump beats Biden, NBC News has reported. Esper reportedly aggravted Trump over the summer when he distanced himself from the idea of sending active-duty soldiers into the streets to combat anti-racism protests all over the country, spurred by George Floyd's death. According to Daily Mail, both Wray and Haspel are almost unanimously 'despised and distrusted' by Trump's inner circle. Hence, it is speculated that firing Wray, who has been in charge of the FBI since 2017, will reportedly be Trump's first course of action, followed by the ousting of Haspel from the CIA -- that is, if he wins. Trump reportedly would have fired them both already, sources say, had it not been for the November 3 election.

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<p>Donald Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden said he would he waste no time in addressing the Covid pandemic upon taking office, as he closed in on winning the US presidency.</p>

<p>"I want everyone, everyone to know on day one we're going to put our plan to control this virus into action," Biden said in a late night address Friday from his hometown Wilmington, in Delaware.</p>

<p>Biden expressed confidence that he would defeat President Donald Trump as vote counting dragged on from Tuesday's election but stopped short of declaring himself the winner. He pledged to unite a bitterly divided nation.</p>

<p>The virus has killed more than 231,000 Americans and infected over 9 million others.</p>

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<p>"It's time for us to come together as a nation to heal," Biden said, adding it was "clear and convincing" that he is going to win the race for the White House.</p>

<p>"We don't have the final declaration victory yet. But the numbers tell us it is clear... Clear and convincing story. We are going to win this race," he said.</p>

<p>As per the latest projections, Biden has 264 electoral college votes and Trump trails behind with 213. Biden was leading in four of the five key battleground states where counting of ballots was still going on. Trump was trailing behind Biden in Arizona (by 38,455 votes), Georgia (4,224), Nevada (22,657) and Pennsylvania (19,500) but leading in North Carolina with 76,587 votes.</p>

<p>To be declared the winner of the US election, either of the two candidates needs at least 270 of the 538 electoral college votes.</p>


Donald Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden said he would he waste no time in addressing the Covid pandemic upon taking office, as he closed in on winning the US presidency.

Donald Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden said he would he waste no time in addressing the Covid pandemic upon taking office, as he closed in on winning the US presidency. "I want everyone, everyone to know on day one we're going to put our plan to control this virus into action," Biden said in a late night address Friday from his hometown Wilmington, in Delaware. Biden expressed confidence that he would defeat President Donald Trump as vote counting dragged on from Tuesday's election but stopped short of declaring himself the winner. He pledged to unite a bitterly divided nation. The virus has killed more than 231,000 Americans and infected over 9 million others. × "It's time for us to come together as a nation to heal," Biden said, adding it was "clear and convincing" that he is going to win the race for the White House. "We don't have the final declaration victory yet. But the numbers tell us it is clear... Clear and convincing story. We are going to win this race," he said. As per the latest projections, Biden has 264 electoral college votes and Trump trails behind with 213. Biden was leading in four of the five key battleground states where counting of ballots was still going on. Trump was trailing behind Biden in Arizona (by 38,455 votes), Georgia (4,224), Nevada (22,657) and Pennsylvania (19,500) but leading in North Carolina with 76,587 votes. To be declared the winner of the US election, either of the two candidates needs at least 270 of the 538 electoral college votes.

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Democrat Joe Biden expanded his narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Georgia on Friday, putting him on the verge of winning the White House three days after polls closed.

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Why is Donald Trump battling for the Presidency, when a defeat looks imminent? Palki Sharma Upadhyay decodes the situation in the United States with Simon Marks in Washington DC.

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Counting of votes is still on in the US, but Biden is just one step closer to victory. The Secret Service has ramped up Biden's security. Meanwhile, the Trump camp has lost the legal fight to challenge the results in Georgia and Michigan. Palki Sharma Upadhyay has more.

Gravitas: Secret Service steps up the security of Joe Biden

Joe Biden addressed Americans as he took the lead in several battleground states and appeared to win the Whiten House in election. Biden said he is going to win this race and asked supporters to stay calm until the verdict is out.

US ELECTION 2020 Results Update: Joe Biden addresses amid counting in key states

With Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden closing in on 270, the Trump team has made claims of fraud & threatened multiple legal actions to stall the presidential verdict. WION brings you a report.

US ELECTION 2020: Trump team made claims of fraud & threatened legal actions to stall the verdict

Democrat Joe Biden defeats President Donald Trump to become 46th president of the United States. AP, NBC, CNN calling US election for Democrat Joe Biden.

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US Election 2020: Biden defeats Trump to become 46th President of US

<p>As US networks declared Biden as the next US president, President Trump's team&nbsp;refused to concede.</p>

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<p>Trump's campaign team said federal civil rights case will be filed in either Philadelphia or Pittsburgh.</p>

<p>"There are plans to file a similar case in Atlanta," Rudi Guiliani said.</p>

<p>"Networks don't decide elections, courts do," he added.</p>

<p>US TV networks called the race on Saturday for Democrat Joe Biden despite the Republican unabashedly seizing on the power of incumbency.</p>


As US networks declared Biden as the next US president, President Trump's team refused to concede. Watch: Trump's campaign team said federal civil rights case will be filed in either Philadelphia or Pittsburgh.

As US networks declared Biden as the next US president, President Trump's team refused to concede. Watch: Trump's campaign team said federal civil rights case will be filed in either Philadelphia or Pittsburgh. "There are plans to file a similar case in Atlanta," Rudi Guiliani said. "Networks don't decide elections, courts do," he added. US TV networks called the race on Saturday for Democrat Joe Biden despite the Republican unabashedly seizing on the power of incumbency.

'Networks don't decide elections, courts do': Trump's team refuses to concede

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/donald-trump">Donald Trump's</a>&nbsp;</strong>chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. The news broke out after it was reported that Meadows has told his close associates about him contracting the deadly virus.</p>

<p>Meadows told a handful of people who are his close advisors moments after the&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/us-election">US election</a>&nbsp;</strong>2020. It is not yet clear as to when did the Chief of Staff get his report.</p>

<p>There has not been any information provided about whether or not he has shown symptoms for COVID-19. There is also no update about his health condition after contracting the virus.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-election-2020-result-live-updates-biden-echoes-message-of-unity-as-vote-counts-show-him-leading-in-key-states-341275"><strong>US election 2020 result LIVE updates: Biden echoes message of unity as vote counts show him leading in key states</strong></a></p>

<p>He was last seen in close proximity to hundreds of people when Donald Trump had visited the headquarters of his re-election campaign on Tuesday.</p>

<p>An official statement from the White House and Meadows' office is still awaited.</p>

<p>Meadows' positive report has added to the massive outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the White House after an alleged super-spreader event was held to officially welcome the new Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett by Donald Trump.</p>

<p>The event had led to President Donald Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump, too, testing positive. Donald Trump was admitted to the military hospital where he stayed for a few days till he recovered. The First Couple's youngest son, too, had later tested positive.</p>


Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. The news broke out after it was reported that Meadows has told his close associates about him contracting the deadly virus.

Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. The news broke out after it was reported that Meadows has told his close associates about him contracting the deadly virus. Meadows told a handful of people who are his close advisors moments after the US election 2020. It is not yet clear as to when did the Chief of Staff get his report. There has not been any information provided about whether or not he has shown symptoms for COVID-19. There is also no update about his health condition after contracting the virus. US election 2020 result LIVE updates: Biden echoes message of unity as vote counts show him leading in key states He was last seen in close proximity to hundreds of people when Donald Trump had visited the headquarters of his re-election campaign on Tuesday. An official statement from the White House and Meadows' office is still awaited. Meadows' positive report has added to the massive outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the White House after an alleged super-spreader event was held to officially welcome the new Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett by Donald Trump. The event had led to President Donald Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump, too, testing positive. Donald Trump was admitted to the military hospital where he stayed for a few days till he recovered. The First Couple's youngest son, too, had later tested positive.

Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, tests positive for coronavirus: Reports

<p>A college teacher from California has been ordered to stand trial by a US court after he was accused of sending a threatening letter to a health official over the restrictions being imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic.</p>

<p>The teacher is a 55-year-old who teaches mathematics at a community college in Northern California.&nbsp;Alan Viarengo was arrested from the town of&nbsp;Gilroy and the local police officials confiscated&nbsp;138 firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and explosive materials.</p>

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<p>Viarengo will be standing trial for two felony counts of stalking and threatening a public official after he sent nearly 24 threatening letters to the health official, in addition to various email and phone calls, starting from the month of April.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"You will pay a heavy price for your stupidity, (expletive)," one of the letters read, according to local reports.&nbsp;"You must go no matter how you go you stupid (expletive)," and “You are done … it’s over … say goodbye," other letters read.</p>

<p>One of the letters, assumably from the same stalker, also expressed satisfaction that the health official was being harassed and said he is happy and has posted the official's address everywhere.</p>

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<p>The letters were being sent to&nbsp;Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Dr Sara Cody, who is known for being one of the most vocal health experts of the country, especially in the context of the novel coronavirus.</p>

<p>It is also being investigated if the teacher was a member or was in any way associated with the far right-wing group called the&nbsp;Boogaloo movement as he had allegedly sent various slogans from the movement and some of the letters also had stickers of the same. The&nbsp;Boogaloo movement is a loosely organsied far right-wing extremist group. The members promote anti-government, anti-police and pro-guns messages throughout the country.</p>

<p>Through the investigations, it has also been found that accused had also sent a letter of mockery to a widow of a Sherrif who had died in a fire exchange in the line of duty.</p>


A college teacher from California has been ordered to stand trial by a US court after he was accused of sending a threatening letter to a health official over the restrictions being imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic.

A college teacher from California has been ordered to stand trial by a US court after he was accused of sending a threatening letter to a health official over the restrictions being imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic. The teacher is a 55-year-old who teaches mathematics at a community college in Northern California. Alan Viarengo was arrested from the town of Gilroy and the local police officials confiscated 138 firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and explosive materials. US election 2020 result LIVE updates: Biden echoes message of unity as vote counts show him leading in key states Viarengo will be standing trial for two felony counts of stalking and threatening a public official after he sent nearly 24 threatening letters to the health official, in addition to various email and phone calls, starting from the month of April. "You will pay a heavy price for your stupidity, (expletive)," one of the letters read, according to local reports. "You must go no matter how you go you stupid (expletive)," and “You are done … it’s over … say goodbye," other letters read. One of the letters, assumably from the same stalker, also expressed satisfaction that the health official was being harassed and said he is happy and has posted the official's address everywhere. Also read| Covid-19 cases in US hit record for third day, topping 127,000 The letters were being sent to Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Dr Sara Cody, who is known for being one of the most vocal health experts of the country, especially in the context of the novel coronavirus. It is also being investigated if the teacher was a member or was in any way associated with the far right-wing group called the Boogaloo movement as he had allegedly sent various slogans from the movement and some of the letters also had stickers of the same. The Boogaloo movement is a loosely organsied far right-wing extremist group. The members promote anti-government, anti-police and pro-guns messages throughout the country. Through the investigations, it has also been found that accused had also sent a letter of mockery to a widow of a Sherrif who had died in a fire exchange in the line of duty.

US college teacher to face trial for threatening health official over COVID-19 restrictions

Democratic candidate Joe Biden‘s margins over Republican President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and Georgia continued to grow Friday night into Saturday

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<p>The race for the white house in the United States of America between Joe Biden and Donald Trump looks never-ending as the counting is still underway in key states. The outcome is yet to come and celebrities are keeping their fans informed and entertained as the whole world awaits the results.&nbsp;</p>

<p>As per the latest news, Democrat candidate Biden is leading in the state of Georgia. Celebrating this news, Biden supporter and singer John Legend posted a video of himself singing, 'Georgia On My Mind'</p>

<p>The EGOT winner crooned an a capella version of the classic — which also happens to be Georgia's official state song.</p>

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<p>Biden took the lead over Trump — a lead that, if it holds, would see the state change its loyalties and become a blue state for the first time in nearly 30 years.</p>

<p>Chrissy Teigen shared Legend's video on Twitter, writing, "He has been waiting to post this for 5 hours." The singer quipped "It was one take tho,"</p>

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<p>Legend performed at a Biden campaign event the day before Election Day in Pennsylvania — another state that Biden took the lead in on Friday.</p>

<p>He was joined by Teigen, 34, and their children Luna Simone, 4, and Miles Theodore, 2, onstage. He sang "Glory" with Common, who shared their performance on Twitter and encouraged people to vote.</p>


The race for the white house in the United States of America between Joe Biden and Donald Trump looks never-ending as the counting is still underway in key states.

The race for the white house in the United States of America between Joe Biden and Donald Trump looks never-ending as the counting is still underway in key states. The outcome is yet to come and celebrities are keeping their fans informed and entertained as the whole world awaits the results. As per the latest news, Democrat candidate Biden is leading in the state of Georgia. Celebrating this news, Biden supporter and singer John Legend posted a video of himself singing, 'Georgia On My Mind' The EGOT winner crooned an a capella version of the classic — which also happens to be Georgia's official state song. Georgia on my mind pic.twitter.com/QKvOjA2LL0 — John Legend (@johnlegend) November 6, 2020 × Biden took the lead over Trump — a lead that, if it holds, would see the state change its loyalties and become a blue state for the first time in nearly 30 years. Chrissy Teigen shared Legend's video on Twitter, writing, "He has been waiting to post this for 5 hours." The singer quipped "It was one take tho," He has been waiting to post this for 5 hours https://t.co/vIz2bNkkCW — chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 6, 2020 × It was one take tho https://t.co/BymBWcCQlw — John Legend (@johnlegend) November 6, 2020 × Legend performed at a Biden campaign event the day before Election Day in Pennsylvania — another state that Biden took the lead in on Friday. He was joined by Teigen, 34, and their children Luna Simone, 4, and Miles Theodore, 2, onstage. He sang "Glory" with Common, who shared their performance on Twitter and encouraged people to vote.

John Legend croons 'Georgia On My Mind' as Joe Biden takes a lead in the state

<p>The US Postal Service (USPS) delivered about 40,000 ballots on Thursday as it continues to conduct court-ordered twice-daily sweeps before various state deadlines to receive ballots.</p>

<p>In a court filing early Friday, USPS said 1,076 ballots, had been found at the USPS Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center.&nbsp;</p>

<p>About 300 were found at the Pittsburgh processing center, 266 at a Lehigh Valley facility and others found at other Pennsylvania processing centers.</p>

<p>In court, a Justice Department lawyer said it appears 668 of the 1,076 ballots in Philadephia were discovered on Wednesday and not Thursday.</p>

<p>Ballots must be received by Friday evening in Pennsylvania in order to be counted. The vote for the US president remains extremely close and Pennsylvania is one of the states that remains undecided.</p>

<p>There are about 15 states that have ballot receipt deadlines next week.</p>

<p>About 500 ballots were also discovered in North Carolina during sweeps, USPS said on Friday.</p>

<p>Some states, including Nevada and North Carolina, are counting ballots that are received after Election Day as long as they were postmarked by Tuesday.</p>

<p>A lawyer for Vote Forward, Shankar Duraiswamy, said at court hearings this week that USPS delivered about 150,000 ballots on Wednesday and 40,000 on Thursday.</p>

<p>"The vast majority were destined for postmark states and would be delivered on-time under state election law," USPS said Thursday.</p>

<p>Processing centers must perform morning and afternoon sweeps "to ensure that any identified local ballots can be delivered that day."</p>

<p>Ballots were still being counted by election officials in battleground states after polls closed Tuesday in one of the most unusual elections in US history because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.</p>


The US Postal Service (USPS) delivered about 40,000 ballots on Thursday as it continues to conduct court-ordered twice-daily sweeps before various state deadlines to receive ballots.

The US Postal Service (USPS) delivered about 40,000 ballots on Thursday as it continues to conduct court-ordered twice-daily sweeps before various state deadlines to receive ballots. In a court filing early Friday, USPS said 1,076 ballots, had been found at the USPS Philadelphia Processing and Distribution Center. About 300 were found at the Pittsburgh processing center, 266 at a Lehigh Valley facility and others found at other Pennsylvania processing centers. In court, a Justice Department lawyer said it appears 668 of the 1,076 ballots in Philadephia were discovered on Wednesday and not Thursday. Ballots must be received by Friday evening in Pennsylvania in order to be counted. The vote for the US president remains extremely close and Pennsylvania is one of the states that remains undecided. There are about 15 states that have ballot receipt deadlines next week. About 500 ballots were also discovered in North Carolina during sweeps, USPS said on Friday. Some states, including Nevada and North Carolina, are counting ballots that are received after Election Day as long as they were postmarked by Tuesday. A lawyer for Vote Forward, Shankar Duraiswamy, said at court hearings this week that USPS delivered about 150,000 ballots on Wednesday and 40,000 on Thursday. "The vast majority were destined for postmark states and would be delivered on-time under state election law," USPS said Thursday. Processing centers must perform morning and afternoon sweeps "to ensure that any identified local ballots can be delivered that day." Ballots were still being counted by election officials in battleground states after polls closed Tuesday in one of the most unusual elections in US history because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

US Postal Service is said to have delivered 40,000 votes nationwide Thursday

<p>A US Supreme Court justice has denied&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/donald-trump">Donald Trump's</a>&nbsp;</strong>request to halt the&nbsp;Pennsylvania vote count of the ballots arriving after the election day, alleging that his opponent&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>&nbsp;</strong>has committed fraud in the&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/us-election">US election</a>&nbsp;</strong>2020.</p>

<p>The court case has now been referred to the full court for a ruling on Saturday.&nbsp;Samuel Alito has asked the officials to keep counting the votes in the meantime — a decision which has been criticised by Donald Trump as his opponent is inching closer to victory.</p>

<p>The petition was filed at the last moment when the former Vice President, Joe Biden, started leading in the state. The petition targeted thousands of ballots that were received after 8 pm US election day i.e. November 03.</p>

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<p>The Republicans had asked the court to at least issue the order of separating the ballots being received after 8 pm on November 03, from those that were received before the apparent deadline. The motive of this request was to keep the process simpler if the disqualification dream of Republicans comes true. However, the same was not ordered by Supreme Court justice.</p>

<p>"Given the results of the November 3, 2020, general election, the vote in Pennsylvania may well determine the next president of the United States," the Republicans said.</p>

<p>"It is unclear whether all 67 county boards of elections are segregating late-arriving ballots," the petition added.</p>

<p>The petition was filed after Donald Trump repeatedly accused Joe Biden of manipulating the election results and committing fraud through the mail-in voting system which has been operated on a larger scale by the United States Postal Service due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Trump has been asking authorities to "stop the count", while Joe Biden is urging people to "keep the faith" in the electoral and justice system of the country.</p>

<p>As of now, Biden is leading by&nbsp;21,705 votes in&nbsp;Pennsylvania.</p>


A US Supreme Court justice has denied Donald Trump's request to halt the Pennsylvania vote count of the ballots arriving after the election day, alleging that his opponent Joe Biden has committed fraud in the US election 2020.

A US Supreme Court justice has denied Donald Trump's request to halt the Pennsylvania vote count of the ballots arriving after the election day, alleging that his opponent Joe Biden has committed fraud in the US election 2020. The court case has now been referred to the full court for a ruling on Saturday. Samuel Alito has asked the officials to keep counting the votes in the meantime — a decision which has been criticised by Donald Trump as his opponent is inching closer to victory. The petition was filed at the last moment when the former Vice President, Joe Biden, started leading in the state. The petition targeted thousands of ballots that were received after 8 pm US election day i.e. November 03. US election 2020 result LIVE updates: Supreme Court denies immediate halt of Pennsylvania count The Republicans had asked the court to at least issue the order of separating the ballots being received after 8 pm on November 03, from those that were received before the apparent deadline. The motive of this request was to keep the process simpler if the disqualification dream of Republicans comes true. However, the same was not ordered by Supreme Court justice. "Given the results of the November 3, 2020, general election, the vote in Pennsylvania may well determine the next president of the United States," the Republicans said. "It is unclear whether all 67 county boards of elections are segregating late-arriving ballots," the petition added. The petition was filed after Donald Trump repeatedly accused Joe Biden of manipulating the election results and committing fraud through the mail-in voting system which has been operated on a larger scale by the United States Postal Service due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Trump has been asking authorities to "stop the count", while Joe Biden is urging people to "keep the faith" in the electoral and justice system of the country. As of now, Biden is leading by 21,705 votes in Pennsylvania.

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Joe Biden is on the cusp of victory. He is six electoral college votes away from winning the presidency, and has taken the lead in three crucial states — Georgia, Pennsylvania and Nevada, any one of which would give him the key to the White House.

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<p>Joe Biden and Donald Trump are still awaiting results of the US election 2020 with Biden gaining lead in Pennsylvania. Votes will be recounted in the state of Georgia. Read on to know more updates through our <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-election-2020-result-live-updates-biden-still-likely-to-address-the-nation-341275">live blog.</a></p>

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<p>Many of the dead were buried in their homes in the remote village of Queja in the central region of Alta Verapaz, where around 150 houses were swallowed by mudslides.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-election-2020-two-men-charged-with-fun-offence-near-philadelphia-voting-centre-341296" hreflang="en">Two men charged with fun offence near Philadelphia voting centre</a></p>

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<p>The two were arrested on Thursday night and were charged a day later, the city's district attorney's office. It has been reported that the two accused have assoiations with the pro-Trump conspiracy group QAnon.</p>

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<p>The International Civil Aviation Organisation said members of its 36-nation council issued the call, nearly 10 months after a Ukraine International Airlines flight was shot down by an Iranian ground-to-air missile, killing 176 people.</p>

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US election 2020 result LIVE updates: Biden still likely to address the nation Joe Biden and Donald Trump are still awaiting results of the US election 2020 with Biden gaining lead in Pennsylvania.

US election 2020 result LIVE updates: Biden still likely to address the nation Joe Biden and Donald Trump are still awaiting results of the US election 2020 with Biden gaining lead in Pennsylvania. Votes will be recounted in the state of Georgia. Read on to know more updates through our live blog. Guatemalan mudslides push storm Eta death toll above 100 Many of the dead were buried in their homes in the remote village of Queja in the central region of Alta Verapaz, where around 150 houses were swallowed by mudslides. Two men charged with fun offence near Philadelphia voting centre The two were arrested on Thursday night and were charged a day later, the city's district attorney's office. It has been reported that the two accused have assoiations with the pro-Trump conspiracy group QAnon. UN aviation agency asks Iran to expedite investigation of downed jet The International Civil Aviation Organisation said members of its 36-nation council issued the call, nearly 10 months after a Ukraine International Airlines flight was shot down by an Iranian ground-to-air missile, killing 176 people. Pakistan: Murder in the name of Blasphemy ×

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<p>As the world awaits the results of the&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/us-election">US election</a>&nbsp;</strong>2020, locals&nbsp;are trying to find solace in mems, jokes and hilarious ironies. And Twitter has found just the content for it in a video of&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/donald-trump">Donald Trump's</a>&nbsp;</strong>supporters dancing at a song from the famous band 'Rage Against The Machine' that openly stands against the President.</p>

<p>A video spread like a wildfire on Twitter in which a man holding a US flag and a woman draped in the flag are dancing on the roads of&nbsp;Philadelphia. The song playing on the speakers is a hit song of the RATM band that sends an 'anti-police' and 'anti-racism' message.&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Right now in Philly... <a href="https://t.co/9yYhxuxMKf">pic.twitter.com/9yYhxuxMKf</a></p>
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<p>The video was shared by a Twitter user who laughed at the irony of the situation. The song starts with the lyrics "Killing in the name of some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses" which hints at the police brutality directed especially&nbsp;towards the minority communities in the US — a topic that the locals have been protesting against lately.</p>

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<p>The band, throughout the song, accuses the justice system claiming the police officers who killed locals&nbsp;were let go only because they were "wearing the badge".&nbsp;</p>

<p>When the video surfaced, Tom Morello, a band member, also took to Twitter to respond to the irony.</p>

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<p>Other people, too, reacted with several memes and jokes. Here are few of them:</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">They clearly don't know what RATM stands for 😂 like they also don't know a lot of things <a href="https://t.co/iEUDgupmym">https://t.co/iEUDgupmym</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I may not ever get over this <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RATM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RATM</a> <a href="https://t.co/Bobe7pH9EG">https://t.co/Bobe7pH9EG</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Do...do they know the lyrics of the song they’re dancing to? RATM is the literal antithesis of their campaign?? I have to laff, luv 😂 <a href="https://t.co/rsokZV2wvc">https://t.co/rsokZV2wvc</a></p>
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As the world awaits the results of the US election 2020, locals are trying to find solace in mems, jokes and hilarious ironies. And Twitter has found just the content for it in a video of Donald Trump's supporters dancing at a song from the famous band 'Rage Against The Machine' that openly stands against the President.

As the world awaits the results of the US election 2020, locals are trying to find solace in mems, jokes and hilarious ironies. And Twitter has found just the content for it in a video of Donald Trump's supporters dancing at a song from the famous band 'Rage Against The Machine' that openly stands against the President. A video spread like a wildfire on Twitter in which a man holding a US flag and a woman draped in the flag are dancing on the roads of Philadelphia. The song playing on the speakers is a hit song of the RATM band that sends an 'anti-police' and 'anti-racism' message. Right now in Philly... pic.twitter.com/9yYhxuxMKf — Manny Alicandro (@Manny_Alicandro) November 7, 2020 × The video was shared by a Twitter user who laughed at the irony of the situation. The song starts with the lyrics "Killing in the name of some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses" which hints at the police brutality directed especially towards the minority communities in the US — a topic that the locals have been protesting against lately. US election 2020 result LIVE updates: Biden echoes message of unity as vote counts show him leading in key states The band, throughout the song, accuses the justice system claiming the police officers who killed locals were let go only because they were "wearing the badge". When the video surfaced, Tom Morello, a band member, also took to Twitter to respond to the irony. Not exactly what we had in mind https://t.co/RydKGCk9RA — Tom Morello (@tmorello) November 7, 2020 × Other people, too, reacted with several memes and jokes. Here are few of them: They clearly don't know what RATM stands for 😂 like they also don't know a lot of things https://t.co/iEUDgupmym — Matt Hartley (@matt_safc) November 7, 2020 × I may not ever get over this #RATM https://t.co/Bobe7pH9EG — Angelica Parente, PhD (@draparente) November 7, 2020 × I honestly don’t think they know the lyrics to this song or the group https://t.co/gfHLGUuDru — King Williams (@IamKingWilliams) November 7, 2020 × Do...do they know the lyrics of the song they’re dancing to? RATM is the literal antithesis of their campaign?? I have to laff, luv 😂 https://t.co/rsokZV2wvc — Andruw (@andiope_) November 7, 2020 ×

Twitter laughs at irony after Donald Trump supporters dance on RATM's anti-racism song

<p>As the presidential race inches agonizingly toward a conclusion, it might be easy to miss the fact that the results are not really close.</p>

<p>With many ballots still left to count in heavily Democratic cities, former Vice President Joe Biden was leading President Donald Trump on Friday by more than 4.1 million votes. Amid all the anxiety over the counts in Pennsylvania and Georgia, and despite Americans’ intense ideological divisions, there was no question that — for the fourth presidential election in a row, and the seventh of the past eight — more people had chosen a Democrat than a Republican.</p>

<p>Only once in the past 30 years have more Americans voted for a Republican: in 2004, when President George W. Bush beat John Kerry by about 3 million votes. But three times, a Republican has been elected.</p>

<p>Biden is very likely to win the Electoral College, avoiding another split with the popular vote. But the prolonged uncertainty in spite of the public’s fairly decisive preference — Biden’s current vote margin is larger than the populations of more than 20 states, and larger than Hillary Clinton’s margin in 2016 — has intensified some Americans’ anger at a system in which a minority of people can often claim a majority of power.</p>

<p>“We look at a map of so-called red and blue states and treat that map as land and not people,” said Carol Anderson, a professor of African American studies at Emory University who researches voter suppression. “Why, when somebody has won millions more votes than their opponent, are we still deliberating over 10,000 votes here, 5,000 votes there?”</p>

<p>In principle, the Electoral College could benefit either party depending on the geographic distribution of its supporters. As recently as four years ago, it looked like it would help Democrats, and in 2004, if Kerry had won just 119,000 more votes in Ohio out of more than 5.6 million cast there, he would have won the presidency despite losing the popular vote.</p>

<p>But in practice, it has overwhelmingly benefited Republicans in recent years, despite the national electorate tilting the other way. And the potential for the Electoral College to diverge from the popular vote has only grown as more Americans have come to live in urban areas and many communities have become more ideologically homogeneous.</p>

<p>In 2000, when Al Gore won the popular vote by about 550,000 votes but Bush won the Electoral College, such a split hadn’t happened in more than a century. Now, it has happened twice in 20 years and come close to happening a third time, despite much larger popular-vote margins. What used to be an extreme rarity has begun to feel common.</p>

<p>Therein lies a more serious concern than partisan politics: the potential delegitimization of the United States’ democratic systems in the eyes of its citizens.</p>

<p>“The more this happens, the more you get the sense that voters don’t have a say in the choice of their leaders,” said Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. “And you cannot have a democracy over a period of time that survives if a majority of people believe that their franchise is meaningless.”</p>

<p>The United States, as supporters of the Electoral College often note, is a republic, meaning decisions are made through elected representatives rather than by direct vote. But “the fundamental of a republican form of democracy,” Ornstein said, “is that voters choose their representatives, who then make decisions on their behalf.”</p>

<p>The prospect of minority rule is certainly not new, and the fact that the Constitution allows it is by design, not accident. Most obvious, the Constitution originally allowed only white men to vote, and most states required voters to own property, too, disenfranchising most Americans.</p>

<p>The three-fifths clause, which counted slaves as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of congressional apportionment, gave Southern states more representation on the backs of people who couldn’t vote for and weren’t represented by their ostensible representatives. By 1820, Anderson said, the South had 18 to 20 extra seats in the House as a result.</p>

<p>The Founders also consciously made the Senate unrepresentative, giving each state two seats regardless of population and leaving it to state legislators to fill them. The intent was for the Senate to serve as a check on the will of the people, which was to be represented in the House.</p>

<p>But the 17th Amendment established direct election of senators in 1913, and the difference in population between the largest and smallest states has vastly increased since the Constitution was written. The current Democratic minority in the Senate was elected with more votes than the Republican majority, and by 2040, based on population projections, about 70% of Americans will be represented by 30% of senators.</p>

<p>Nearly a century ago, Carroll H. Wooddy published an academic paper that examined the likelihood of “unrepresentative votes” in the Senate, by which he meant votes in which senators on the winning side represented fewer Americans than senators on the losing side. He concluded that these votes happened infrequently, largely because “there has been no continuous alliance of thinly populated states against the more densely peopled areas.”</p>

<p>Today, of course, population density is very much correlated with partisanship, and the makeup of the Senate is unrepresentative of the population not only in party but in race, gender, age and other characteristics.</p>

<p>Supporters of the Electoral College argue that it protects less-populous states, ensuring that their interests aren’t overridden by those of, say, New York and California. At the same time, opponents note that the system means candidates pay attention only to a small number of states, and that it devalues the votes of people in either party who live in a state dominated by the other. Republicans in Illinois don’t affect presidential elections, and neither do Democrats in Tennessee.</p>

<p>It remains to be seen whether the 2020 election will give new fuel to efforts to eliminate or circumvent the Electoral College, which have always been long shots even though a majority of Americans — 61% in a Gallup poll released in September; 58% in a Pew Research Center poll in March — believe it should be abolished.</p>

<p>John Koza, the chairman of National Popular Vote Inc., said his group — which has been pushing state legislatures for years to sign on to a compact in which states would pledge to award their electors to the winner of the national popular vote — planned to lobby intensively next year in states including Arizona, Minnesota, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The compact has already been signed by states, mainly blue, totaling 196 electoral votes, but it will not take effect unless that number reaches 270.</p>

<p>Koza, a computer scientist who taught at Stanford University, argues that the Electoral College should be abolished not because it systematically benefits one party over the other, but because it increases the odds that election results will be challenged even when Americans’ overall preference is clear — precisely what is happening now.</p>

<p>“When you split the 150 million votes into 50 buckets, there’s going to be close results in a certain number of the states,” he said. This “spawns disputes, and then it spawns lawyers running into court over hairsplitting issues, trying to win the White House for their candidate even though their candidate hasn’t won the support of people across the country.”</p>

<p>While the idea of abolishing the Electoral College is popular mainly among Democrats now, there was more bipartisan support before the 2016 election made it clear how much it could benefit Republicans. Before 2016, a common interpretation had been the opposite: that Democrats had the advantage because of the now-famous “blue wall” that included Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.</p>

<p>“Republicans are disappearing from the competitive landscape at the national level across the most heavily populated sections of the country while intensifying their hold on a declining electoral bloc of aging, white, rural voters,” Chris Ladd, a conservative writer, wrote in The Houston Chronicle after the 2014 midterm elections. “It became apparent from the numbers last week that no Republican candidate has a credible shot at the White House in 2016, and the chance of the GOP holding the Senate for longer than two years is precisely zero.”</p>

<p>In early 2016, a bill that would have added Missouri to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact passed legislative committees unanimously, and similar bills received at least some bipartisan support in Oklahoma and Utah.</p>

<p>But “legislators didn’t have much appetite for it once Trump won the way he did,” Koza said. “The issue is bipartisan when it’s looked at as a policy issue of what’s good government, what’s the right way to do it. But anything else inevitably becomes intertwined with, does one party think they have a temporary political advantage by keeping the system the same?”</p>


As the presidential race inches agonizingly toward a conclusion, it might be easy to miss the fact that the results are not really close. With many ballots still left to count in heavily Democratic cities, former Vice President Joe Biden was leading President Donald Trump on Friday by more than 4.

As the presidential race inches agonizingly toward a conclusion, it might be easy to miss the fact that the results are not really close. With many ballots still left to count in heavily Democratic cities, former Vice President Joe Biden was leading President Donald Trump on Friday by more than 4.1 million votes. Amid all the anxiety over the counts in Pennsylvania and Georgia, and despite Americans’ intense ideological divisions, there was no question that — for the fourth presidential election in a row, and the seventh of the past eight — more people had chosen a Democrat than a Republican. Only once in the past 30 years have more Americans voted for a Republican: in 2004, when President George W. Bush beat John Kerry by about 3 million votes. But three times, a Republican has been elected. Biden is very likely to win the Electoral College, avoiding another split with the popular vote. But the prolonged uncertainty in spite of the public’s fairly decisive preference — Biden’s current vote margin is larger than the populations of more than 20 states, and larger than Hillary Clinton’s margin in 2016 — has intensified some Americans’ anger at a system in which a minority of people can often claim a majority of power. “We look at a map of so-called red and blue states and treat that map as land and not people,” said Carol Anderson, a professor of African American studies at Emory University who researches voter suppression. “Why, when somebody has won millions more votes than their opponent, are we still deliberating over 10,000 votes here, 5,000 votes there?” In principle, the Electoral College could benefit either party depending on the geographic distribution of its supporters. As recently as four years ago, it looked like it would help Democrats, and in 2004, if Kerry had won just 119,000 more votes in Ohio out of more than 5.6 million cast there, he would have won the presidency despite losing the popular vote. But in practice, it has overwhelmingly benefited Republicans in recent years, despite the national electorate tilting the other way. And the potential for the Electoral College to diverge from the popular vote has only grown as more Americans have come to live in urban areas and many communities have become more ideologically homogeneous. In 2000, when Al Gore won the popular vote by about 550,000 votes but Bush won the Electoral College, such a split hadn’t happened in more than a century. Now, it has happened twice in 20 years and come close to happening a third time, despite much larger popular-vote margins. What used to be an extreme rarity has begun to feel common. Therein lies a more serious concern than partisan politics: the potential delegitimization of the United States’ democratic systems in the eyes of its citizens. “The more this happens, the more you get the sense that voters don’t have a say in the choice of their leaders,” said Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. “And you cannot have a democracy over a period of time that survives if a majority of people believe that their franchise is meaningless.” The United States, as supporters of the Electoral College often note, is a republic, meaning decisions are made through elected representatives rather than by direct vote. But “the fundamental of a republican form of democracy,” Ornstein said, “is that voters choose their representatives, who then make decisions on their behalf.” The prospect of minority rule is certainly not new, and the fact that the Constitution allows it is by design, not accident. Most obvious, the Constitution originally allowed only white men to vote, and most states required voters to own property, too, disenfranchising most Americans. The three-fifths clause, which counted slaves as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of congressional apportionment, gave Southern states more representation on the backs of people who couldn’t vote for and weren’t represented by their ostensible representatives. By 1820, Anderson said, the South had 18 to 20 extra seats in the House as a result. The Founders also consciously made the Senate unrepresentative, giving each state two seats regardless of population and leaving it to state legislators to fill them. The intent was for the Senate to serve as a check on the will of the people, which was to be represented in the House. But the 17th Amendment established direct election of senators in 1913, and the difference in population between the largest and smallest states has vastly increased since the Constitution was written. The current Democratic minority in the Senate was elected with more votes than the Republican majority, and by 2040, based on population projections, about 70% of Americans will be represented by 30% of senators. Nearly a century ago, Carroll H. Wooddy published an academic paper that examined the likelihood of “unrepresentative votes” in the Senate, by which he meant votes in which senators on the winning side represented fewer Americans than senators on the losing side. He concluded that these votes happened infrequently, largely because “there has been no continuous alliance of thinly populated states against the more densely peopled areas.” Today, of course, population density is very much correlated with partisanship, and the makeup of the Senate is unrepresentative of the population not only in party but in race, gender, age and other characteristics. Supporters of the Electoral College argue that it protects less-populous states, ensuring that their interests aren’t overridden by those of, say, New York and California. At the same time, opponents note that the system means candidates pay attention only to a small number of states, and that it devalues the votes of people in either party who live in a state dominated by the other. Republicans in Illinois don’t affect presidential elections, and neither do Democrats in Tennessee. It remains to be seen whether the 2020 election will give new fuel to efforts to eliminate or circumvent the Electoral College, which have always been long shots even though a majority of Americans — 61% in a Gallup poll released in September; 58% in a Pew Research Center poll in March — believe it should be abolished. John Koza, the chairman of National Popular Vote Inc., said his group — which has been pushing state legislatures for years to sign on to a compact in which states would pledge to award their electors to the winner of the national popular vote — planned to lobby intensively next year in states including Arizona, Minnesota, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The compact has already been signed by states, mainly blue, totaling 196 electoral votes, but it will not take effect unless that number reaches 270. Koza, a computer scientist who taught at Stanford University, argues that the Electoral College should be abolished not because it systematically benefits one party over the other, but because it increases the odds that election results will be challenged even when Americans’ overall preference is clear — precisely what is happening now. “When you split the 150 million votes into 50 buckets, there’s going to be close results in a certain number of the states,” he said. This “spawns disputes, and then it spawns lawyers running into court over hairsplitting issues, trying to win the White House for their candidate even though their candidate hasn’t won the support of people across the country.” While the idea of abolishing the Electoral College is popular mainly among Democrats now, there was more bipartisan support before the 2016 election made it clear how much it could benefit Republicans. Before 2016, a common interpretation had been the opposite: that Democrats had the advantage because of the now-famous “blue wall” that included Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. “Republicans are disappearing from the competitive landscape at the national level across the most heavily populated sections of the country while intensifying their hold on a declining electoral bloc of aging, white, rural voters,” Chris Ladd, a conservative writer, wrote in The Houston Chronicle after the 2014 midterm elections. “It became apparent from the numbers last week that no Republican candidate has a credible shot at the White House in 2016, and the chance of the GOP holding the Senate for longer than two years is precisely zero.” In early 2016, a bill that would have added Missouri to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact passed legislative committees unanimously, and similar bills received at least some bipartisan support in Oklahoma and Utah. But “legislators didn’t have much appetite for it once Trump won the way he did,” Koza said. “The issue is bipartisan when it’s looked at as a policy issue of what’s good government, what’s the right way to do it. But anything else inevitably becomes intertwined with, does one party think they have a temporary political advantage by keeping the system the same?”

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