Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell won his seventh straight congressional race, defeating Democrat Marine Amy McGrath.

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks to his supporters in Wilmington, Delaware. He urges his supporters to be patient & said that he believes they can still win the election.

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Reports projected that President Donald Trump has again won Ohio whereas Joe Biden is leading Arizona, grabbing a Southwest swing state previously carried by President Trump.

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India & United States have enjoyed a strong bond in last few years mostly because of the camaraderie between US President Donald Trump & Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As America heads to the polls yet again in a crucial election year, the question is Which Presidential candidate will be ideal for India?

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Donald Trump's campaign team had a victory ad for Facebook which have been removed thereafter the President's face superimposed on a sun & also on a humming bird. The caption said, 'The President is still your President'.

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Current trends indicates that Donald Trump is leading in the swing states of Florida. Polls are close in the state with 29 electoral votes at stake.

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US Election 2020 has been one of the most divisive & unpredictable election in years. Initially 28 democratic contenders to get upon themselves to take on President Donald Trump. The race finally narrowed down to Joe Biden vs Donald Trump. WION brings you a report.

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President Donald Trump is showing some optimism through his new tweet, in which he said we are looking really good all over the country.

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Donald Trump is projected to win crucial states West Virginia & Mississippi. Joe Biden is being projected to win crucial states New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut & Massachusetts.

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President Donald Trump has been projected as the winner in Indiana & Kentucky, according to the agencies while Joe Biden is said to have won Vermont.

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Sorting of mails & ballots in underway in Pennsylvania. The officials sort the votes by removing them from an unmarked envelope, if the ballots are found missing from this envelope they are rejected according to the law. Pennsylvania follows the rule of naked ballots.

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National security is also being monitored around the election time. The FBI is currently investigating automated calls telling people to stay at home.

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Joe Biden continues low-key stops in pivotal state of Pennsylvania. Watch this video to know what he said.

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Jill Biden, the wife of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, on Tuesday (November 3) campaigned for her husband in the final hours of the race, thanking his volunteers in the critical swing state of Florida.

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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.

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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.

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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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<p><strong>US election 2020:&nbsp;</strong>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;</p>

<p>Incumbent President Donald Trump posted a clip showcasing the basic ideals of his presidency. Take a look.</p>

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<p>His rival in the election, Democrat Joe Biden posted an image saying "Let's make history".</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">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></p>
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<p>Biden's Vice President hopeful Kamala Harris had a lot to say! Read below.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">One day, our children and grandchildren are going to look us in the eye and ask what we did in this moment.<br />
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And I want to be able to say, we did everything we could to fight for our country and their future. Go vote.</p>
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<p>Joe Biden shared another message:&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">This is our moment to choose:<br />
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Hope over fear.<br />
Unity over division.<br />
Science over fiction.<br />
Truth over lies.<br />
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Vote: <a href="https://t.co/eoxT07d7QB">https://t.co/eoxT07d7QB</a></p>
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1323722695297695745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>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.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Vote like the future's watching. <a href="https://t.co/CaL2VUJ1EG">https://t.co/CaL2VUJ1EG</a></p>
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1323692471252062208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>Trump's daughter Ivanka, who has been fiercely involved in campaigning for US elections hit out with the following:</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Let’s do this!! 🇺🇸<a href="https://t.co/MGWt09vs6m">https://t.co/MGWt09vs6m</a><br />
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<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></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">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></p>
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<p>Former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama called on the people to go out and make their voices heard.</p>

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— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/1323696842132082688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>Dr Jill Biden, who is married to Democratic hopeful Joe Biden also shared a message on election day:</p>

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I can. We just need to vote.</p>
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<p>Harris' husband also tweeted in support of his wife. Take a look.</p>

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— 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

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><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></p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>"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.</p>

<p>"Disruption tomorrow is going to be the kind of thing that we haven't seen in our prior federal&nbsp;elections," he predicts.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><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></p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>"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.</p>

<p><strong>In Pics:&nbsp;</strong><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></p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>"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."</p>

<p><em>For more stories on the US election, click&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/us-election">here</a></em></p>

<p><em>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></em></p>


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

<p>Be it <strong>Democratic nominee Joe Biden</strong> or incumbent President Donald Trump, the winner of the <strong>US election 2020 </strong>has to wait for the celebrations as the voting so far suggests a neck-and-neck finish.</p>

<p>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<strong> final US election 2020 result,</strong> here is a comparison of battleground states from the <strong>2016 presidential election and 2020 election</strong> to get a sense of who is ahead.</p>

<p><strong>Also read |&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">US election 2020 result LIVE updates: Trump claims victory, says will go to SC to dispute election count</a></strong></p>

<h1>2016 vs 2020 Presidential election key states</h1>

<h2>Florida</h2>

<p>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;</p>

<h2>Ohio</h2>

<p>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;</p>

<h2>Iowa</h2>

<p>Trump was able to comfortably win this state in 2016 and this time too he managed to retain it.&nbsp;</p>

<h2>Arizona</h2>

<p>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;</p>

<h2>Wisconsin</h2>

<p>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;</p>

<h2>Michigan</h2>

<p>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;<br />
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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

<p><strong>US Election 2020: Trump warns of violence</strong></p>

<p>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.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="http://13.235.153.162/node/340194" hreflang="en">Undeterred by pandemic, Americans prepare to render a verdict on Trump</a></p>

<p>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.</p>

<p><strong>US Election 2020: Trump denounces mail-in voting |&nbsp;US election 2020: Joe Biden vs Donald Trump</strong></p>

<p>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.</p>

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<p>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.</p>

<p>While Trump warns of violence, the White House has been fenced up to avert any crisis.&nbsp;</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p><strong>US election 2020: The Pennsylvania connect |&nbsp;US election 2020: Joe Biden vs Donald Trump</strong></p>

<p>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”.</p>

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<p>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”.</p>

<p>Naturally, Twitter flagged Trump’s tweet as potentially misleading.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p><em>For more stories on the US election, click <a href="https://www.wionews.com/us-election">here</a></em></p>

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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

<p><b>US election 2020: Marred by robocalls?</b></p>

<p>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.</p>

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<p>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.</p>

<p>Even though the FBI did not explain the calls in detail, they claimed that they are currently looking into the matter.</p>

<p><strong>US election 2020: Voters being targeted?</strong></p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

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<p>"There's a little bit of confusion about this one across the industry," Giulia Porter, vice president of RoboKiller told Reuters.</p>

<p>RoboKiller tracks robocalls and telemarketers, and has been actively following the campaign.</p>

<p><strong>US election 2020: Stay home?</strong></p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>"Hello. This is just a test call. Time to stay home. Stay safe and stay home”, it said.</p>

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<p>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.</p>

<p>In the list of top spam calls, the call is currently at #5 or #6, fluctuating from time to time.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p><em>For more stories on the US election, click&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/us-election">here</a></em></p>

<p><em>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></em></p>


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

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<p>Voting for US Presidential Elections is going on and everyone is eager to know the results. Millions of Americans have voted already. However, the election day has its own aura and excitement. Although we are eager to know the results, there is still time for that. The voting in various states closes at different time and different states have different rules as to the permissible time limit for postal votes to be accepted.</p>

<p>All of this can get very chaotic, so we are bringing you a timeline of what will happen next as per Indian Standard Time</p>

<h2><u><strong>November 4</strong></u></h2>

<p><strong>3.30 am IST:</strong>&nbsp;Edison Research will release preliminary findings from its exit polls, which are based on in-person interviews with voters on Election Day, in-person interviews at early voting centers before Nov. 3, and telephone interviews with people who voted by mail.</p>

<p>The initial data will look at national and state voter sentiment and motivations, but not detailed percentage estimates. Results from ballot questions in individual states will be released after voting ends in the state.</p>

<p>Edison will refine and update its national and state exit poll results through the night, gathering more voter responses and adjusting the weightings to reflect turnout.</p>

<p><strong>4:30-5:30 IST</strong>: Some polling stations begin to close in the Republican strongholds of Indiana and Kentucky, the first in the country to close.</p>

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<p><strong>5:30 am IST:</strong> Voting ends in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Virginia and Vermont.<br />
Some polling stations begin to close in Florida, but many remain open until 8 p.m. (local time)</p>

<p>The initial results from Florida could favor Biden due to the high volume of early ballots that the state began to scan more than three weeks ago; opinion polls suggest more Democrats voted early, whereas more Republicans waited until Election Day. If there is a "blue mirage," it will fade as more in-person ballots from Tuesday are tallied.</p>

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<p><strong>6:00 am:</strong> Polls close in North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia.</p>

<p>Like Florida, the initial results from North Carolina and Ohio could favor Biden because the states began to scan early ballots weeks before Election Day. A truer picture of the vote will emerge as more ballots are tabulated.</p>

<p>North Carolina counts ballots that arrive as late as Nov. 12 if they are postmarked by Nov. 3. Ohio accepts ballots 10 days after the election if they are postmarked by Nov. 2.</p>

<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/why-paneer-tikka-was-trending-on-us-election-day-340135">Why Paneer Tikka was trending on US election day</a></strong></p>

<p><strong>6:30 am IST:</strong> Voting ends in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Washington D.C.</p>

<p>Pennsylvania does not begin to process early votes until Election Day and the state will accept mail-in ballots up to three days after the election if they are postmarked by Nov. 3. As a result, the initial vote counts from Pennsylvania may show a "red mirage" favoring Trump until the absentee ballots are counted, experts say.</p>

<p><strong>7 am IST:</strong> Reuters expects to publish updated national exit poll results from Edison Research, with percentage estimates of support for Biden vs Trump.<br />
Polling stations close in Arkansas.</p>

<p><strong>7:30 am IST:</strong> Voting ends in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.</p>

<p>Like Pennsylvania, the early results from Michigan and Wisconsin are expected to favor Trump because ballots cannot be counted before Election Day. (Michigan does allow some ballots to be opened, but they cannot be counted.)</p>

<p>Arizona allows ballots to be scanned 14 days before the election.</p>

<p><strong>8:30 AM IST:</strong> Polls close in Iowa, Montana, Nevada and Utah.</p>

<p>Iowa allows ballot envelopes to be opened on the Saturday before the election and tabulating to begin on Monday. Ballots postmarked by Nov. 2 can arrive as late as the Monday after the election.</p>

<p>Nevada allows ballot scanning to begin 14 days before the election, and accepts ballots up to seven days after the election if they are postmarked by Nov. 3.</p>

<p><strong>9:30 am IST:</strong> Voting ends in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.</p>

<p><strong>10:30 am IST:</strong> Polls close in Hawaii.</p>

<p><strong>11:30 am IST:</strong> Voting ends in Alaska.</p>

<p><br />
This was about closure of polls. Now let's see what is on cards in coming days. IST is ahead of timezones in the US by roughly 10-12 hours. The exact timing and day of the events in India described ahead will vary as per the time they are held in the US.</p>

<h2><u><strong>December 8</strong></u></h2>

<p>States have until this date, known as the "safe harbor" deadline under federal law, to resolve any disputes over their vote totals and certify the winner. If a state fails to finalize its vote count by then, Congress is no longer required to accept its results under the Electoral College system.</p>

<h2><u><strong>December 14</strong></u></h2>

<p>Members of the Electoral College cast their ballots for president. Under the U.S. system, the winner of each state`s popular vote earns that state`s electoral votes, which are apportioned by population. The candidate who receives a majority of the 538 electoral votes available, or 270, wins the presidency.</p>

<h2><u><strong>January 6, 2021</strong></u></h2>

<p>Congress meets at 1 p.m. in Washington to count the electoral votes and declare a winner.</p>

<h2><u><strong>January 20, 2021</strong></u></h2>

<p>Inauguration Day. The winner and his running mate are sworn in as president and vice president at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.</p>

<p><strong>(With Reuters inputs)</strong></p>


Voting for US Presidential Elections is going on and everyone is eager to know the results. Millions of Americans have voted already. However, the election day has its own aura and excitement.

Voting for US Presidential Elections is going on and everyone is eager to know the results. Millions of Americans have voted already. However, the election day has its own aura and excitement. Although we are eager to know the results, there is still time for that. The voting in various states closes at different time and different states have different rules as to the permissible time limit for postal votes to be accepted. All of this can get very chaotic, so we are bringing you a timeline of what will happen next as per Indian Standard Time November 4 3.30 am IST: Edison Research will release preliminary findings from its exit polls, which are based on in-person interviews with voters on Election Day, in-person interviews at early voting centers before Nov. 3, and telephone interviews with people who voted by mail. The initial data will look at national and state voter sentiment and motivations, but not detailed percentage estimates. Results from ballot questions in individual states will be released after voting ends in the state. Edison will refine and update its national and state exit poll results through the night, gathering more voter responses and adjusting the weightings to reflect turnout. 4:30-5:30 IST: Some polling stations begin to close in the Republican strongholds of Indiana and Kentucky, the first in the country to close. × 5:30 am IST: Voting ends in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Virginia and Vermont. Some polling stations begin to close in Florida, but many remain open until 8 p.m. (local time) The initial results from Florida could favor Biden due to the high volume of early ballots that the state began to scan more than three weeks ago; opinion polls suggest more Democrats voted early, whereas more Republicans waited until Election Day. If there is a "blue mirage," it will fade as more in-person ballots from Tuesday are tallied. Click here for LIVE updates on US Election 2020 6:00 am: Polls close in North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia. Like Florida, the initial results from North Carolina and Ohio could favor Biden because the states began to scan early ballots weeks before Election Day. A truer picture of the vote will emerge as more ballots are tabulated. North Carolina counts ballots that arrive as late as Nov. 12 if they are postmarked by Nov. 3. Ohio accepts ballots 10 days after the election if they are postmarked by Nov. 2. Also Read | Why Paneer Tikka was trending on US election day 6:30 am IST: Voting ends in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Washington D.C. Pennsylvania does not begin to process early votes until Election Day and the state will accept mail-in ballots up to three days after the election if they are postmarked by Nov. 3. As a result, the initial vote counts from Pennsylvania may show a "red mirage" favoring Trump until the absentee ballots are counted, experts say. 7 am IST: Reuters expects to publish updated national exit poll results from Edison Research, with percentage estimates of support for Biden vs Trump. Polling stations close in Arkansas. 7:30 am IST: Voting ends in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Like Pennsylvania, the early results from Michigan and Wisconsin are expected to favor Trump because ballots cannot be counted before Election Day. (Michigan does allow some ballots to be opened, but they cannot be counted.) Arizona allows ballots to be scanned 14 days before the election. 8:30 AM IST: Polls close in Iowa, Montana, Nevada and Utah. Iowa allows ballot envelopes to be opened on the Saturday before the election and tabulating to begin on Monday. Ballots postmarked by Nov. 2 can arrive as late as the Monday after the election. Nevada allows ballot scanning to begin 14 days before the election, and accepts ballots up to seven days after the election if they are postmarked by Nov. 3. 9:30 am IST: Voting ends in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. 10:30 am IST: Polls close in Hawaii. 11:30 am IST: Voting ends in Alaska. This was about closure of polls. Now let's see what is on cards in coming days. IST is ahead of timezones in the US by roughly 10-12 hours. The exact timing and day of the events in India described ahead will vary as per the time they are held in the US. December 8 States have until this date, known as the "safe harbor" deadline under federal law, to resolve any disputes over their vote totals and certify the winner. If a state fails to finalize its vote count by then, Congress is no longer required to accept its results under the Electoral College system. December 14 Members of the Electoral College cast their ballots for president. Under the U.S. system, the winner of each state`s popular vote earns that state`s electoral votes, which are apportioned by population. The candidate who receives a majority of the 538 electoral votes available, or 270, wins the presidency. January 6, 2021 Congress meets at 1 p.m. in Washington to count the electoral votes and declare a winner. January 20, 2021 Inauguration Day. The winner and his running mate are sworn in as president and vice president at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (With Reuters inputs)

US Election 2020: A timeline of what's next according to Indian Standard Time

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>“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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>“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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.’ ”</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>“The first step to beating the virus is beating Donald Trump,” Biden declared, adding, “The power to change the country is in your hands.”</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>“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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>“Under no scenario will Donald Trump be declared a victor on election night,” Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden’s campaign manager, bluntly declared.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>Those latter five states combine for 109 Electoral College votes, nearly all of which analysts believe Trump must win.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>“I’d stand here all day if I had to,” she said.</p>

<p>Turnout on Tuesday will be critical even with the record early voting.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>“Vote like this country depends on it, because it does,” she said Monday.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>“I say to the women of the suburbs: love me, women of the suburbs,” Trump said.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.”</p>

<p>Biden and Trump’s closing messages captured their divergent approaches to electoral politics.</p>

<p>“There will be no red states and blue states, just the United States,” Biden said of his potential presidency.</p>

<p>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.”</p>


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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