Election 2020

Everything you need to know about the local, state and federal elections in 2020.

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November 19, 2020 7:52 AM

Trump targets vote certification in late bid to block Biden

President Donald Trump's scattershot effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory is shifting toward obscure election boards that certify the vote count. It's part of an unprecedented effort by Trump and his allies to upend the electoral process, sow chaos and perpetuate unsubstantiated doubts about the election's result.

by The Associated Press

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November 19, 2020 4:20 AM

Why were the polls off? Pollsters have some early theories

Along with state polls, national polls may have been significantly further off from the election results than in 2016. Many appear to have missed support for President Donald Trump and down-ballot GOP candidates.

by Danielle Kurtzleben

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November 18, 2020 9:56 AM

Trump pursues recount of 2 liberal Wisconsin counties

President Donald Trump's campaign has paid $3 million for a recount of two heavily Democratic Wisconsin counties, saying that they were the site of the “worst irregularities.” That comes although no evidence of wrongdoing has been presented and state elections officials have said there was none.

by The Associated Press

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November 18, 2020 4:00 AM

How Biden won: Ramping up the base and expanding margins in the suburbs

Remarkably few counties shifted in the 2020 election, which saw sky-high turnout. The president's base voted in big numbers in rural areas, but Biden's gains in the suburbs propelled him to victory.

by Domenico Montanaro and Connie Hanzhang Jin

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November 18, 2020 4:00 AM

Biden's win shows rural-urban divide has grown since 2016

In the 2020 election, the rural-urban divide sharpened even further from 2016, with Republicans consolidating power in rural America which could help them hold onto the U.S. Senate.

by Kirk Siegler

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November 17, 2020 9:36 PM

Led by Giuliani, Trump campaign effort to stop certification falters in Pennsylvania

The campaign suffered a major loss for its flailing effort to overturn the election results. Action by the state Supreme Court Tuesday in Pennsylvania followed a string of other losses.

by Pam Fessler

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November 17, 2020 6:50 PM

Trump fires CISA director Chris Krebs, who corrected voter fraud disinformation

President Donald Trump, who has refused to accept the results of the White House race, tweeted that Krebs had been terminated "effective immediately."

by Alana Wise

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November 17, 2020 9:48 AM

Georgia elections chief battles fellow Republicans, Trump

Georgia's secretary of state is a man on an island, and the political flood is rising fast, as President Donald Trump and his allies vent their outrage at the fellow Republican and make unsupported claims that mismanagement and fraud tainted the state's presidential election.

by The Associated Press

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November 16, 2020 11:58 AM

AP fact check: Trump conclusively lost, denies the evidence

President Donald Trump's refusal to acknowledge the outcome nearly two weeks after Election Day is denying President-elect Joe Biden access to the money, information sharing and machinery of presidential transitions.

by The Associated Press

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November 16, 2020 9:19 AM

Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit

Ahead of a Tuesday hearing in the case, Trump's campaign dropped the allegation that hundreds of thousands of mail-in and absentee ballots — 682,479, to be precise — were illegally processed without its representatives watching.

by The Associated Press

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