Election 2020

Election 2020

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

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Updates and analysis from Minnesota and around the region
Follow along with live local updates, and check out a recording of the online event MPR News and Sahan Journal hosted that examines the future of communities across the state.
Making sense of the 2020 Election
MPR News host Kerri Miller talked with political scientists and listeners about the latest election results and what they mean. 
How to heal a divided nation
America is deeply divided. How can we come together and heal after the election?
How will the book about 2020 be written?
On Election Day, MPR News host Kerri Miller talks with two historians and hears from listeners about how 2020 will be remembered. 
Election Day memories revisited 
Do you remember the first time you voted? Or a time when the results surprised you? Listen to hear about Election Days past.
AP Interactive: Road to 270 electoral college votes
Although the 2020 presidential campaign is playing out under unprecedented conditions, it may – in some ways – play out like past presidential contests. The campaigns are largely focused on a few highly contested states whose electoral votes could push their candidate over the 270 total votes needed to win. Explore your own scenarios for the electoral vote: will states follow recent results, or do you foresee a new electoral landscape emerging?
Trump, Biden cede stage to voters for Election Day verdict
After a campaign marked by rancor and fear, Americans on Tuesday decide between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, selecting a leader to steer a nation battered by a surging pandemic that has killed more than 231,000 people, cost millions their jobs and reshaped daily life.