2020 presidential election

Chart showing certified election results for Arizona and Wisconsin.

Politics & Government

Narrow Wins In These Key States Powered Biden To The Presidency

5:00am December 02, 2020

Joe Biden topped President Trump by nearly 7 million votes, and 74 votes in the Electoral College, but his victory really was stitched together with narrow margins in key states.

An election official pauses during the ballot recount earlier this month at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. Officials in Milwaukee County, where President Trump had demanded a recount, said that Joe Biden's lead increased slightly on review.

Biden Gains Votes In Recount Of Milwaukee County Requested By Trump

11:12am November 28, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The Trump campaign paid $3 million to get recounts in two heavily Democratic counties in Wisconsin. The effort backfired in Milwaukee County, at least, where Biden expanded his margin of victory.

Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks at a hearing of the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Policy Committee on Wednesday. Trump's legal challenge to the election contest in Pennsylvania was thrown out by a federal appeals court on F

'Voters, Not Lawyers, Choose The President': Trump Team Dealt Another Blow In Court

11:43pm November 27, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

In a blistering opinion, a federal appeals court has thrown out the Trump campaign's challenge to the certification of votes in Pennsylvania. Trump's lawyers say they will appeal to the Supreme Court.

Joe Biden speaks to union members in Erie, Pa., on Oct. 10. The president-elect flipped Erie County back into Democrats' column.

Politics & Government

Biden Supporters In Pennsylvania Look Ahead To A 'Traditional Presidency'

11:26am November 23, 2020

by Don Gonyea

Joe Biden's supporters in the swing county of Erie talk about their hopes and their expectations of the incoming president.

Vice President Pence adjusts his face mask during a news conference with the coronavirus task force at the White House on Thursday.

Politics & Government

Trump's Futile Fight To Overturn Election Loss Breeds Turmoil, Risk

11:14am November 21, 2020

The president has made it clear that he will spend his remaining days in the White House in the same way he spent much of his term in office: fighting.

Poll workers check voters' identifications on Election Day at the Orpheum Theater in Madison, Wis. The Trump campaign has announced it is filing for a recount in two Wisconsin counties.

Politics & Government

Trump Campaign To File For Partial Recount In Wisconsin

1:17pm November 18, 2020

by Barbara Sprunt

The campaign is filing for recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties — and paying $3 million for it. Wisconsin does not have automatic recounts, although a losing candidate can file a sworn petition.

"There's this sense that decisions about the pandemic are being made in cities and kind of imposed on rural spaces," said Kathy Cramer, an expert on the rural-urban divide at the University of Wisconsin.

Biden's Win Shows Rural-Urban Divide Has Grown Since 2016

12:22pm November 18, 2020

by Kirk Siegler

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.

Election workers count absentee ballots earlier this month in Detroit, the county seat of Wayne County, Mich.

Michigan's Wayne County Certifies Election Results After Brief GOP Refusal

11:52am November 18, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The Republican members of the bipartisan Wayne County Board of Canvassers sought to block the certification of the state's most populous county — but they soon relented under withering criticism.

Map of vote shift by county from 2016 to 2020

Politics & Government

How Biden Won: Ramping Up The Base And Expanding Margins In The Suburbs

11:46am November 18, 2020

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.

President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus advisers say they urgently need access to federal agencies to begin the transition.

Politics & Government

Biden's COVID-19 Advisers Plead For 'Ascertainment' So They Can Plan For January

8:11pm November 17, 2020

by Tamara Keith

President-elect Joe Biden's science advisers say they need to be able to talk to federal scientists and get access to data so there's no hold-up in vaccines and other COVID-19 response.