elections

How Native American Voters Have Affected Election Results

5:10pm November 06, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Tara Benally, field director for Rural Utah Project, about how the Indigenous vote in Arizona has played a role in flipping the key swing state.

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden kicks off a small business tour at the Carpenters Local Union 1912 in Phoenix on Oct. 8.

Three Big Reasons Why Biden Is Expected To Win Arizona

4:46pm November 06, 2020

by Kirk Siegler

Grassroots Latino voter energy, changing demographics and the urban-rural divide explain why a Democratic presidential campaign is expected to win Arizona for only a second time since the 1948.

Philadelphia Voters Anxiously Wait For Ballot Counting To End

4:31pm November 06, 2020

by Katie Meyer

Former Vice President Joe Biden has pulled ahead in Pennsylvania over President Trump. NPR talks with voters in Philadelphia, where mail-in ballots have made a big difference.

Election Update: Vote Counting Continues Amid Misinformation And Lawsuits

4:07pm November 06, 2020

by Miles Parks

Election officials across the U.S. continued counting votes Friday. The practice of counting ballots after Election Day is not unusual, but President Trump has raised doubts about it.

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Where Polls Got It Wrong

4:07pm November 06, 2020

by Danielle Kurtzleben

This year, many national and state polls were off in the presidential election, suggesting a more apparent outcome in favor of Joe Biden. NPR discusses what might have gone wrong.

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Left: Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia speaks to reporters in 2019. Right: Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff speaks at a rally at Morehouse College on Oct. 23, in Atlanta.

Politics & Government

Georgia Senate Race Between David Perdue And Jon Ossoff Edges Closer To A Runoff

3:06pm November 06, 2020

Both of Georgia's Senate races now appear headed toward a runoff election in January — with control of the Senate majority potentially at stake.

Georgia Secretary of State Ben Raffensperger holds a press conference on the status of ballot counting in Atlanta on Friday.

Politics & Government

Georgia Presidential Race Likely Headed For Recount, Secretary Of State Says

1:00pm November 06, 2020

by Elena Moore

"With a margin that small, there will be a recount in Georgia," Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters on Friday.

From the White House on Thursday, President Trump claimed, without evidence, that election fraud was the reason for his diminishing leads in several key states.

Politics & Government

Trump Latches Onto Conspiracies, As Legal Battles Fail And Path To Win Narrows

12:47pm November 06, 2020

by Miles Parks

Lawsuits filed across the country are the result of a campaign legal team working to "bend reality" to fit Trump's false claims, says one expert.

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Georgia Race Tightens, Officials Will Conduct Recount

11:39am November 06, 2020

The Georgia Secretary of State says the state will conduct a recount.

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Biden Inches Closer To 270, Takes Leads In Pa., Ga.

11:24am November 06, 2020

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has taken a slight lead statewide in Pennsylvania. Joe Biden has 264 electoral votes while President Trump currently has 214.

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