The US presidential election battle between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden is too early to call. The Election 2020-General Election, Advisory will move daily until the race is resolved.

The AP plans the following coverage Wednesday. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan. Find the AP’s latest coverage in our Election 2020 hub.

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VOTECAST

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AP VoteCast is an election survey of voters in the 2020 general election that breaks down the electorate, illuminates the issues voters care about and illustrates how their opinions and preferences lead to the selection of the next president, U.S. senators and governors nationwide.

ELECTION 2020-VOTECAST — Voters in the U.S. presidential election faced a public health crisis and a wounded economy, but neither candidate emerged as the clear choice to handle both of those issues. That’s according to AP VoteCast, an expansive nationwide survey. By Josh Boak and Hannah Fingerhut. SENT: 1,090 words, photos. With ELECTION 2020-VOTECAST-GLANCE — Supporters of Trump and Biden find little common ground.

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TOP STORIES

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TEXT:

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4:

ELECTION 2020 — The fate of the United States presidency hangs in the balance as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden battle for three familiar battleground states — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — that could prove crucial in determining who wins the White House. By Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin and Alexandra Jaffe. SENT: 1200 words. UPCOMING: Developing, 1200 words by 6 p.m., photos, video, audio. With ELECTION 2020-THE LATEST, developing.

ELECTION 2020-TURNOUT — President Donald Trump surprised pollsters, Democrats and even many in his own party by largely succeeding in what he set out to do: Find and mobilize thousands more Trump voters in the places where he dominated four years ago. By Nicholas Riccardi. UPCOMING: 800 words by 5 p.m., photos.

ELECTION 2020-DEMOCRATS — Democrats went into Election Day hoping to seize the White House and majorities in both chambers of Congress in a sweeping victory that would demonstrate an unmistakable repudiation of President Donald Trump and a Republican Party remade in his image. It didn’t work out that way. By Steve Peoples and Bill Barrow. UPCOMING: 770 words by 4 p.m., photos.

ELECTION 2020-LEGAL CHALLENGES — As elections officials count votes in several key undecided states, Republicans and President Donald Trump’s campaign advance legal arguments they hope might persuade courts to overturn the results if they favor Democrat Joe Biden. By Mark Sherman. SENT: 450 words. UPCOMING: Developing, 790 words by 5 p.m., photos.

ELECTION 2020-CONGRESS — The election left the House and Senate not too different from where they began -- a deeply split Congress -- as voters resisted big changes despite the turmoil at the top of the ticket in the race for the White House. It’s an outcome that almost ensures partisan gridlock in the new year. By Lisa Mascaro. UPCOMING: 850 words by 4 p.m., photos.

ELECTION 2020-ELECTION SECURITY — Election Day came and went without any overt signs of foreign interference, but that doesn’t mean the risk has faded. A prolonged vote-tallying period in swing states raises the prospect of multiple security concerns, including foreign or domestic disinformation campaigns that could sow doubt in the process as well as digital attacks aimed at election infrastructure itself. By Eric Tucker and Ben Fox. SENT: 800 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-AFFIRMATIVE ACTION-CALIFORNIA — The campaign to reinstate affirmative action in overwhelmingly Democratic California had money, momentum and big-name backers, including Black celebrities Issa Rae and Ava DuVernay, but voters in the country’s most populated state rejected the measure in all but a handful of politically liberal counties. UPCOMING: 800 words by 4:30 p.m., photos.

ELECTION 2020-LGBT CANDIDATES — A look at some milestone election victories for LGBT candidates. Winners include the first transgender person elected to a state Senate, and the first gay Black man to win a seat in Congress. 700 words, photos. By David Crary. UPCOMING: 790 words by 5 p.m., photos.

ELECTION 2020-AMERICA-REACTS — With a bitterly divided America failing to deliver a decisive result for either party, a jittery public is awaiting clarity over the fate of a race that remained too early to call. Votes continued to be counted across the country and will be for days to come as both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden remain short of the necessary 270 electoral votes to win. By Matt Sedensky. SENT: 700 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-MISINFORMATION SHARPIE — Arizona election officials are disputing posts online that say that if voters used Sharpies their votes would be invalidated. In fact, Maricopa County election officials said that voting centers used Sharpie so that the ink would not smudge when ballots were counted. By Beatrice Dupuy. SENT: 500 words.

ELECTION 2020-VOTING-MISINFORMATION — President Trump’s supporters are pushing baseless allegations about legally cast absentee and mail-in votes that were counted Wednesday, wrongly suggesting the ballots mysteriously turned up only after the polls closed on Election Day. The false claims are flying as the U.S. turns its attention to the battleground states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan while awaiting

ELECTION 2020-STATE LEGISLATURES — After a costly and intense political battle for control of state capitols, the composition of state legislatures and governors’ offices will look a lot like it did before Tuesday’s election. Although control of a few legislature chambers remains to be determined by close races, it’s possible that the 2020 elections will produce the least amount of legislative change in more than 75 years. UPCOMING: 900 words by 4:30 p.m., photos.

ELECTION 2020-ALABAMA-CONSTITUTION-RACE — Alabama voters have approved a measure that would begin the process of deleting racist language from the state’s 119-year-old constitution. Voters in the majority white, conservative state rejected similar proposals twice since 2000. But this measure passed with 67% of the votes on Tuesday. SENT: 400 words.

ELECTION 2020-DATA PRIVACY-CALIFORNIA — In the state that is home to Silicon Valley and serves as the headquarters for Google, Facebook and other tech titans, voters strengthened data privacy protections by approving a ballot measure that supporters tout as a model for other states. SENT: 400 words.

ELECTION 2020-SOCIAL PLATFORMS — Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were quickly put to the test early Wednesday morning after President Donald Trump told a crowd of cheering supporters at the White House that he would challenge the results of the presidential election. After weeks, or months, of planning, the social media platforms took different approaches to how to address Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of fraud. SENT: 600 words, photos.

the outcome of the presidential race. By Amanda Seitz, David Klepper and Ali Swenson. UPCOMING: 700 words by 6 p.m.

ELECTION 2020-AMERICA WAITS-PHOTO GALLERY: Copy block and photos from around the U.S. of people anxiously awaiting the result of the American presidential election.

VIDEO:

AP video plans the following:

—Live coverage, edits of any comments from President Donald Trump.

—Live coverage, edits of Democratic challenger Joe Biden's remarks in Wilmington, Del.

— Live coverage, edits from Trump campaign news conference with Eric and Lara Trump, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, Pam Bondi and Corey Lewandowski.

— Live coverage, edits from vote counting locations in Georgia, as well as any press conferences that occur.

— Live coverage, edits from vote counting locations in Michigan, as well as any press conferences that occur.

— Live coverage, edits from vote counting locations in Nevada, as well as any press conferences that occur.

— Live coverage, edits from vote counting locations in North Carolina, as well as any press conferences that occur.

— Live coverage, edits from vote counting locations in Pennsylvania, as well as any press conferences that occur.

PHOTOS:

AP photo plans the following coverage:

—Photographers will be with President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden if they make any public statements.

—The AP has photographers in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania making images of vote counting.

—We also have photographers taking photos of ballot counting in Georgia, Nevada and potentially Arizona.

Photos will be updated throughout the day.

INTERACTIVES:

ROAD TO 270 MAP: An interactive map accounting the number of electoral votes garnered by Republican and Democratic presidential contenders. Readers can view the past electoral results and play a game to come up with their own predictions. Click for a preview.

PRINT GRAPHICS:

ELECTION 2020-PRESIDENT ELECTORAL RESULTS: Presidential race state results sized by electoral vote allocations. Balance of power charts for both electoral and the popular vote are also included; updated and published throughout the night. 6 columnx11 inches. 1colx3 inches and 1colx5.5 inches also will be available.

ELECTION 2020-PRESIDENT POPULAR VOTE RESULTS: Presidential race county results of the popular vote. Balance of power charts for both electoral and the popular vote are also included; updated and published throughout the night.. 6 columnx10 inches

ELECTION 2020-CONGRESS RESULTS: Congressional results graphic shows race results by district for the House of Representatives and by state for the Senate. A balance of power chart for both branches of Congress indicating the balance of power is also included; with all related election stories; updated and published throughout the night. 6 columnx15 inches

ELECTION 2020-GOVERNOR RESULTS: Graphic shows the results of the gubernatorial race results across the U.S.Will be updated throughout the evening. 3 columnx5.5 inches

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EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4:

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-STATES OF PLAY — A handful of pivotal states remain in play in the tightly contested U.S. presidential race. The Associated Press reviews them and examines the reasons they could still go to either Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden. SENT: 789 words, photos, developing.

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-WISCONSIN — The AP called Wisconsin for Democrat Joe Biden after election officials in the state said all outstanding ballots had been counted, except for a few hundred in one township and an expected small number of provisional ballots. Here's why. SENT: 486 words.

The following explainers moved in earlier cycles and are available for use:

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-LONG LINES: Long voting lines on Election Day aren’t unusual or necessarily a sign of nefarious activity.

ELECTION 2020-VOTING IN 1800: The tempestuous election of 2020 has been rife with predictions of confusion and cataclysm. It’s happened before.

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-THE TRANSITION: The winner will have his work cut out for them during the time known as “the transition.”

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-UNPOPULAR VICTORS: Could Donald Trump be the first to lose the popular vote and win the presidency twice?

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-CORRECTING A BALLOT: Can a voter fix a problem on a mail-in ballot?

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-ELECTORAL COLLEGE: Electoral College vs popular vote in America.

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-CONTESTED ELECTION: What happens if the US election is contested?

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Does the federal gov’t have a role in the vote?

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-VOTING SECURITY: Are the nation’s voting systems secure?

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-ABSENTEE AND MAIL-IN: Are absentee votes and mail-in votes different?

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-EARLY VOTING: How does early voting work in the US election?

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-THE OUTCOME: How soon will we know the US election outcome?

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-KNOWING THE RESULTS: It’s possible the world may not know the results of the U.S. election on Election Night – or for a while afterward. Why?

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-THE LIMBO: There will be a limbo period between who wins and who takes office on Jan. 20, 2021. What will that time look like?

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-INAUGURAL PLANNING: The inauguration of an American president is a large and complex affair How will planning it work?

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-THE 270 FACTOR: You hear it everywhere: the number 270, the Electoral College threshold for winning the presidency. How does that break down?

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-UNPRECEDENTED OR NOT: Everybody’s talking about how different the 2020 election is, how it’s unlike any other in recent memory. What makes it so?

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-HOW IT’S CALLED: How does AP call a race? What’s the process behind it?

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-51 ELECTIONS: The vote for U.S. president consists of 51 elections -- one in each state and in the District of Columbia. And that’s more than a technical difference.

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-THE WORDS OF POLITICS: The 2020 campaign season has injected new terms into the American lexicon. Here’s a look at a few of those and what they mean.

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