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Election 2020-General Election, ADVISORY

Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 4 years, 8 months AGO
| November 6, 2020 8:36 AM

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 Friday. 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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FRIDAY, NOV. 6:

ELECTION 2020: Democrat Joe Biden was on the cusp of winning the presidency on Friday as he opened up narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Georgia and Pennsylvania. SENT; developing.

ELECTION 2020-TRUMP ANALYSIS: When President Donald Trump stepped to the podium in the White House and made a frontal attempt to undermine the vote, it was at the same time both shocking and utterly to be expected. SENT: 760 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020 2020-LEGAL CHALLENGES: Facing the potential for narrow losses in multiple battlegrounds, President Donald Trump might have to persuade the Supreme Court to set aside votes in two or more states to prevent Joe Biden from becoming president. SENT; developing. With ELECTION 2020-LEGAL CHALLENGES-POLL WATCHERS: Election officials in key battleground states are pushing back on claims by the Trump campaign that Republican poll watchers were being improperly denied access to observe the counting of ballots.

ELECTION 2020-TRUMP REPUBLICANS: Some Republican lawmakers are criticizing President Donald Trump’s unsupported claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election. One of them, Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, whose state is a key battleground in the presidential election, said Friday that he has seen no evidence to support Trump’s claim Thursday evening of fraud in balloting. SENT; developing.

ELECTION 2020-PROTESTS: Election officials in several states say they are worried about the safety of their staffs amid a cascade of threats and protesters responding to President Donald Trump’s baseless insistence of widespread voter fraud in the race for the White House. SENT; developing.

ELECTION 2020-HOUSE DEMOCRATS: House Democrats are casting blame for a disappointing election that cut into their majority. They said it was the election message, ground game and leadership under Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s team that cost them seats. SENT; developing.

ELECTION 2020-DIVIDED AMERICA: Presidential elections are typically clarifying moments that convey the wishes of the American people to the next wave of elected officials. The only thing the 2020 contest seems to have clarified is the extent of the cavernous divisions that define the nation, no matter which candidate ultimately wins the White House. SENT: 960 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-LATINOS: President Donald Trump and his Republican allies made significant inroads with Latino voters in Tuesday’s election, alarming some Democrats who warned that immigration politics alone was not enough to hold their edge with the nation’s largest minority group. SENT: 1180 words ,photos.

ELECTION 2020-AMERICA WAITS-PHOTO GALLERY: Three days after the U.S. election, Americans are still waiting for results of the presidential vote.

VIDEO:

AP video plans the following:

— Live video and edits, as warranted, from scene of vote counting at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Ga.

— Live video and edits, as warranted, from scene of vote counting in Philadelphia, Pa. Also live with vote counters in Allegheny County, Pa.

— Live video and edits, as warranted, from scene of vote counting in Phoenix, Az. Next update from election officials expected around 11 ET.

— Live video and edits, as warranted, from scene of vote counting in Las Vegas, Nev. Expecting update on vote counts at noon ET.

— Live video and edits, as warranted, from Trump supporters rally in Detroit outside TDF convention center.

— Live video coverage and edits of Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del., if he makes any statements.

— Live video coverage and edits of President Donald Trump, if he makes any statements at the White House.

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 Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia covering ballot counting and spot developments.

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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FRIDAY NOV. 6:

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-RACE CALLS: How AP made calls in various states. SENT; developing.

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; developing.

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-GEORGIA: The Georgia presidential contest between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden remains too early to call. SENT; developing.

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-PENNSYLVANIA: The Associated Press has not declared a winner in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, because there were hundreds of thousands of votes left to be counted. SENT; developing.

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

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.

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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