This year’s election has seen an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots, to the chagrin of the president. Since April, Trump has made dozens of unsubstantiated claims that mail-in ballots increase the likelihood of...
Landslide ruled out, Democrats eye urban centres of swing states
Hopes for an early outcome, or Biden landslide are off the cards, says FRANCE 24’s international affairs editor Douglas Herbert. Due to the Electoral College format, the focus is now on key battleground states, and the...
Trump pulls ahead in Pennsylvania
Donald Trump is pulling ahead in the key state of Pennsylvania, a traditional working class state that flipped to Trump in 2016, and which will be crucial this time around. FRANCE 24’s Florence Villeminot, on the ground...
Biden wins New York, but locals fear a 2016 repeat
Joe Biden has won the staunchly Democrat New York state, but as FRANCE 24 reporter Jessica Le Masurier in New York City reports, locals are on tenterhooks. Many have been expecting a Biden landslide, and early poll...
For Democrats in Washington, a nail-biting mood and a long night ahead
In Washington, FRANCE 24’s Francois Picard describes a nail-biting atmosphere. Many watching the results are resigned to the fact it will be a long night, with big results, including Florida and Ohio, yet to come in.
Biden, Trump score wins, but battlegrounds too early to call
The night opened with predictable victories for each candidate, with Trump taking Alabama and Oklahoma and Biden winning his home state of Delaware and Virginia, a former battleground that has become a Democratic...
The crucial role of early voting in US 2020 presidential election
As absentee ballots flood election offices accros US, in some states, including battlegrounds like Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, regulations prevent early processing of millions of mail ballots. #USA2020