Donald Trump used a late-night speech while election results were still being counted to sow doubt about vote counts in key states yet to be declared, and threatened to take the case to the Supreme Court.
Record early voting to play pivotal role in result
This election has seen a marked increase in early voting, particularly among Democrats. With the race now neck and neck, John Fortier, Director of governmental studies at the Bipartisan Policy Center, says mail ballots...
Analysis: Biden’s unclear pitch to Black and Latino voters
Joe Biden made a pitch to American voters on uniting a divided country, appealing to Black and Latino voters with a message of racial harmony. Yet as FRANCE 24’s Cole Stangler says, many were left uncertain was Biden...
Latino votes help Trump take Florida, and turn Arizona blue
Early results suggest Trump has taken more Latino votes than four years ago. James Cohen, professor at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, says a common mistake is to think of Latinos as a single bloc rather than a...
Trump’s message on jobs, economy cuts through
Dean Baker, American economist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Baker says the president successfully skirted responsibility for the country’s response to coronavirus, which has killed in...
Analysis: are voters vindicating Trump’s approach to coronavirus?
Coronavirus was widely seen as the major issue of the campaign trail. FRANCE 24’s international affairs editor Douglas Herbert says a Trump re-election would suggest voters were not perturbed by Trump’s handling of the...
Trump takes Florida, clouding Democrat hopes of victory
President Donald Trump has won Florida. Clovis Casali says Trump’s rhetoric painting Joe Biden as a socialist resonated well in the battleground state that has large numbers of Latino and Cuban voters.