Last week, a district court in Nevada ruled that the Trump campaign had not proven a claim that there had been a malfunction in voting devices and the contest between Trump and Biden had been manipulated. 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Austin served as the 33rd vice chief of staff of the United States Army from January 2012 to March 2013, and was the last commanding general of United States Forces in Operation New Dawn (Iraq). The judge also called into question the Justice Department’s stated rationales for seeking to drop the case, a request that was still pending when the pardon was granted. ", President-elect Joe Biden has confirmed another of his key cabinet picks today: General Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defence. The Trump campaign had alleged that its observers were not given access to observe the vote, but its lawyers admitted during the hearing that its observers were already present in the vote-counting room. The Trump administration has issued new guidance on religious exemptions for federal contractors that critics say grants them carte blanche to discriminate against LGBTQ workers, women, religious minorities and others. Executive Summary. 91 375 25 00, - Valentín Beato, 44 - 28037 Madrid [España] - Tel. He said he would reinstate overtime hours, roll back service reductions, and halt the removal of mail-sorting machines and collection boxes. YouTube will remove any new videos alleging that President Donald Trump lost the US 2020 election to Joseph Biden because of fraud or errors. [357], Although polls generally predicted the Biden victory, the national polls overestimated him by 3 to 4 points, and some state polling was even further from the actual result and greater than 2016's error of around 1 to 2 points. Jo Jorgensen secured the Libertarian nomination with Spike Cohen as her running mate, and Howie Hawkins secured the Green nomination with Angela Nicole Walker as his running mate. [225] The debate was originally to be hosted at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, but the university decided against holding the debate as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [13][14][15], Biden secured the Democratic nomination over his closest rival, Senator Bernie Sanders, in a competitive primary that featured the largest field of candidates for any political party in the modern era of American politics. [442] In Pennsylvania, a state which Biden won despite its legislature being controlled by Republicans, the president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani asked a federal judge to consider ordering the state legislature to ignore the state's popular vote and select electors for Trump. [215] It was also one of the fastest timelines from nomination to confirmations in U.S. Measures intended to secure the elections during the pandemic triggered protracted litigation driven by partisan interests. "[366][367] The Biden campaign denounced these attempts, claiming that the Trump campaign was engaging in a "naked effort to take away the democratic rights of American citizens". "[390][392][393][394], Protests against Trump's challenges to the election results took place in Minneapolis, Portland, New York, and other cities. [460] In late November, he personally phoned Republican members of two county electoral boards in Michigan, trying to get them to reverse their certification of the result in their county. [443] Legal experts, including New York University law professor Richard Pildes, have said that such a strategy would run into numerous legal and political problems, noting that in various battleground states, Democratic Party members elected to statewide offices would thwart such efforts,[444] and ultimately Congress likely would not accept the votes of legislatively appointed electors over those appointed based on the election results. [299] Biden became the first Democrat to win the presidential election in Georgia since 1992 and in Arizona since 1996,[300] and the first candidate to win nationally without Ohio since 1960 and without Florida since 1992.[301]. [11][12] It was the ninth consecutive presidential election where the victorious candidate did not win a popular vote majority by a double-digit margin, continuing the longest series of such presidential elections in U.S. history that began in 1988. The winner within each congressional district gets one electoral vote for the district. He retired from the armed services in 2016, On announcing the nominee, Biden said of Austin: “Throughout his lifetime of dedicated service — and in the many hours we’ve spent together in the White House Situation Room and with our troops overseas — Gen. Austin has demonstrated exemplary leadership, character and command.”. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that the first doses of Pfizer/BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine will start arriving in the country from Monday. [374] Biden had a 1% lead in Nevada[375] and maintained a 2.3% lead in Arizona by November 5,[376] needing only to win Nevada and Arizona or win Pennsylvania to obtain the necessary 270 electoral votes. [427][428][429] 126 Republicans in the House of Representatives, more than two-thirds of the Republican caucus, signed an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit. VIDEO: Proof Communist China interfered in the 2020 U.S. election By Matthew Vadum -- … [422] Lawyers and other observers have noted the suits are unlikely to have an effect on the outcome. [372][373] By the evening of November 4, the Associated Press reported that Biden had secured 264 electoral votes by winning Michigan and Wisconsin, with Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, and Nevada remaining uncalled. Commentators have characterized Trump's actions as an attempted coup d'état or self-coup. [363], Shortly after 12:30 a.m. EST, Biden made a short speech in which he urged his supporters to be patient while the votes are counted, and said he believed he was "on track to win this election". [277] Trump has referred Black lives matter protesters as 'Thugs'[278] and called the movement a 'symbol of hate'. [470][475] Trump also sought to overturn Biden's win by pressuring Kemp to call a special session of the Georgia General Assembly so that state legislators could override the Georgia election results and appoint a pro-Trump slate of electors, an entreaty rebuffed by Kemp. Be there, will be wild! 1. The date was established in an 1887 statute intended to prevent uncertainty about the winner of the presidential election. Further, unlike in Wisconsin, the Arizona Election Commission’s administrative guidelines, per legislative delegation, have the force of law. At that time the state of the parties in the new Congress was 222 Democrats and 212 Republicans in the House, and 51 Republicans, 46 Democrats and 2 independents in the Senate. Both of the NHS staff carry adrenaline autoinjectors suggesting they have suffered reactions in the past. The presidential election occurred simultaneously alongside elections for the House of Representatives, Senate, and various state and local-level elections. When Dayna Lazarus a social justice activist tried to read a statement opposing a transportation project at a transportation town hall meeting in 2017 she was escorted out, with the argument that she was off-topic for a meeting about transportation. The COVID-19 pandemic was a major issue of the campaign, with Trump's responses being heavily criticized. Several courts, including the Pennsylvania supreme court, had already denied the request, noting that Mike Kelly, a Republican congressman, waited until after the 2020 election to file his suit when the law was in place well before the election. However, Trump refused to participate in a virtual debate, and the commission subsequently announced that the debate had been cancelled. [19] Many more Democrats voted by mail compared to Republicans. In it, author William H. Frey attributes Obama's 2008 win to young people, people of color, and the college educated. [431][432], Early in the morning on November 4, with vote counts still going on in many states, Trump claimed that he had won. [197] However, Trump has repeatedly denounced mail voting, even though he himself votes by mail in Florida. [495], As vice president, Pence was due to preside over the January 6, 2021, congressional session to count the electoral votes, which is normally a non-controversial, ceremonial event. The patient information leaflet with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine says it should not be given to people allergic to any substance in the vaccine, raising questions about the wisdom of NHS trusts selecting those staff members to be vaccinated. [417], Trump and his lawyers Giuliani and Sidney Powell repeatedly made the false claim that the Toronto, Canada-based firm Dominion Voting Systems, which had supplied voting machines for 27 states, was a "communist" organization controlled by billionaire George Soros, former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez (who died in 2013), or the Chinese Communist Party, and that the machines had "stolen" hundreds of thousands of votes from Trump. Deaths Near 100,000, An Incalculable Loss, Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2020_United_States_presidential_election&oldid=1011316801, History of the United States (2008–present), November 2020 events in the United States, Wikipedia pages semi-protected against vandalism, Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Pages using right with no input arguments, Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, At-large results (for states that split electoral votes), Lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election, This page was last edited on 10 March 2021, at 06:55. Thread starter ColonelAngus; Start date Nov 30, 2020; ColonelAngus Diamond Member. The Wall Street Journal Wouldn't Buy It", "What if Trump won't accept 2020 defeat? Counties with highest percentage of Democratic vote:[330]. While Donald Trump privately acknowledged the outcome of the presidential election, he nonetheless encouraged his legal team to continue pursuing legal challenges. Trump says the result was fraudulent, but no court has found evidence to support his assertions. ", "From Debate Stage, Trump Declines To Denounce White Supremacy", "Trump doesn't denounce white supremacists and militias during debate", "Did Trump 'Refuse to Condemn' White Supremacists at Debate? [332], The Brookings Institution released a report entitled "Exit polls show both familiar and new voting blocs sealed Biden's win" on November 12, 2020. That margin is just over half the margin in 2016 while using the same logic, Clinton would need to win Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, which were states that Biden won. [93] The trial in the Senate began on January 21, 2020,[94] and ended on February 5, resulting in acquittal by the United States Senate. [92], The House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump on two counts on December 18, 2019. [316] The task force also found "nothing untoward" while observing the handling of mail-in ballots at post offices, with Gacek being quoted as saying: "We feel that allegations of systemic wrongdoing in these elections have no solid ground. Para poder comentar debes estar POLITICO's coverage of 2020 races for President, Senate, House, Governors and Key Ballot Measures. [457][458][459], As the Trump campaign's lawsuits were repeatedly rejected in court, Trump personally communicated with Republican local and state officials in at least three states, including state legislators, attorneys general, and governors who had supported him in the general election and continued to support him. Decision Desk HQ's clients Vox and Business Insider also called the race at that time. Flynn pled guilty twice for lying to the FBI during the Russia investigation. [131][132] Trump's diagnosis came only two days after he had shared the stage with Joe Biden at the first presidential debate. At that point, Georgia had not seen "any widespread irregularities" in this election, according to the voting system manager of the state, Gabriel Sterling. [319], Link stated that "on the election day itself, we couldn't see any violations" at the polling places visited by the observers. [334] Frey says that the same coalitions largely held in 2008 and 2016, although in key battleground states Biden increased his vote among some of the 2016 Trump groups, particularly among White and older Americans. In January 2021, Trump began to pressure Pence to take action to overturn the election, demanding both in public and in private that Pence use that position to overturn the election results in swing states and declare Trump and Pence the winners of the election. [56] An emergency appeal to the Supreme Court was denied on October 6. This was attributed to increasing political polarization throughout the country, as well as the urban-rural divide. As the number of covid-19 cases continues to surge across the US figures released by the Department of Health and Human Services show that many hospitals are close to capacity. Empty ballot boxes at the Allegheny County Election Warehouse in Pittsburgh, Pa., November 6, 2020. Five people died as a result of the events in the Capitol: one person was shot by police, one Capitol Police officer died from his injuries after physically engaging with rioters,[501] one person died of a heart attack, another of a stroke, and the final person's death is still under investigation. The 2020 race had the highest turnout for a Presidential election in one hundred years. [61][62][63] The newly elected Congress, with the Vice President in his role as Senate President presiding, met in joint session to formally open the certificates and count the votes, which began on January 6, 2021, was interrupted by the storming of the Capitol building, and finished the following day. While Biden, as well as other candidates, promised protection of the Affordable Care Act, progressives within the Democratic Party advocated to replace the private insurance industry with Medicare for All. This led to the concern that Biden may have contracted the virus from Trump; however, Biden tested negative. "Democrats ask FBI Director Wray to open criminal probe into Trump after leaked phone call - Reps. Ted Lieu and Kathleen Rice wrote that they believe Trump "engaged in solicitation of, or conspiracy to commit, a number of election crimes. He pressured them to overturn the election results in their states by recounting votes, throwing out certain votes, or getting the state legislature to replace the elected Democratic slate of Electoral College members with a Republican slate of electors chosen by the legislature. Blalock. ", "What could happen if Donald Trump rejects electoral defeat? [144][145] The Voice of America reported in April 2020 that "Internet security researchers say there have already been signs that China-allied hackers have engaged in so-called 'spear-phishing' attacks on American political targets ahead of the 2020 vote." Play video US Election 2020: Three elders reveal what it takes to be a leader from BBC World Service US Election 2020: Three elders reveal what it takes to be a leader. No active lawsuit even alleges, and no evidence presented so far has shown, widespread problems. He added that both Iran and Russia are known to have obtained American voter registration data, possibly from publicly available information, and that "This data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion, sow chaos and undermine your confidence in American democracy." [395] In Arizona, where Biden's lead was shrinking as more results were reported, the pro-Trump protesters mostly demanded that all remaining votes be counted, while in Michigan and Pennsylvania, where Trump's lead shrank and disappeared altogether as more results were reported, they called for the count to be stopped. Biden does not plan to ban fracking, but rather to outlaw new fracking on federal land. [390] [198] In August 2020, Trump conceded that the post office would need additional funds to handle the additional mail-in voting, but said he would block any additional funding for the post office to prevent any increase in balloting by mail. Biden's 51.3% of the popular vote was also the largest percentage of the popular vote won by any challenger to an incumbent president since 1932. Some described the election as remarkably successful considering the coronavirus pandemic, the record turnout, and the unprecedented number of mailed ballots. [496] Pence demurred that the law does not give him that power. Biden's plan involves adding a public option to the American healthcare system,[271] and the restoration of the individual mandate to buy health care which was removed from the Affordable Care Act by the 2017 tax cut bill[272] as well as restoring funding for Planned Parenthood. The judge ruled no evidence had been produced that the ballots were late. [449] He continued to apply pressure to elected Republicans in Michigan, Georgia, and Pennsylvania in an unprecedented attempt to overturn the election result. Monday's certification locks in the state's results for Biden before the December 14 Electoral College vote. The voter survey is based on exit polls completed by 15,590 voters in person as well as by phone. Precinct Summary Results Report GENERAL ELECTION November 3, 2020 OFFICIAL RESULTS Mercer County East Lackawannock STATISTICS ... GENERAL ELECTION November 3, 2020 OFFICIAL RESULTS Mercer County East Lackawannock Vote For 1 AUDITOR GENERAL TOTAL DEM NINA AHMAD 193 REP TIMOTHY … [304], Major news organizations project a state for a candidate when there is high mathematical confidence that the outstanding vote would be unlikely to prevent the projected winner from ultimately winning the state.

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