2020 election

LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 2020/11/07: People gathered near the Post Office in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania to celebrate the election of Joe Biden as president of the United States. (Photo by Paul Weaver/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) The Unexpected Benefits Of Thinking For Yourself In An Age Of Polling
The most important thing journalists can do as they think about covering and investigating government and politics in election years is to not assume any outcome.
Ossoff Wants Perdue To ‘Come Out Of Hiding’ With 3 Debates Before GA Senate Runoff
MANCHESTER, NH - FEBRUARY 10: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Keep America Great" rally at Southern New Hampshire University Arena on February 10, 2020 in Manchester, New Hampshire. New Hampshire will hold its first in the national primary on Tuesday. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Trump To Hold Campaign-Style Rallies To Keep Sowing Doubt On Election Defeat With Bogus Fraud Claims
Biden Emerges Victorious Even As Trump Refuses To Concede
Some GOPers Gently Suggest That Trump Should Finally Prepare To Concede
Harris Emphasizes Her History-Making Moment In Victory Speech
Jubilance In The Streets: America Erupts In Celebration After Trump’s Loss
It started with vague honks in the streets — a not uncommon staple of reality in some of America's largest cities. Then there were the shouts, cheers, cowbells, whistles and a lot more honking. Chants of “this is what democracy looks like!” Pots clanking, people hollering, music blaring.
Some Hill Republicans — *Some* — Show Willingness To Accept Trump Loss
Legislative Appointment of Electors Would Be Unlawful. And It Won’t Even Work For Trump.
Congress enacted the Electoral Count Act to deal with precisely this sort of hypothetical, and the law working just as designed would prevent the sort of gamesmanship that’s being floated.
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 15: Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., attend the Senate Judiciary Committee executive business meeting on Supreme Court justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett in Hart Senate Office Building on Thursday, October 15, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/POOL) Where Things Stand: He May Still Be The Puppet Master, But For How Long? Prime Badge
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Some of them put out statements that alluded, vaguely, to some adherence to precedent in allowing votes to be counted. Some remained silent.

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