Election Results From The Associated Press

Washington ap president donald trump on wednesday asked the supreme court to let him join an improbable lawsuit challenging election results in pennsylvania and other states that he lost a day after the justices rejected a last gasp bid to reverse pennsylvania s certification of democrat joe biden s victory.

Election results from the associated press. Us election 2020 live results. Washington ap the latest on president elect joe biden all times local. Live results from across the us president elect joe biden has defeated president donald trump 306 232 according to the associated press.

Newsnation s television broadcast and digital properties will rely on the associated press for all vote counting and race calls. That s where the news media come in and have done so since 1848 when the associated press declared the election of zachary taylor as president. Here s why and how the media call races in the u s.

About newsnation s election results. It is informed by turnout in recent elections details on votes cast in advance and after polls close early returns. Newsnation chose to rely on the ap because they call races based on the facts.

The expectation of same day election results is a modern one as is the. Every state poll race and result joe biden may be celebrating but there are still four states left to call and they are headed for a nail biting finish. Washington ap senate majority leader mitch mcconnell congratulated democrat joe biden as president elect on.

Here s the footnote we use on our election maps. Estimated vote counts are provided by the associated press and informed by past turnout advance votes cast and early returns. The associated press first called a presidential race in 1848.

Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has acknowledged for the first time that joe biden has. Expected vote is an associated press estimate of how much of the vote in an election has been counted.