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A timeline of events big and small as the drama unfolds…
(All times GMT)
2.45am
SR News is signing off until the morning. Hopefully, we will know then who will lead America for the next four years.
At this point, the race is closer than most expected, with Biden still holding a slight advantage.
However, other indicators like the betting markets may suggest that the polls could well be wrong for the second election in a row.
2.38am
Joe Biden has won Colorado, a traditional Democrat stronghold. He has picked up their nine electoral college votes.
2.34am
Ohio could be a surprising victory for Joe Biden, as he is ahead after 60% of the vote has been taken. That also could be an indication that he is likely to pick up Pennsylvania.
2.31am
Madison Cawthorn, 25, will be among the youngest lawmakers in the modern history of Congress, and is the first member of Congress to be born in the 1990s. He won a seat in North Carolina.
2.20am
Joe Biden is currently ahead in the race with 119 electoral college votes compared to Donald Trump’s 93.
However, if Trump picks up Florida as expected, he would jump ahead of Biden and onto 123 college votes.
It is going to be a long night for both candidates!
2.04am
UPDATED RESULTS:
Trump wins –
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
LouisianaBiden wins –
New Mexico
New York
(Press Association)— SRNews (@SRNewsNow) November 4, 2020
1.37am
Arkansas declared for Trump by Associated Press
— SRNews (@SRNewsNow) November 4, 2020
1.12am
Biden is getting the margins statewide that his campaign hoped for in Florida. It’s that very bad Miami-Dade County return that has swung the state toward Trump.
Trump has picked up nearly 10% in Miami which could be crucial for him as Florida edges towards voting Republican.
1.05am
Associated press reports:
Trump
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
West Virginia
South CarolinaBiden
Illinois
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland— SRNews (@SRNewsNow) November 4, 2020
1.02am
Associated Press declares Alabama as Republican
— SRNews (@SRNewsNow) November 4, 2020
12.48am
Florida likely to be red tonight according to the New York Times.
NY Times gives Trump a 95% chance of winning Florida
— SRNews (@SRNewsNow) November 4, 2020
However, Trump will struggle to get both North Carolina and Georgia.
NY Times also reporting Georgia likely to fall to Trump, but North Carolina is potentially going to Biden.
— SRNews (@SRNewsNow) November 4, 2020
12.33am
CNN reports that 59% of Florida has been counted – amounting to almost seven million votes – and Trump is leading by only 59,777.
12.07am
Early Florida voting is in. Biden is ahead – just.
57% of the Florida vote is in. Biden leading with 50.5%.
— SRNews (@SRNewsNow) November 4, 2020
12.07am
North Carolina election officials extend the voting deadline by two hours in four precincts, citing technical problems and human error delayed the opening of the polling stations. The decision was made by the State Board of Elections to extend the deadlines in two precincts in Sampson County and one each in Guilford and Cabararrus counties, according to WARL.com in Raleigh.
12.00am
Trump wins Kentucky with 54.2% of the votes so far.
11.40pm
It looks like Maine set a record for turnout this year, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap told CNN. “We expected very light turnout with such high absentee ballot numbers, but in fact the turnout was pretty strong and steady in most places we’ve gone,” Dunlap said. “I’m not nervous at all about those numbers. I think the towns have done a magnificent job of handling it.”
The previous turnout record was 72%
11.30pm
Early results are coming through in Kentucky and Indiana
6% of Kentucky votes are in, and Biden is the surprising early leader pic.twitter.com/K97FqeqFru
— SRNews (@SRNewsNow) November 3, 2020
Indiana is currently showing Trump as the winner of their 11 electoral college votes pic.twitter.com/kNk7z32j4B
— SRNews (@SRNewsNow) November 3, 2020
11.15pm
The President is feeling confident…
WE ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2020
11.15pm
Nigel Farage is feeling confident of a Trump victory tonight.
The first polls are closing and I am absolutely optimistic. pic.twitter.com/ryfTfmJctt
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) November 3, 2020
11pm
YouGov America is predicting a Biden victory.
Final estimates from the YouGov 2020 presidential election MRP model
9pt Biden lead in the popular vote (margin of error: +/-3.2%)
Biden wins 382 Electoral College votes (95% confidence interval range: 314-412 electoral votes)
State estimates belowhttps://t.co/rkRviRMU1T pic.twitter.com/6OnDyNcKqb
— YouGov America (@YouGovAmerica) November 3, 2020
10.45pm
A Fox News Exit Poll suggests that 72% of voters are in favour of a government-run health care plan, with 29% opposing.
10.40pm
Indiana and Kentucky are named as first states where polling stations will close at 11pm GMT.
9.50pm
Trump has won a Pennsylvania bakery’s cookie poll that called last three elections. The results as of Sunday afternoon, while not the official tally, were the final numbers released by Lochel’s Bakery of Hatboro, before Americans find out who has won the actual presidential election. They show President Trump leading former Vice President Joe Biden handily, with a staggering 27,903 red Trump cookies sold compared to just 5,114 blue Biden cookies.
9.47pm
I spoke with an outside adviser to President Trump, who says they are "very nervous" about the President's re-election chances. The adviser said the "daunting" early voter turnout is "the thing that's keeping me up at night."
— Sara Cook (@saraecook) November 3, 2020