An Unfinished Election

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The New York Times

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🗓️ 4 November 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The U.S. presidential election is a lot closer than the polls indicated. Millions of votes, many in key battleground states, are yet to be counted. Florida — which went for President Trump — is the only bellwether to have confirmed its result. Other crucial states, including Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina, are yet to be called. For the moment, it looks like both Mr. Trump and Joe Biden will need to break through in the Midwest and Pennsylvania to clinch victory. The race to control the Senate is also tight, though the Republicans seem to be in a better position. With the picture still foggy, Mr. Biden called for patience as the votes were counted, while Mr. Trump falsely claimed victory and threatened court action. Guest: Alexander Burns, a national political correspondent for The New York Times, speaks to us about where things stand with the election and the remaining paths to victory. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: You can follow the election results here.We also have live updates on the progress of the vote.

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0:00.0	I'm here to tell you tonight we believe we're on track to win this election.
0:07.4	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bobaro.
0:10.8	This is a daily today.
0:14.0	So we'll be going to the US Supreme Court.
0:17.8	We want all voting to stop.
0:20.4	And the day number to every vote is counted, every ballot is counted.
0:24.6	Joe Biden is calling for patients, and President Trump is threatening legal action, as millions
0:31.8	of votes are still uncounted.
0:34.6	We don't want them to find any ballots at 4 o'clock in the morning and add them to the
0:40.0	list.
0:41.0	Okay?
0:42.0	And by the way, let's go take time to count the votes.
0:45.7	We're going to win Pennsylvania.
0:48.7	Now experts on where the election stands and the remaining paths to victory.
0:55.3	We were getting ready to win this election.
0:58.4	Frankly, we did win this election.
1:01.6	It's Wednesday, November 4th.
1:11.6	As ballot counting continued overnight, Joe Biden expanded his lead in Arizona and took
1:18.3	slight leads in two crucial Midwestern states, Wisconsin and Michigan, where mail-in ballots
1:25.7	heavily favored him.
1:27.8	In Pennsylvania, Biden has won the counted absentee ballots by an overwhelming margin so far.
1:35.8	And the Times reports that if he carries the remaining ballots by a similar margin, he
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