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Welcome to our show for Thursday, November 5th.

Votes are still being counted from the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

The face-off between Republican incumbent President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential

nominee Joe Biden left several states too close to call, and as of Wednesday evening,

neither candidate had clenched that magic number of 270 electoral votes

to be declared the winner.

When we produced this show, CNN had not projected a winner for six states.

Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

Without those predictions, it appeared that Democratic challenger Biden had clenched 254 254 electoral votes,

while Republican incumbent Trump had clenched 213 electoral votes.

But these numbers were subject to change

as vote counting continued and results came in. As far as the makeup of the next Congress goes,

analysts said Democrats were likely to remain in control of the House of Representatives.

Well, it looked like Republicans would remain in control of the Senate.

But again, that information is not final.

There were still a number of significant calls to be made.

Part of the reason for the delay is the coronavirus pandemic, one of the major issues of the election.

Out of concerns about crowded polling places on election day, many people chose to vote early

or mail in their ballots. Researchers estimated that more than 100 million Americans voted early this year.

Contrast that with the 46 million who voted early in 2016.

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