Anxiety and uncertainty in the U.S. election
Tuesday is Election Day in the U.S. More than 96 million Americans have already voted — making it likely that the total turnout will hit a record. Early voting has brought uncertainty to the presidential campaign.
Backers for both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden see the split between early voters and Election-Day voters as partisan: Democrats in most states have made up a clear majority of early voters, while many Republicans are waiting to show up at the polls on Tuesday.
In the final stretch, Mr. Trump has amped up chaos at his rallies and claimed ballots should not be counted past election night, even though no state reports final results by midnight. Both candidates are focusing on Pennsylvania, which will be crucial.
Tension: The campaign is ending on an unsettling note. The final days have been marked by threats of violent skirmishes and street demonstrations. Store owners in some U.S. cities are putting plywood on their windows, anticipating unrest.
The numbers: The polls have showed Mr. Biden in the lead. Our polling reporter outlined what Mr. Trump would need to win — essentially, he writes, a polling error much larger than the one in 2016.
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