| While Trump led the vote count on election night, his lead significantly narrowed throughout last week as mail ballots pushed Biden over the top | Polls also close in almost all of Florida, minus a slice of the panhandle in the Central Time Zone |
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| However, unlike in other swing states, it before the polls opened on Election Day | Second, Pennsylvania's legislature for the first time this year allowed all residents to vote by mail without an excuse |
| Taking Biden at face value about Michigan and Wisconsin — where, for what it's worth not that much , the exit poll data looks pretty good for him and he came in with a significant polling lead — here's where the map goes: If Biden wins those two, plus Maine, Nevada and Arizona, but nothing else, he's at 269 electoral votes | Polls also close in most of Texas, which is expected to count quickly |
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| Levine and Sam Hart REUTERS GRAPHICS | While Trump is projected to lose the presidency, Decision Desk HQ projected that he would win the battleground states of Florida, Iowa, Ohio, and Texas, as well as Maine's 2nd Congressional District |
This helped to create a sharp partisan division in how Americans cast their ballots.
27| Results in races likely to be won by Democrats 65% 33% 74% 58% 40% 84% 55% 43% 84% 54% 45% 99% 60% 38% 93% 53% 45% 95% 55% 42% 93% 66% 32% 80% 61% 38% 66% 57% 40% 97% 63% 35% 70% 59% 40% 92% 54% 44% 99% 53% 46% 99% 54% 43% 87% 64% 34% 99% 59% 40% 99% 59% 39% 96% 65% 32% 95% 93% 5% 80% Solid Republican Dem | The Trump campaign also lost several last-minute court challenges in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia, which were aimed at slowing down or temporarily halting ballot counts |
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| It can file for the recount, however, only after the race is certified later on | With losses in Maine, Iowa, Montana, and Kansas, Democrats have a narrow path to retaking control of the Senate |