US Elections: Joe Biden Projected To Be 46th US President
Joe Biden has been projected to be the next US President, according to news networks, after he was projected to win the Pennsylvania. Find the latest updates on the 2020 US Presidential Elections on BOOM's live blog.
Live Updates
- 4 Nov 2020 4:53 AM GMT
How Will 2020 US Election Results Impact Foreign Policy?
How will a Trump or a Biden presidency impact the world & US Foreign Policy? How will India be placed with either administrations? Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Foreign Editor, Hindustan Times, speaks with BOOM's H R Venkatesh.
- 4 Nov 2020 3:40 AM GMT
BOOM Speaks To PolitiFact's Louis Jacobson On US Election Results And Fake News Regarding Polling
How rampant has fake news been on voting day in United States Elections 2020? Will it affect swing states and ultimately, the elections? Politifact's Louis Jacobson speaks with BOOM's H R Venkatesh on results thus far and misinformation in the last 24 hours of the election.
- 4 Nov 2020 3:37 AM GMT
False Claims Around Voting In Pennsylvania Go Viral As Votes Are Cast
Social media is rife with claims alleging that a poll worker tossed more than 100 ballots cast for President Donald Trump in Erie County, Pennsylvania. Elections officials in the county have now debunked this claim.
- 4 Nov 2020 3:30 AM GMT
Old Antifa Flyer Goes Viral With Misleading Claims
A blog post is being widely shared to claim that an “Antifa flyer” shows left-wing activists planning to masquerade as supporters of President Donald Trump and riot following the election. Fact checkers at FactCheck.org found these claims to be false - the purported flyer cited as evidence for these claims has been around since 2017.
- 4 Nov 2020 2:49 AM GMT
This morning, CNN projected the victory of Republican business woman Marjorie Taylor Greene on her race to represent the north-west Georgia seat in the House. Taylor's win comes despite criticism of her promotion of a conspiracy theory called the QAnon which claims that the world is overrun by a cabal of child trafficking 'paedophiles', with Donald Trump being the last line of defence against them.
Read more about the outlandish and debunked claims of the QAnon theory, and why its rising popularity is a cause of concern.
- 4 Nov 2020 2:41 AM GMT
As of Wednesday morning, Biden is ahead of Trump in electoral votes, while Trump takes lead in popular vote.
To know more about how the electoral system works, do check out our story on complicated process that decides the United States president.
- 4 Nov 2020 2:32 AM GMT
270 - the magic number that Democrats & Republicans are aiming for. What does this mean and what are battleground states? Watch BOOM's H R Venkatesh, Archis Chowdhury & Mohammed Kudrati to understand how the electoral college works.
- 4 Nov 2020 2:31 AM GMT
More than 97 mn people have already voted in the United States of America. Will everyone's vote be counted? Watch BOOM's H R Venkatesh, Archis Chowdhury & Mohammed Kudrati to understand the vote counting process from different kinds of voting options in American elections.
- 4 Nov 2020 2:25 AM GMT
Will polls predict the correct outcome of the American elections this time or will the silent voter change outcomes? Watch BOOM's H R Venkatesh explain a polarized & important election here with Yashwant Deshmukh, Founder Editor of CVOTER.