Republican Rep. Paul Gosar, right, and Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, left, object during a joint session of Congress to count the Electoral College votes of the 2020 presidential election in the House Chamber in Wa
2020 U.S. Presidential Election 在2020年美国大选中，民主党候选人乔·拜登（Joe Biden）首先获得当选所需的270张选举人票，顺利成为下一届美国总统。根据《美国广播公司新闻网》，截止到12月4日，拜登共拿到306张选举人票，特朗普有232票。为什么拜登拿下270票后，媒体纷纷称其为“当选总统”（President-elect）...
There is no such drama on tap this time around. Democrats are not planning any protests – not among House members and senators during the count, nor on the grounds adjacent to the Congress or White House. Vice President Kamala Harris, who like Trump in 2020 lost this year’s election, i...
the Senate and the House will convene to count the electoral votes and officially declare the winner of the election. The joint session of Congress is required by law to ratify presidential results, but also allows "members to object to the returns from any individual state as they are announc...
After Trump tried to overturn his defeat to Democrat Joe Biden and his supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, Congress updated the 1800s-era Electoral Count Act to make it harder to object and to more clearly lay out the vice president’s ceremonial role, among other changes. Trump had...
electoral collegeelectoral votesseparation of powersIn this essay, and in light of the controversy that arose in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, we explain the constitutional process for counting elecdoi:10.2139/SSRN.3795421Jack Beermann...
in the House when the election results are received. However, those plans were dealt a blow when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell asked his Republican colleagues in the Senate not to contest the election results on Jan. 6, when a joint session of Congress formally accepts...
If we have learned anything as the 2020 presidential election draws nearer, it’s that your vote matters. Throughout the country, we witness long lines of early voters braving the elements to make their voices heard. Other important races this year include some seats in the US Senat...
On Jan. 6, 2021, a mob objecting to the certification of the 2020 presidential election stormed the U.S. Capitol. Amid reports that some had entered the building itself, several capitol police officers removed Vice President Mike Pence as he was overseeing debate over the certification of Pre...
Presidential flips and significant shifts We are tracking which states flipped from Democrat to Republican — and vice versa. These results will be updated as returns come in. flipped Nebraska's 2nd district +9 Michigan +3 Pennsylvania +2 ...