A pro-Trump nonprofit group called Women for America First hosted the “Save America Rally” on Jan. 6 at the Ellipse, an oval-shaped, federally owned patch of land near the White House.

But an attachment to the National Park Service public gathering permit granted to the group lists more than half a dozen people in staff positions for the event who just weeks earlier had been paid thousands of dollars by Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign. Other staff scheduled to be “on-site” during the demonstration have close ties to the White House.

Since the siege, several of them have scrambled to distance themselves from the rally.

The riot at the Capitol, incited by Trump’s comments before and during his speech at the Ellipse, has led to a reckoning unprecedented in American history. The president told the crowd to march to the Capitol and that “you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”

A week after the rally, Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives, becoming the first U.S. president ever to be impeached twice. But the political and legal fallout may stretch well beyond Trump, who will exit the White House on Wednesday before Democrat Joe Biden takes the oath of office. Trump had refused for nearly two months to accept his loss in the 2020 election to the former vice president.

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But there are still several steps in the electoral process before President Donald Trump’s presidency ends on January 20 and Biden takes office.

Let’s take a look at the key dates leading up Biden becoming the 46th President of the US.

December 8

News organisations typically project who has won the election shortly after polls right after Election Day.

However, this year, those projections took several days, primarily, due to an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots cast amid the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

At this particular situation, news organisations using a variety of factors, determine that one candidate no longer has a path to victory. Official counting continues for several days, and sometimes weeks, after a winner is projected. These tallies are subject to legal challenges and recounts, the criteria and timeline of which are regulated under individual states’ laws.

Regardless of state’s laws regarding recounts, the state must meet the deadline. December 8 is the deadline- to appoint the electors who will decide the winner based on a certified final count.

It is in this scenario Trump has not conceded and his campaign has vowed to challenge the election results in certain states.

December 14

On December 14, electors across the country cast their votes by paper ballots in their respective states and the District of Columbia, which has three electoral votes. Those results must be delivered to the US capital and other relevant officials by December 23.

There are 538 electoral votes, and the number of votes in each state matches how many senator and representatives that state has in Congress .

Washington, DC also has three electoral votes. In most states, all electoral votes are given to the candidate who wins the most votes in that state, although this is not necessarily required by law.

Two states – Maine and Nebraska – have slightly different systems: Two electors vote for the candidate that wins the state’s overall popular vote, while a third elector votes based on which candidate wins the most Congressional districts in that state.

Currently, 33 states and Washington, DC, have laws that require electors to vote for the candidate that wins the popular vote in their state.

January 6

The House and Senate hold a joint session to count the votes sent by electors across the country . If one ticket has received 270 or more electoral votes, the president of the Senate, currently Vice President Mike Pence, will announce the winner of the election.

If there is any objection to electoral returns from any state, the Memebers of Congress can express their objections by writing by at least one member of the House and one in the Senate.

If neither presidential candidate wins at least 270 electoral votes, the House decides the election, based on the 12th Amendment to the Constitution. If required, the House would elect the president through a majority vote.

January 20
President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn into office at noon on Inauguration Day. Vice- President elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in shortly before that.

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Joe Biden has said Democrats are winning the race to White House and will be winning over 300 electoral votes. The world is waiting for the next US President and counting continues into the fourth day. Biden is on the cusp of securing the presidency after gaining narrow leads over Donald Trump in key battleground states of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Arizona with narrow margins and the votes are still being counted.

Joe Biden would need six more electoral votes to secure the win. Securing Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes and Georgia’s six more electoral votes would put Biden over the 270 he needs to win the presidency. Across the US, Biden is leading Trump by 4.1 million votes out of a record 147 million cast in the 2020 US elections.

The prolonged process added to the anxiety of a nation whose racial and cultural divides were inflamed during the heated campaign.

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Now Joe Biden is leading in Nevada by around 7,600 votes . He has 49.3 percent of the voter share and Trump is right behind him with 48.7 percent. This is a close race and a must win for Biden’s to win the presidency.

The tables were turned when Biden has won the battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan, which have taken him closer to the winning mark of 270 electoral votes. Donald Trump’s victory in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania in 2016 had ensured his entry into the White House.

Joe Biden has won more overall votes than any presidential candidates in US history, overtaking the record set by Barack Obama in 2008.

The Trump campaign, whose path to victory was narrowing dramatically, said that it would seek a recount in Wisconsin and then announced that it had legal action seeking to halt the vote count in Michigan. They are also consider taking legal action in Arizona and Nevada as votes are still being counted.

Presdient Donald Tump declared he would ask the Supreme Court to intervene in the 2020 election. As far as he was concerned, he said, he had already won: “So we’ll be going to the Supreme Court. We want all voting to stop.”

The high stake election was held against the backdrop of a unprecedented pandemic that has killed more than 2,30,000 Americans and wiped away millions of jobs.

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All eyes are on the key battleground states of Arizona, Iowa, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin. The results of these states are crucial for both contenders.

Donald Trump prevailed in the hotly contested Rust Belt state of Ohio- one he seized in 2016 and which is key to his efforts to win reelection over Joe Biden. The Republican incumbent won one of the key battlegrounds, Florida while Biden got Arizona.

As of now Biden had 238 electoral votes against Trump’s 213. A candidate needs 270 votes to win the presidency.

Biden, searching desperately for states to recapture from Trump, was eyeing the so-called “blue wall” states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania that sent Trump to the White House in 2016.

So far Trump has won Alaska, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wyoming, Indiana, South Carolina and Utah.

Biden meanwhile has taken Democratic-leaning states like California, Colorado, Columbia, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.

Why Electoral College is crucial in United States election?

The winner of the election is determined through a system called the electoral college. Each of the 50 states, plus Washington DC, is given a number of electoral college votes, adding up to a total of 538 votes.  More populous states get more electoral college votes than smaller ones.

A candidate needs to win 270 electoral college votes to win the election. In every state except two- Maine and Nebraska- the candidate that get the most votes wins all of the state’s electoral college votes.

Due to these rules, a candidate can win the election without getting the most votes at the national level. This happened at the last election, in which Donald Trump won a majority of electoral college votes although more people voted for Hillary Clinton across the US.

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“When @JoeBiden and I are in the White House we’ll listen to scientists, promote masks to save lives, implement nationwide testing and tracing, and ensure vaccines are free to all,” she tweeted.

The bitter and divisive race for White House between Republican incumbent President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden comes in the midst of coronavirus pandemic which has infected over 92 lakh people and claimed the lives of more than 2,30,000 others in the country, making it the worst hit nation from the deadly virus.

While the formal election is today, nearly 93 million people have already cast their ballots in early voting, including 33 million in-person votes and 58 million mail-in ballots. To be elected as president , a candidate should win at least 270 votes in what is called the Electoral College.

The 2020 US Presidential election is much different than previous elections as people cast their ballots amid rising anxiety and worry about the country’s future due to the pandemic and eight percent unemployment.

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Among the top reasons for interest in the US President is a meeting between popular American rapper Lil Wayne and other rappers and Trump after the recent racial attacks in the United States. Racism is one of the hot topics in this election, and rappers supporting US President’s policies has turned the attention of many.

Meanwhile in-person voting has begun in some parts of the United States. Voters were urged to vote early through mail-in ballots, to avoid queues amid the coronavirus pandemic. More than 99.5 million early votes have been cast so far. Additionally, about 28.2 million mail ballots are yet to be returned to polling authorities. As a result, over 100 million votes would have been cast and recorded even before the Election Day.

As the election day kickstarted, the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris urged for in person voting by saying “ mask up and find your polling place”.

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The midnight vote began today with voters choosing their preferred candidates for US President and New Hampshire governor, as well as federal and state legislative seats.

The 2020 US elections and congressional races, came amid a surging COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Americans will decide the fate of incumbent President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden through their votings.

To win the presidency, either Trump or Biden must acquire over 50 per cent of the electoral vote, which is 538 in total. This means each candidate must get a minimum of 270 electoral votes to clinch the presidency.

Joe Biden is currently leading Donald Trump in the national polls. But leading in polls does not guarantee victory. Hillary Clinton also had a clear lead over Trump in the polls for the entire 2016 campaign. She ended up losing the race.

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In a trending clip, Barack Obama left many stunned after he walked into a basketball court and scored an effortless basked from quite a distance. After scoring the shot, he yells, “That’s what I do.” He shared the clip with the caption, “Shoot your shot (sic).”
The video was shared by the former president on Twitter.

Shoot your shot. https://t.co/XdZz4dh82T pic.twitter.com/elpBmzu6hV

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 31, 2020

After he scored the basket, people present in the gym can be heard hooting and praising the former president. Then Biden walks into the frame and praises Obama saying, “Whoa, whoa, whoa. All net.” After which Obama, once again, jokingly says, “You don’t understand, that’s what I do.”

The netizen went crazy on social media and gave apt reaction to Obama’s skills. The video has garnered over 10 million views and thousands of likes.

The coolest of all time.
Please just come back and run the world, already!!! https://t.co/yMNhocVukb

— Shruti Seth (@SethShruti) November 1, 2020

Can we bring this guy back? https://t.co/YtmYq4UTVe

— Raemond99 (@raemond99) November 1, 2020

The video was initially shared by the Biden campaign’s travelling digital director Olivia Raisner.

Obama had played basketball during his school days and would often play basketball during rise to political prominence and kept it up during his time in White House.

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Biden is set to close his campaign in Pittsburgh where he made his maiden campaign appearance in April 2019.

Held in the middle of pandemic that has claimed many American lives, aside from a series of civil rights protests and fallen economy, the US election this year is deemed to define the future course of America.

Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Arizona, Wisconsin, Iowa are the key states also known as the swing states, where the spotlight are on. A majority of the voters from these states flipped from supporting Obama to Trump in 2016.

As Donald Trump seeks re-election, predictions show a better chance for Joe Biden who holds a clear advantage over the President across four of the swing states.

The polls also indicate that the presidential election is getting tighter even though Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden continues to maintain substantial lead over Republican’s Donald Trump.

In the national polls, Trump continues to trail with a 42% chance as compared to a 51% of Biden, according to the latest Reuters poll. Similarly, a New York Times poll showed Joe Biden holding a clear advantage over 4 important swing states- Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Florida and Arizona. Biden’s electoral position appears to put him in a stronger position than any presidential candidate since 2008.

Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris has sought a decisive mandate from Americans so that no amount of legal battle can overturn the poll results. Earlier Donald Trump hinted that he is gearing up for a legal battle in the counting of mail and absentee votes post the election

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As the United States presidential election is just days away, Democrat’s candidate Joe Biden has slammed Donald Trump’s administration and has claimed that Americans are learning to die with coronavirus. On Friday, Biden said that the coronavirus pandemic has dwarfed anything that the country faced in recent history. He also warned the citizens of the United States that the pandemic is showing no signs of slowing down.

Biden claimed that the Donald Trump administration has totally failed to contain the pandemic. He added that the country’s economy is currently facing the devastating impacts of the coronavirus outbreak.

“President Trump said we’re rounding the corner, it’s going away, we’re learning to live with it. They are quotes. But as I told him last night, we’re not learning to live with it. We’re learning to die with it. This is a dark winter ahead. COVID-19 dwarfs anything we’ve faced in recent history and it isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. The virus is surging in almost every state. We passed 4.8 million cases,” said Biden.

Biden also alleged that Donald Trump does not have a proper plan in front of him to contain the spread of the virus.

Biden has also promised to give free vaccines to every American if gets elected as the president of the country. However, Biden’s words have received negative responses from various corners, as there is an ethical concern to use the potential vaccine as bait to grab votes.

The United States is one of the worst affected countries due to the coronavirus outbreak. According to the latest statistics, more than 2,20,000 people have lost their lives, and the total number of positive cases has already crossed 4.8 million.

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These conspiracy theorists are known as the QAnon group, and they are known for promoting Donald Trump on social media platforms. According to these conspiracy theorists, several top stars in Hollywood and some top Democratic leaders are Satan worshippers, and they used to drink the blood of small babies and infants, as a part of their ritual.

These conspiracy theorists also claim that Donald Trump is the primary enemy of these satan worshippers, as the reigning president has already waged a war against these people who are involved in child trafficking.

Even though QAnon believers are very less in number, they have now succeeded in garnering mainstream attention, as they are promoting the anti-child trafficking slogan. According to reports, there are more than 1,50,000 QAnon believers in the country, and they mainly operate through social networking sites like Facebook.

Earlier, several reports had suggested that these QAnon believers are gearing up for a civil war if Trump gets defeated by Biden in the upcoming elections. Adding up the heat to these rumors, Donald Trump also once said that QAnon believers are a group of people who love him.

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Trump confirmed in an interview with Fox News that Hope Hicks, one of his closest confidantes, had tested positive and added later on Twitter that he and First Lady Melania Trump had got tested too.

Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020

Mr Hicks was traveling with Trump on Air Force One on September 29 to fly to Cleveland for the first Presidential debate with Democrat Joe Biden.

With only 32 days left for the US Presidential elections to kick off, two more presidential debates with Joe Biden are scheduled in the coming weeks apart from the campaigns.

Trump had consistently played down concerns about being personally vulnerable to contracting COVID-19. “I felt no vulnerablity whatsoever,” he told reporters back in May. The virus has killed more than 2,00,000 Americans and infected more than seven million worldwide.

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