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2020 Election: Live Results And Coverage

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And to build on that point, Clare, I want to reiterate something Micah said earlier:

Indeed, the outcome of the 2020 presidential election is still very much in doubt, and likely won't become clearer until Pennsylvania and Michigan finish counting all their votes. We're also waiting for official projections in Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin and a handful of other contests. But since Trump made it clear that he would take this route, we talked over how we would handle things in the FiveThirtyEight newsroom.

Here's where we landed: If Trump falsely or prematurely declares victory … our priorities would be (i) don’t let Trump’s false/premature claim dominate our coverage or alter our framing of the night, while (ii) still making clear to readers why the claim is false/premature and carries no legal power.