presidential election

Voter turnout for the 2020 presidential election was the highest percentage of eligible participants since 1900. Now, legislators in 43 states are proposing more than 250 laws designed to restrict voter access. NBC Bay Area political analyst Larry Gerston explains.

Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska has issued a pointed rebuke of GOP attempts to object Jan. 6 to the Electoral College tally of the presidential election

When the Electoral College meets Monday, its detractors hope it marks the beginning of the end of a system that twice this century has vaulted the loser of the popular vote to the presidency.

Voters cast their ballots for president more than a month ago, but the votes that officially matter are being cast Monday as the Electoral College meets.

NBC Bay Area Political Analyst Larry Gerston examines the latest on the Biden transition of power.

After pouring more than $1.2 billion of his personal fortune into presidential politics this election, former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has little to show for it

The U.S. presidential election was not tainted by widespread voter fraud or irregularities in how ballots were counted, despite a huge effort by President Donald Trump to prove otherwise

Bay Area Republicans are standing their ground as the president claims the election is not over and vows to continue his battle for a victory. Jodi Hernandez reports.

Many local conservatives are not ready to recognize Joe Biden as president-elect even as he begins the transition process.

Erie County, Pennsylvania, supported Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race.
This year it turned back.
Hear from some voters in the state that was key to Joe Biden’s win.

Several Trump senior officials, campaign aides and allies are telling The Associated Press that the campaign’s legal strategy to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory is more about providing President Donald Trump with an off-ramp for a loss he can’t quite grasp and less about changing the election’s outcome

President Donald Trump never admits defeat

World leaders are cheering Joe Biden’s election as U.S. president as a chance to fortify democracy and cooperation on climate change, the coronavirus and other problems

President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris delivered their first remarks following their projected victory in the 2020 election.

President Donald Trump vowed Saturday to press forward with a legal fight, pushing unfounded claims of voter fraud in response to the news that President-elect Joe Biden won the election, NBC News reported. Trump was at his Virginia golf club when NBC News and other networks projected Biden the winner. While crowds gathered outside the White House to celebrate Trump’s defeat, inside the building...

With former Vice President Joe Biden securing enough electoral votes, there were celebrations in the immediate aftermath

People around the world are starting to celebrate the election of Joe Biden as the next president of the United States

Political leaders from around the world took to social media to congratulate President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on their election win

Watch video of people reacting to news of Joe Biden’s projected victory in the 2020 presidential election.

California may not be getting much national attention three days after Election Day, but officials are still counting votes as thoroughly as anywhere else in the country.