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Tuesday, November 3

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden debate in September at Case Western University in Cleveland.

OnPolitics: This is it. Tonight is what we've all been arguing about.

Let's get all gather around one last time before this election gets sorted out.

Things are crazy dynamic right now so we don't have much time. But we try to make time for the good people of the OnPolitics newsletter, where things can get a bit chippy.

Okay, so, here is what's going on right now.

What is the electoral college count?

President Donald Trump picked up the states of Nebraska, Louisiana, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota after polls closed at 9 p.m. EDT. Meanwhile, Democratic nominee Joe Biden won New Mexico and New York.

Trump had already secured Nebraska, Louisiana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, South Carolina Oklahoma, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. Biden earlier won New Mexico, New York, Virginia, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Illinois, Delaware and Connecticut.

That gives Biden 122 electoral college votes and Trump 92 after 9 p.m. Either candidate will need 270 electoral college votes to win the election.

But literally, this is going to change all night. So BE SURE to follow along with our election results page. It's pretty snazzy if we do say so ourselves.

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McConnell gets re-elected

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday night won his seventh straight congressional race, defeating Democrat and retired Marine Amy McGrath and dashing the hopes of liberals nationwide who wanted Kentucky voters to drop their longtime senator.

The Associated Press called the race for McConnell at 8:02 p.m.

McGrath was a fundraising powerhouse whose campaign raked in around $90 million — over $30 million more than McConnell amassed. And that's no small feat since the senator is a legendary fundraiser in his own right.

Survey: 1 in 3 voters 'not confident' ballots will be counted fairly

Only about two-thirds of voters are confident that ballots will be counted fairly, while nearly one-third are "not too confident" or "not at all confident," according to a major survey by The Associated Press.

President Donald Trump has railed repeatedly against the illegitimacy of mail-in voting, despite voting absentee himself in Florida. But officials from both parties encouraged absentee voting for anyone concerned about lines or health risks during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Election experts say there is little evidence of fraud in voting because of security measures governing how absentee ballots are submitted and reviewed. But concerns linger among voters after Trump repeatedly highlighted the potential for fraud.

About one in four voters are "very confident" their ballot will be counted fairly and 44% are "somewhat confident," according to the AP VoteCast survey of voters for this election.

But about one in four voters are "not too confident their ballot will be counted fairly and 7% are "not at all confident," according to the survey.

When the terms were changed slightly, about one in four voters described themselves as "very confident" that their votes will be counted accurately, while about three in four are "less confident," according to the survey.

About three in four voters said racism is a "very" or "somewhat serious" problem in U.S. society, compared to more than one in five that say it is "not too serious" or "not at all," according to the survey.

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