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America Decides Tuesday: Donald Trump or Joe Biden as President for Next 4
Years

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - A grueling, bitterly fought U.S. presidential campaign
   comes to a close on Tuesday.

   Tens of millions of voters are heading to polling places across the
   country to help decide whether to keep Republican incumbent President
   Donald Trump as the American leader for the next four years, or oust
   him in favor of his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe
   Biden.

   Amid the unchecked coronavirus pandemic in the U.S., more than
   98million people have already cast early ballots--more thantwo-thirds
   of the entire vote count of nearly 139 million in the 2016 election
   when Trump unexpectedly upset Democrat Hillary Clinton to win the White
   House.

   With the heavy early voting, the total 2020 vote count, by some
   estimates, could reach a U.S. record of 150 million or more. But with
   state-by-state laws controlling how soon the absentee votes can be
   counted -- not until Tuesday night or later in some states -- the
   outcome of the election may not be known for days, depending on how
   close the contest turns out.

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