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Trump and Biden set their sights on Pennsylvania

On Sunday, President Trump and Joe Biden were both campaigning in Pennsylvania, which could prove to be the decisive state on Election Day. Mr. Trump has tried to paint Biden as anti-fracking, while Biden hopes to flip the state blue again after it went for a Republican president in 2016 for the first time in 28 years. Natalie Brand reports. Source

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Inside the history of contested elections

University of Iowa law professor Derek Muller joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to explore the history of contested U.S. presidential elections, the recent decisions from the Supreme Court concerning Election Day, and a timeline for when the actual results from the 2020 election may be official. Source

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Experts warn of red or blue “mirage” in early election night results

Voting experts are warning people to be aware of a red or blue mirage in early results as they could be misleading than the final outcome. According to a top Democratic data and analytics firm, Hawkfish, President Trump would see an early lead in some key battleground states, but it will slowly narrow as more mail-in ballots are counted. The agency’s CEO, Josh Mendelsohn, calls it a “red mirage” and joins CBSN to discuss what states could experience such a scenario. Source

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Trump and Biden make final push before Tuesday’s election

As Election Day draws near, the 2020 candidates are campaigning hard in the battleground states. Those same states are experiencing surges in coronavirus infections. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to explain why the candidates are honing in on Pennsylvania. Source

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Trump and Biden crisscross key battlegrounds in the Midwest

President Trump and Joe Biden ended the week by taking their campaigns to the Midwest. They both held events in Wisconsin and Minnesota, states that recent CBS News polling shows Biden leading. “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss. Source

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Revisiting Trump’s border wall promise

In 2015, then-candidate Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to build a wall spanning the entire southern border with Mexico. Mireya Villarreal rode along with Border Patrol to see how those plans developed. Source

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