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Over a week after the 2020 Presidential Election and we are still waiting for agreement on the winner. Following an extended period of uncertainty, when the counting of votes in numerous swing States was still ongoing, on Saturday 7th November, the media declared Joe Biden the winner of the electoral college and the designated President-Elect. World leaders quickly sent congratulatory messages.

However, Donald Trump, his campaign, the Republican National Committee, and various prominent Republicans such as Ted Cruz and Linsey Graham, are refusing to accept the legitimacy of the result.

The traditional concession speech has not yet happened. In the meantime, there have multiple allegations of voter fraud, electoral anomalies and ballot tampering, focusing on the mail-in ballots. There has also been anonymous whistleblower allegations on Fox News, numerous lawsuits filed in the battleground states, and sworn affidavits submitted as evidence. So far, none of the lawsuits have provided any evidence of fraud, and even Republican operatives involved in the recount of Florida votes in the 2000 Presidential election have stated the lawsuits are without merit.

There isn't even a consensus in what people believe: one poll shows 70% of Republicans say the election wasn't 'free or fair', whilst another poll indicates 80% of all American's believe Biden won the election.

The chaos of the election reflects the chaos of the last four years. How has it come to this? And how do we move forward?

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Mentioned in the show:

• Senator John McCain Election Night Speech (Full Video) 

• Nationwide opinion polling for the 2016 United States presidential election 

• Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories 

• Birtherism and Trump 

• Love It Or Hate It, The Trump Show Has Been Very Good For Media Business

• Trump’s tax avoidance is a national disgrace. Don't let him blame 'the system' | Nathan Robinson 

• Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance 

• Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections

• George Floyd protests

• Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History

• A detailed timeline of all the ways Trump failed to respond to the coronavirus

• US: don’t give China control of intellectual property group

• First Step Act

• Trump tells NATO allies to pay their fair share 

• US election: Trump campaign pushes fraud lawsuits in Georgia as president ramps up 'cheat' claims  

• EXPLAINER: Trump's challenges fail to prove election fraud 

• The Times Called Officials in Every State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud 

• Trump says Biden should not 'wrongfully' declare victory after president's illegitimate claims 

• US election results: Trump sues as path to victory over Biden narrows

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