That is a source of concern mainly because though the eventual winner For observers around the world, and many worried Americans closer to home, the painful slowness of the count in the US election has become a subject of bafflement and concern.

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While many – though far from all – countries manage to count their elections in the hours after polls close, the US election of 2020 has stretched into days of counting in a handful of fiercely contested swing states.

 

That is a source of concern mainly because though the eventual winner appears certain to be Democratic challenger Joe Biden, incumbent president Donald Trump has repeatedly and angrily lashed out, falsely claiming the election is being stolen. That has encouraged his supporters – including some bearing arms – to protest outside counting stations, raising the specter of civic unrest.

 

Here are your questions answered:

 

Why have some states not announced results?

Narrow election results mean a state cannot be called until all the votes have been counted. When any one state has a very close race, it means all those votes must be tallied – and that takes time. That is what is happening in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.

 

Who calls the races?

In the end, local election officials certify the results. But there is no overall government body that regulates and coordinates the process on election night. So in practical terms each race is called before that by media organisations, such as the Associated Press (AP), which the Guardian follows, or the major television networks such as CNN, NBC or CBS. Each of these maintains a large “decision desk” of staffers who sift through the vote tallies as they come in and analyse data around demographics in order to make a call on a state. That is why many states are called long before their full votes are counted.

 

Why do calls differ?

Again, there is no central body making these decisions. It is media organisations and they use different methodologies to analyse the data. Naturally, they are staffed by different people who can – legitimately – come to different conclusions. Mostly, calls by the decision desks bunch pretty close together. But not always – and not in 2020.