--- title: How to Watch 2020 Election Night Coverage Live description: 2020 Election Night is here. Here's how to watch TIME's live coverage. canonical: https://time.com/5906496/how-to-watch-election-night-live/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-11-03T22:20:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:51:59.448Z article:section: Politics og:title: How to Watch 2020 Election Night Coverage Live og:description: TIME will be displaying a live map with AP race projections and streaming feeds from Trump and Biden’s headquarters. og:url: https://time.com/5906496/how-to-watch-election-night-live/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68078b892fb15985/698a13b6b3fce369060c753a/election-thumbnail.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1920 og:image:height: 1080 og:image:alt: Election Thumbnail og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Watch 2020 Election Night Coverage Live twitter:description: TIME will be displaying a live map with AP race projections and streaming feeds from Trump and Biden’s headquarters. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt68078b892fb15985/698a13b6b3fce369060c753a/election-thumbnail.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How to Watch 2020 Election Night Coverage Live > Sponsored content. 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Biden Speaks on Night of Election As Results Continue to Come In (Full Speech)_ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 3, 2020 10:20 PM UTC  Presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump Presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 3, 2020 10:20 PM UTC Election night is finally here as the [coronavirus pandemic](https://time.com/5800901/coronavirus-map/) surges on and [tense legal battles](https://time.com/5902389/election-2020-lawsuits-litigation/) determining whose votes will count and whose may not are still playing out. TIME will be streaming real-time race projections, maps and live footage from both Trump and Biden’s headquarters. Election experts stress that regardless of what candidates say, they [do not have the power](https://time.com/5902732/2020-election-fears/) to determine or call the results of the election. The responsibility of counting votes and declaring a winner falls to state and local election officials, and it may take days, or even weeks, for officials to finalize those counts. Just because one candidate may be leading early on Election Night doesn’t mean they can’t fall behind later. That’s not fraud. Counting election results takes time. **_Read More:_**[_2020 Election Results Live_](https://time.com/5906423/2020-election-results/) Amid the pandemic, Joe Biden has followed public health guidance and relied heavily on [digital campaigning,](https://time.com/5889093/joe-biden-michigan-campaign/) while President Donald Trump has continued to host crowded rallies and d[ownplay the danger](https://time.com/5905855/donald-trump-election-coronavirus/) of the virus. The nation has been [beset by misinformation](https://time.com/5897887/swing-states-2020-election/) in the months leading up to the general election, often perpetuated by the president himself. [More than 96 million Americans](https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html) have already voted as of Monday afternoon, according to the U.S. Elections Project, a database run by University of Florida professor Michael McDonald. That’s about 70% of the total votes counted in the 2016 general election. Of those, more than 35 million are in-person votes and more than 61 million are returned mail-in ballots. Even before Election Day, vote counts from early voting in [Texas](https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/30/texas-votes-cast/) and [Hawaii](https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/10/a-majority-of-hawaii-voters-have-already-cast-their-ballots/) surpassed the states’ total vote count in 2016. Some experts, including McDonald, are [predicting](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-early-vote/more-than-6-6-million-americans-have-already-voted-suggesting-record-turnout-idUSKBN26T3PC?il=0) a once-in-a-century turnout rate— and getting that full tally might take time. 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