New York set for historic final day in 2020 election
The most polarizing election in a generation wraps Tuesday, and even in a solidly blue state like New York, candidates for Congress and the state Legislature in a handful of battleground districts will be fighting for every last vote.
With emotions running high, security precautions were being implemented in New York City and elsewhere ahead of possible civil unrest.
At the ballot box, Democrat Joe Biden is widely expected to defeat President Donald Trump in the race for New York’s Electoral College votes. But there are tough fights underway on Long Island and in central New York in congressional districts nearly evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.