NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press will have thousands of people on hand this week to count votes and declare winners and losers in the U.S. election, continuing a tradition that began in 1848 ...

In 2020, news outlets declared Joe Biden the winner over Trump on Saturday after election day. The AP expects to make calls this year in 6,832 individual races, from the president down to local ...

The rule for declaring a winner is simple: “We call the race when there is no way that the trailing candidate can catch up,” Pace said. In 2020, news outlets declared Joe Biden the winner over Trump ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace, right, looks over a headline with deputy ...