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A Detroit election worker seeks assistance while working on counting absentee ballots for the 2020 general election at TCF Center on Nov. 4, 2020, in Detroit, Michigan. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States, and the American people waiting for results in key battlegrounds still up for grabs. Opinion polls had suggested Mr. Biden was likely to emerge the victor. (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)