Election night marks the end of one phase of campaign 2020 – and the start of another – Pew Research Center

A worker processes ballots at the Orange County Registrar of Voters in Santa Ana, California, on Oct. 16, 2020. (Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

Election night marks the end of one phase of campaign 2020 – and the start of another

We developed this explainer to help people understand how, and why, the complex U.S. electoral process is even more so this time around.