Where Trump and Biden will spend election night
While the world waits, President Donald Trump and Democrat hopeful Joe Biden have their own very different plans for how they will spend the election night.
President Trump will host a campaign party at the White House, where hundreds of guests are likely to be in attendance.
Meanwhile, after making a final pitch to Pennsylvania voters, Mr Biden will return to his home state of Delaware, accompanied by his family and a small group of supporters.
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President Donald Trump welcoming a small crowd of visitors in the East Wing of the White House in 2017. AP Photo/Evan Vucci
President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport AP / Evan Vucci
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greet trick-or-treaters on the South Lawn during a Halloween celebration at the White House AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta
Mr Trump and Mr Biden adopted markedly different approaches to public rallies as they moved across America during the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
According to The Hill, Mr Trump had initially hoped to hold a large election soirée at one of his Washington D.C. hotels.
But that idea was rejected because of local coronavirus rules on gatherings.
Hundreds of guests will instead meet at the White House, after undergoing COVID-19 screening. The Trump team is recommending guests wear masks and social distance.
After the gathering, President Trump will watch election results in the East Wing of the White House, his communications director Alyssa Farah said.
Ms Farah suggested Mr Trump will make a public appearance in some form from the White House this evening, but declined to provide specifics.
Mr Biden is also scheduled to make an address on election night, from Wilmington in Delaware.
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Large video screens have been set up outside the Chase Centre, the same location where Mr Biden accepted the Democratic nomination.
Mr Biden began today by attending a church service and visiting the grave of his son Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015.
He also visited the graves of his wife Neilia and daughter Naomi, who died in a car crash in 1972.
People work on the stage for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden's election night rally, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, outside of the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden walks with his granddaughter Finnegan Biden into St. Joseph On the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington AP
Mr Biden, who is favourite to win the 2020 race then stopped at his childhood home in Scranton, Pennsylvania - a state likely to help shape this election.
He wrote a message on the wall that read: "From this house to the White House with the grace of God. Joe Biden 11-3-2020".
Running mate Senator Kamala Harris of California and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will be among the Mr Biden group in Delaware.
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