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The Transition: The tipping point

Political Theater, Episode 152

Protesters calling for every vote to be counted march Friday from McPherson Square to Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington.
Protesters calling for every vote to be counted march Friday from McPherson Square to Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

At the time of this recording, five states have still not been called in the presidential election, with former Vice President Joe Biden leading in three of them. Then there’s the Senate. With two runoff elections set for January in Georgia, the chamber majority will be uncertain until then.

CQ Roll Call chief Washington correspondent Niels Lesniewski, political reporter Stephanie Akin and host Jason Dick report in this special edition of Political Theater as “election week” continues.

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