America Decides: how does the US election work and which way will it swing?

On Tuesday 3 November 2020 the 59th quadrennial US presidential election takes place – but what will America decide?<br /><br />Will Donald Trump defeat Joe Biden to secure a second term in the White House? Or has his Democratic opponent done enough to win over US voters?<br /><br />On this edition of the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we hear from Americans Joe Radinovich and Samuel Mangold-Lenett on what the election means to them and who they want as their commander-in-chief for the next four years.<br /><br />But how does a US election actually work?<br /><br />Dermot is joined by Assistant Professor of History at the University of Sunderland, Dr Kevin Yuill, to discuss the American political system – plus our US correspondent Cordelia Lynch gives us her analysis of the election campaign.<br /><br />Daily podcast team:<br />Podcast producer - Annie Joyce<br />Podcast producer - Nicola Eyers<br />Podcast producer – Emma Rae Woodhouse<br />Podcast producer – Cat Soave<br />Interviews producer - Oli Foster<br />Archive - Simon Windsor<br />Music - Steven Wheeler