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1:50Now PlayingVoting in the U.S.: How it works and why some say the system needs change | Just The FAQs
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1:50Now PlayingUS elections are mainly conducted by 'First Past the Post' voting. Here's why some say this system needs an overhaul.
The expected high volume of mailed-in ballots in the presidential election could mean Americans won't know who won on election night – and more than 60 percent of likely voters are OK with that, according to a Fox News poll released Sunday.
The poll found only 29% of likely voters expect to know on election night if President Donald Trump won a second term or if his Democratic challenger Joe Biden succeeded in unseating him. Another 20% said they expected to know by the next day, 19% said it would probably be two to three days before a winner is declared and 27% said it would be longer than three days.
When asked if they were "comfortable" with not knowing the result on Nov. 3, 27% said they were "very" comfortable and 34% said "somewhat" comfortable. Overall, 36% were not comfortable with the idea (21% "not very" and 14% "not at all").
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