Today millions of Americans will head to the polls in person, adding their ballots to the more than the hundred million already cast by early voters. While international attention is on the presidential race, voters are also choosing new members of Congress. Does Republican Donald Trump have the power of incumbency on his side? And has the Covid-19 pandemic given Democrat Joe Biden an unexpected boost to capture the all-important 270 electoral college votes? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Mohan Ambikaipaker, Associate Professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA. He is author of “Political Blackness in Multiracial Britain”, which focuses on racism and police violence in the West.