Where Are The Election Parties For Donald Trump And Joe Biden?

President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are watching results come in on Tuesday night in vastly different ways. Some might say that the differences in their election parties sum up how the two candidates have approached campaigning during the pandemic in the last several months.

Trump will host hundreds of guests at the White House, while Biden will watch the results in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks from Wilmington, joined only by family and a small cadre of supporters.

Trump's White House party, meanwhile, may be in violation of the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from engaging in most political activity inside federal buildings or while on duty.

Though the president and vice president are technically exempt from the civil provisions of the Hatch Act, it's heavily frowned upon to use political establishments for personal gain. Trump notably accepted the Republican party's nomination on the White House lawn.

He had previously planned to host his election night party at the Trump International Hotel but switched gears once Washington, D.C., prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people due to the rising COVID rates.

Reports on Tuesday revealed that the Trump campaign cut the guest list from 400 to 250.

Biden will be joined by his wife, as well as his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, and her husband Douglas Emhoff. Other than that, the crowd will likely be limited to family, staff, and members of the media.