As it happened: US election 2020: Final day of campaigning before US voters go to polls - BBC News
Donald Trump and Joe Biden make final push as turnout is expected to be the highest in more than a century.
Trump International Hotel has been surrounded by fences Image caption: Trump International Hotel has been surrounded by fences

The nation’s capital is gearing up for the presidential election not by organising rallies or canvassing, but by putting up boards and fences.

I took a walk around Washington DC downtown today, and the city was eerily quiet.

At the Trump International Hotel, fences have been installed around the hotel entrances. Only a driveway with enhanced security was open to allow guests to come in and out.

There are few on the streets on this chilly, windy day, but a man on a scooter passes by and shouts: “Trump 2020!”

Along the Black Lives Matter Plaza, one block away from the White House, it’s hard to tell whether anything is open for business, as storefronts are all covered up with plywood, in case of civil unrest on the election night and after.

The fences wall that off the White House and nearby Lafayette Square are covered with anti-Trump signs. Through the fences, I saw a crane lifting construction materials, said to be preparing to put up more fences around the White House.

Demonstrators and journalists gather in front of the White House, and tomorrow night they will return in greater number.

The world will be watching closely - not only for whether Biden or Trump will be residing here in the next four years, but also for whether the US democratic institutions can withstand the challenges it is facing.