Where To Watch the British Election Results in the USA on May 6th

Good news for Brits in the USA and Anglophiles interested in the outcome of tomorrow historic British Election, there are several places you’ll be able to watch the live coverage of the results coming in.

So, while it won’t be on the major networks (probably no more than a blurb on the headlines) there are a couple places in America to watch the British Election results live.

The first is C-SPAN 3 – they’ve been doing a great job so far covering the election by showing the leadership debates to an American audience and showing other party political broadcasts.

I’m happy to report that C-SPAN 3 will be showing the live BBC News Election feed as it happens starting at 3:55pm CST/ 4:55 EST. You’ll see it as the Brits see it with results, analytics and commentary. LIVE. This is incredible and I wish we got C-SPAN 3!

C-SPAN 3 Details Here.

In addition to C-SPAN’s coverage, you’ll also be able to watch the exact same feed LIVE on the BBC News website on their live election coverage section. It’s the same site they’ve been streaming the debates and other election related broadcasts. The streaming quality is quite good and the only drawback is that you’ll have to be glued computer.

Watch the BBC Election Coverage in the USA here.

Also, I haven’t gotten word from my friends at BBC America as to whether they’ll have an special British election coverage. But I have heard that their regular evening news will have an Election special with Andrew Sullivan providing commentary. Whether or not it will extend for several hours beyond their regular 1 hour broadcast, remains to be seen. Their schedule only reflects the one hour news show.

Either way, if you get BBC America, you probably also get C-SPAN 3 so you’ll be covered there.

We’re very much looking forward to tomorrow and we can’t wait to see how things shape up. This election could shape immigration to the UK for years to come – so it could affect us in our plans to move there one day. We shall see.

We’ve been invited to an election party here in Chicago where they’ll have a special live feed from the UK as well. Can’t wait!