If not for the coronavirus pandemic, the presidential election would have likely been the biggest news story of 2020. The year started off hot with the impeachment trial of President Trump; he was acquitted by the Senate in February. Meanwhile a crowded field battled for the Democratic nomination. COVID-19 shook up everything and after a bruising campaign, Joe Biden is the president-elect even as Trump spins false narratives about voter fraud. Join us as we look back at the dizzying campaign.
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CNN — America has chosen Democrat Joe Biden as its 46th president, CNN projects, turning at a time of national crisis to a man whose character was forged by aching personal tragedy and who is pledging to restore calm and truth after Donald Trump’s exhausting and manic single term. In a victory speech …
Analysis: The coronavirus has upended the way Americans are approaching going to the polls and deepened already wide differences. In February as the Iowa caucuses were getting under way, to kick off the election year, political observers were musing about Donald Trump’s strengths going into the 2020 …
Turnout increased in every state and all but 56 counties. The 2020 presidential election set a participation record, with more than 157 million people casting their ballots. Turnout increased in every state and in 98 percent of the nation’s counties. According to an analysis of the NBC News election …
A heady moment of confrontation with Joe Biden at a debate seemed likely to linger awkwardly, dooming a future political partnership. But, on Tuesday, evolution was in the air. To look at Presidential politics in 2020, you’d think that the one concept unifying the nation was a longing for a …
It’s been a record election cycle for many reasons — including the fact that it’s the most expensive, bar none. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-profit research group that tracks money in politics, almost $14 billion was spent on the 2020 races, with about $6.6 billion going …
The primetime debate quickly devolved into cross-talk and recriminations. The first debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden quickly went off the rails, with each side lobbing bitter attacks and frequently talking over each other. Here are the key moments from the …
After eight days of rival political conventions, one message unified the dozens of speakers in both the Democratic and Republican conventions: the 2020 election is the most important in U.S. history. Both conventions were radically different than those of any other in U.S. history because of the …
Last year at this time, Democrats were proudly touting “the most diverse field in history” for their presidential campaign — one that they said …
Bernie Sanders has officially suspended his bid for the Democratic nomination for president. After getting steamrolled in a series of state primaries …
US President Donald Trump has refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses November's election. "Well, we'll have to see what happens," the president told a news conference at the White House. "You know that." Mr Trump also said he believed the election result could end up in the US …
