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US 2020: all the election latest from the New Statesman

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20th January 2021

“We must end this uncivil war”: Joe Biden calls for unity in inaugural address

World leaders responded warmly as the new US president declared that democracy had prevailed.

 

20th January 2021

Why the demographic make-up of the US creates the perfect conditions for civil war

To understand why a person might become a foot soldier in a violent political movement, we must look not only at their ideology, but also at their domestic circumstances. 

20th January 2021

Joe Biden’s presidency will not be a return to normality

Domestically and internationally, the incoming president faces almost unprecedented challenges.

 

20th January 2021

The New Statesman on the Trump era

The best of our US coverage from the past four years, featuring Gary Younge, Emily Tamkin, Timothy Snyder, Jeremy Cliffe and Sarah Churchwell. 

20th January 2021

Can Joe Biden restore America?

The US faces a crisis of reputation on the world stage and of democracy at home. The burden now falls on the new president to rebuild his nation. 

 

19th January 2021

Donald Trump’s pardoning spree reveals a historic constitutional flaw

The US president has made clear that pardon power undermines equal justice under the law. 

18th January 2021

Why Joe Biden could struggle to restore global trust in the US

Foreign governments no longer consider the US a reliable ally, even without Donald Trump.

13th January 2021

How the exurbs helped decide the US 2020 election

 Joe Biden’s gains in low-density, semi-rural residential communities is a story of spatial realignment, and also of political realignment among classes, ethnicities and religions.

8th January 2021

The fall of the Roman republic is a warning about today’s degenerate populists

It’s not just the events this week in Washington, as Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, that should worry us, but the erosion of norms they represent.

8th January 2021

Donald Trump's enablers must share responsibility for Capitol chaos

Before Americans put this week's anger to rest, those who stoked it should be held to account.

7th January 2021

US Congress certifies Joe Biden’s presidential victory in wake of Capitol storming

Order has been restored to Washington, DC after an assault by a pro-Trump mob, but many rioters evaded arrest.

7th January 2021

Ban Donald Trump’s Twitter account – for good

For years the president has been allowed to tweet anything he wants, with deadly consequences. 

6th January 2021

The storming of the US Capitol by a mob is the logical end to Donald Trump’s presidency

The US president incited his supporters with lies and conspiracy theories and declared that Democrats threatened their way of life.

6th January 2021

US Democrats win back a Senate majority in Georgia

The Republicans lost control of the upper house. They only have themselves to blame.

23rd December 2020

The world in 2020: Best of the New Statesman international

A selection of some of the best NS international coverage of an extraordinary year in global affairs. 

18th December 2020

Republican senators have finally congratulated Joe Biden – but it’s too little, too late

Even now, most of Donald Trump’s supporters still believe the president-elect “stole” the election. 

9th December 2020

The 2020 US presidential election in data: why the Trump revolution will live on

American populism existed long before Donald Trump and is set to endure after he leaves the White House. 

8th December 2020

Will Joe Biden look left on foreign policy as US president?

American progressives see cause for both optimism and concern over the new administration’s international priorities.

4th December 2020

How Donald Trump’s self-interest could hurt the Republicans in Georgia

An upcoming Senate run-off presents a warning to Trump’s party – and others tempted to embrace aspiring authoritarians.

25th November 2020

The divided heart of the GOP

What will American conservatism look like after Trump?

25th November 2020

What Trump wants now

How misguided fears of a presidential coup exposed the hysterical thinking of the liberal Resistance.

 

25th November 2020

Leader: The last days of Trump

As the president concedes power, the problems that fuelled his political rise will continue to haunt the republic.

24th November 2020

The 2020 US presidential election in data: how Joe Biden won

The strength of the Democrat's voter coalition lay in its breadth. 

23rd November 2020

Can Joe Biden's transition team become a progressive administration?

Progressive frustration with some of the president-elect’s appointments is premature, but the incoming administration must do more than avoid the worst excesses of the outgoing one.

20th November 2020

Why fretting over the US-UK “special relationship” overlooks its reality

From bust-ups over busts to diplomatic gaffes, analysis of US-UK relations too often focuses on hoo-hahs and passing frenzies.

 

18th November 2020

What US democracy can learn from ancient Greek philosophy

In the face of intense political partisanship, Plato and Aristotle stressed the need for friendship among citizens and extolled the virtues of moderation and like-mindedness.

17th November 2020

Can the right thrive on Parler?

Right-wing personalities are moving away from liberal social media “echo chambers”, but risk building a useless one of their own.

16th November 2020

What the US election 2020 reveals about America's Rust Belt

A resurgence of progressive politics in America's former industrial heartlands is unlikely any time soon.

16th November 2020

Why did the Republicans perform so well in the US Congressional elections?

Three factors played a part: preconceptions, policy and polls.

 

13th November 2020

World Review Podcast: The Next President

The New Statesman's World Review podcast with Emily Tamkin and Ido Vock.

13th November 2020

Is Donald Trump conducting a coup?

By refusing to acknowledge the results of a free and fair election, the US president and his party are performing a high-wire act.

 

13th November 2020

The city shift: how the urban-rural divide deepened in the US election

A City Monitor piece examines how our political polarisation can be mapped across America's cities, suburbs, and rural areas. 

12th November 2020

How Facebook ad spend predicted the US 2020 election

New Statesman analysis shows Donald Trump failed to win in key states where Joe Biden outspent him on social media.

 

12th November 2020

How QAnon conspiracy theorists entered the US Congress

Professional purveyors of falsehoods are now among America’s trusted lawmakers.

 

11th November 2020

Peter Wilby: Murdoch calls time on Trump, why the polls were wrong, and Wigan Warriors are back

Fox News called Arizona for Joe Biden before almost anyone else, told the president to accept defeat graciously, and cut away from a Trump campaign press conference.

11th November 2020

Without control of the Senate, the Democrats face big challenges. But there is reason for hope

The fear is that Biden’s presidency will be ineffectual from the start, and that he will be unable to steer the US out of its moral and political slump.

11th November 2020

Sarah Churchwell’s Diary: My sleepless nights watching CNN, why the arts matter and fighting for truth

Last week my brain spun itself flat, like a pizza, trying to process the US election results. Now it’s just bits of dough everywhere.

11th November 2020

The Republicans are at a crossroads: do they distance themselves from Trump or embrace his appeal?

Some in the party believe that the the creed should live on even as the high priest departs.

11th November 2020

Leader: After Trump

Joe Biden’s victory was rightly celebrated but the Democrats must avoid nostalgia for the age of liberal triumphalism.

9th November 2020

Joe Biden's route to a Donald Trump-free White House

What must happen next – and when – in order for the outgoing US president to submit to defeat?

9th November 2020

What Donald Trump’s US election defeat means for Europe’s populist leaders

With Trump’s departure, European populists will lose the most visible champion of their worldview. But some may be relieved. 

 

9th November 2020

How US democracy is resisting Donald Trump’s chaotic attempt to steal the election

The president has responded to electoral defeat by displaying the same incompetence that has defined his time in office.

9th November 2020

Would Bernie Sanders have done better than Joe Biden in the US election?

Sanders’s brand of radical politics is popular among activists – but it appeals less to the key voters needed to win the White House.

 

7th November 2020

Joe Biden takes Pennsylvania to win the 2020 US presidential election

Donald Trump's days in the White House are now numbered.

6th November 2020

Why Joe Biden’s US election victory matters even with a Republican senate

From action on climate change to effectively legalising marijuana, there’s plenty the president-elect can achieve.

6th November 2020

World Review Podcast: America Goes With The Joe

The New Statesman's World Review podcast with Emily Tamkin and Ido Vock.

6th November 2020

US election 2020: Donald Trump has already lost Rupert Murdoch's support

The 45th president only enjoyed the media tycoon’s support for as long as he was useful. 

6th November 2020

Why we shouldn’t be surprised that Donald Trump is trying to steal the US election

The president has been undermining US institutions and norms for four years.

6th November 2020

US election 2020: Donald Trump in denial as Joe Biden edges closer to victory

The president has repeated unevidenced claims of voting fraud.

5th November 2020

Will Donald Trump take the US 2020 election to the Supreme Court?

Many of the Trump faithful already believe that this election is being stolen.

5th November 2020

Trumponomics was always a lie

A policy founded on Donald Trump's desire to be popular has done lasting damage to the world's largest economy.

5th November 2020

How accurate were the US presidential election polls?

Old assumptions about where a candidate gets their support may warrant a rethink.

5th November 2020

US election 2020: How Donald Trump could try to overturn a Joe Biden victory

As votes continue to be counted, concerns build that Trumpism may live on past the final result.

4th November 2020

How Donald Trump’s loss of the popular vote could signal a longer term gain

The Republican candidate has continued a long-running losing trend – but expanded the party's minority vote.

4th November 2020

World Review Podcast: Biden His Time

The New Statesman's World Review podcast with Emily Tamkin and Ido Vock.

4th November 2020

Five charts that tell us how the US voted

Early data reveals a febrile and unpredictable political landscape.

4th November 2020

US presidential election 2020: map Trump and Biden's remaining paths to victory

Explore the remaining possible outcomes of Tuesday's election.

4th November 2020

US election 2020: what do the county-level returns indicate?

High-return counties favour Donald Trump, but Joe Biden is turning more counties blue.

4th November 2020

American voters want certainty. Instead they have doubt, division and a nation under threat

If Joe Biden had prevailed in Florida or Texas, we could have retired for the night. But we now face days and even weeks of uncertainty. 

4th November 2020

America's test

With Donald Trump claiming to have won the US election even before all the votes had been counted, an extraordinary contest has left the republic more divided than ever.

4th November 2020

How Donald Trump used Twitter to set a dangerous precedent for US democracy

Donald Trump has spent a decade sowing doubt online, warping reality into his own social media-driven narrative.

4th November 2020

Why Pennsylvania is the battleground Joe Biden hoped he wouldn’t have to fight for

The 2020 election hinges on a state in which the Democrats have an uncertain foothold, and where legal battles over postal voting are being mounted.

4th November 2020

Even if Joe Biden wins, the Democrats’ weaknesses have been mercilessly exposed

By waging war against the grassroots, the Democratic National Committee reduced itself to a vote-management machine.

4th November 2020

US election 2020: Inconclusive results point to days of uncertainty

Both presidential campaigns are trying to frame the narrative to their advantage. 

4th November 2020

Why Joe Biden's hopes in the US 2020 election rest on suburban whites

The Democratic candidate needs white suburbia to turn out for him. Data from Ohio suggests it might just work.

4th November 2020

Will the US presidential election come down to four swing states?

And will there be a court battle over Pennsylvania?

4th November 2020

Hispanics in Florida shift to Trump on US election night

Early numbers from Florida spell positive news for the Republican incumbent.

3rd November 2020

US presidential election 2020: why voting is often so difficult

A visual tour of the labyrinthine election infrastructure that can mean many Americans’ voices aren’t heard.

 

3rd November 2020

US presidential election night 2020: which states to watch when

Keep an eye on the Sun Belt states – Florida, Arizona, Georgia – for early signs of a Joe Biden victory.

3rd November 2020

The New Statesman's US election prediction: Joe Biden has a 90 per cent chance of victory

A second victory for Donald Trump would require a much bigger polling error than that seen in 2016.

3rd November 2020

US election 2020: the US media has repaid Donald Trump for four years of insults

All but one of the major newspapers in the US have endorsed Joe Biden for president. 

3rd November 2020

US presidential election 2020: is Donald Trump or Joe Biden leading in our poll tracker?

 

3rd November 2020

US 2020 presidential election forecast model: will Donald Trump or Joe Biden win?

The New Statesman's model, forecasting the upcoming US presidential election.

 
 

2nd November 2020

US Election 2020 in Pictures

From the queues and merchandise, to the rallies and protests, our creative editor selects the best pictures from the presidential campaign. 

2nd November 2020

World Review Podcast: Election Day Eve

The New Statesman's World Review podcast with Emily Tamkin and Jeremy Cliffe.

2nd November 2020

How election victory for Donald Trump could threaten revitalised US cities

The president has campaigned on an anti-immigration rhetoric – but foreign-born residents have been key to Philadelphia’s revival.

 

2nd November 2020

What the US election means for the rest of the world

Two different visions are on the ballot paper: four more years of Trump’s unilateralism versus Biden’s multilateralist agenda.

2nd November 2020

US presidential election 2020: Are the polls tightening?

Outlandish predictions always attract attention online, but changes over recent days appear to be mostly noise.

2nd November 2020

Revealed: Joe Biden has been hit harder by Twitter’s new retweet policy than Donald Trump

New Statesman analysis suggests the changes have significantly limited the reach of the Democratic candidate’s tweets.

30th October 2020

World Review Podcast: Terminator Trump – Judgement Day

The New Statesman's World Review podcast with Emily Tamkin and Jeremy Cliffe.

30th October 2020

Hispanics won’t be loyal Democrats forever

Democrats could do with Hispanics in the Sun Belt what Donald Trump did with white voters in the Rust Belt – but it won’t yield as big a dividend as the party might hope.

30th October 2020

US presidential election 2020: America in the world

The third of three dossiers of selected New Statesman pieces unpacking the race for the White House.

30th October 2020

US presidential election 2020: America beyond the beltway

The second of three dossiers of selected New Statesman pieces unpacking the race for the White House.

30th October 2020

The rules of racism

American racism is best understood as a caste system, argues an important but imperfect new book. 

30th October 2020

US presidential election 2020: The state of American democracy

The first of three dossiers of selected New Statesman pieces unpacking the race for the White House.

30th October 2020

Why US democracy as we know it may soon be over

In the future, the United States may be described as a “hybrid authoritarian” system rather than an unequal democracy. 

30th October 2020

Anti-Semitism in the time of Trump

How hatred and conspiracy have been normalised in American political life.

29th October 2020

The attention economy is still working for Trump

The business model that underpins most of the internet favours a more polarising candidate.

29th October 2020

From Arizona to Virginia: the US 2020 Election Swing States

The US presidential election will be won or lost in certain key battlegrounds. Our series delves into the history, demographics and voting trends that could shape their results.

29th October 2020

US election swing states: Georgia on our minds

Why the southern state continues to cause hope and heartache for Democrats.

 

28th October 2020

Even if Donald Trump is defeated, the left must get ready to fight Trumpism

Should Joe Biden become president, he will face a four-year campaign of far-right resistance. 

28th October 2020

Why you should be confident that Joe Biden is going to win the US election

Many different types of poll agree: Donald Trump is no more popular than he was in 2016, while Biden is far more popular than Hillary Clinton.

28th October 2020

US election swing states: will Donald Trump hold on to Pennsylvania?

Despite favourable demographics, support for the president in the rust-belt state has been slipping since 2016.

28th October 2020

A fractured United States

Donald Trump’s brazen violations of democratic norms are not new, but a continuation of a political culture built on racism.

28th October 2020

Can you be too old to be president?

How gerontocracy rules in the age of decline. 

28th October 2020

America and the politics of pain

Gravely ill in hospital with sepsis, our writer had a revelation on how Donald Trump transformed the US’s inequalities into a suicidal tribalism.

28th October 2020

Why I’m starting to doubt my long-held belief that Trump will win the US election

Two unexpected developments have forced me (tentatively) to reconsider my initial prediction about how 3 November will end.

28th October 2020

Leader: Why Trump and his clan must go

If US democracy is to survive, the removal of Trump and his enablers from office is not just desirable but essential. 

28th October 2020

The best reason to root for Joe Biden and celebrate if he wins? Climate change

Without the participation of the federal US government, achieving the Paris agreement’s goal is near inconceivable.

26th October 2020

Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court

With eight days to go until the presidential election, Republicans confirm Barrett to a lifetime appointment.

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