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8 Nov, 6 tweets, 3 min read
1/ Joe Biden has been voted the next president of the United States in an election that tested America’s democratic institutions. #Election2020 qz.com/1929432/trump-…
2/ US voters tend to participate less now than in the past, and indeed less than those in other contemporary democracies. But the 2020 election saw the most participation in 120 years: qz.com/1929084/the-tr… Chart showing US voter turnout patterns from 1800 to 2020. U
3/ US voter participation might not be the only thing that’s changing. Several signs point to a future in which mail-in ballots will represent a large chunk of votes in a general election, even after the pandemic.
qz.com/1929165/why-th…
4/ What remains true about US voting habits is that people in the densest parts of the country went strongly for Democrats, while rural areas overwhelmingly went for Republicans: qz.com/1927392/the-ru… Chart depicting the Democratic vote share in the 2020 presid
5/ After all is said and done, will a recount change anything? In short, it’s very unlikely.

The states where Trump is pushing for recounts are Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Arizona. qz.com/1929357/what-a…
6/ From coronavirus, to international relations, to climate crisis management, one thing we can be certain about is that president-elect Joe Biden has his work cut out for him: qz.com/1928560/bidens…

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