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2020 Election

The latest news about the 2020 election, including updates on the candidates, the polls and the major issues.

The latest news about the 2020 election, including updates on the candidates, the polls and the major issues.

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Polls

  1. More Voters Shift to Republican Party, Closing Gap With Democrats

    The trend toward the Republican Party among white voters without a college degree has continued, and Democrats have lost ground among Hispanic voters, too.

     By Ruth Igielnik

    CreditThe New York Times

  2. The Unhappy Voters Who Could Swing the Election

    In 2020 as in 2016, a potentially decisive slice of the electorate dislikes both main candidates. That could make for a volatile race.

     By Sabrina Tavernise, Nate Cohn, Rob Szypko, Mooj Zadie, Diana Nguyen, Rachel Quester, Diane Wong, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell and Alyssa Moxley

    A polling site in Charlotte, N.C. President Biden and Donald J. Trump won primaries there and in more than a dozen other states on Tuesday.
    Credit

  3. Trump’s Tariffs Hurt U.S. Jobs but Swayed American Voters, Study Says

    New research finds that former President Donald J. Trump’s tariffs did not bring back U.S. jobs, but voters appeared to reward him for the levies anyway.

     By Ana Swanson

    American farmers who exported soybeans, cotton and sorghum to China were hit particularly hard by Beijing’s decision to impose retaliatory tariffs.
    CreditRory Doyle for The New York Times

  4. Swing State Voters Are Souring on Biden

    A new Times/Siena poll finds Donald Trump leading President Biden in five of six key battlegrounds.

     By Michael Barbaro, Mooj Zadie, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Luke Vander Ploeg, Marc Georges, Rachel Quester, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Alyssa Moxley

    In contrast with four years ago, the poll finds a disengaged, disaffected and dissatisfied electorate, setting the stage for a potentially volatile campaign.
    Credit

  5. Why Biden Is Behind, and How He Could Come Back

    A polling deficit against Trump across six key states is mainly about younger, nonwhite and less engaged voters. Kamala Harris performs slightly better.

     By Nate Cohn and Alicia Parlapiano

    CreditThe New York Times

Vote By Mail

  1. Speaker Johnson Gets Lifeline From Trump Amid Threat to His Job

    Mr. Johnson met with former President Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago, where they found common cause in stoking unfounded fears of election fraud.

     By Michael Gold

    House Speaker Mike Johnson and former President Donald J. Trump during their news conference at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday.
    CreditSaul Martinez for The New York Times

  2. G.O.P. Leaders Embrace Early Voting, but Will Their Base Get on Board?

    Former President Donald J. Trump has said that until Republicans gain power and can change the law, they have “no choice” but to support voting by mail.

     By Neil Vigdor

    Election workers in North Carolina in November 2020. The pandemic spurred more Americans to vote by mail.
    CreditTravis Dove for The New York Times

  3. Why Fox’s Call on Arizona, Which Was Right, Was Still Wrong

    It was more a risky guess than a sound decision, and easily could have led to a missed call.

     By Nate Cohn

    The Fox News election-night call that Joe Biden would win Arizona in 2020 proved correct but wasn’t based on sound principles.
    CreditTimothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  4. Ruing Senate Loss, Georgia G.O.P. Asks if Runoff Rule Changes Backfired

    Some in the party said that additional changes to election rules were likely, after Senator Raphael Warnock’s victory put a new spotlight on a major 2021 voting law passed by the G.O.P.

     By Reid J. Epstein

    Georgia’s runoff election, which was held on a tighter timeline than the Senate races in early 2021, had long lines at some places in metro Atlanta during early voting.
    CreditNicole Craine for The New York Times

  5. They Used Robocalls to Suppress Black Votes. Now They Have to Register Voters.

    An Ohio judge ordered Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, who concocted a 2020 robocall scheme to discourage mail-in voting, to spend hundreds of hours registering new voters.

     By Christine Chung

    Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl orchestrated a robocall scheme that targeted Black neighborhoods in Ohio in 2020, prosecutors said.
    CreditJoshua Roberts/Reuters

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Health Care

  1. Democrats Lost the Most in Midwestern ‘Factory Towns,’ Report Says

    The party’s struggles in communities that saw declines in manufacturing and union jobs, and health care, could more than offset its gains in metropolitan areas.

     By Jonathan Martin

    Half of Michigan’s voting population lives in the type of midsize and small manufacturing communities that the report focused on.
    CreditSpencer Platt/Getty Images

  2. Pandemic Relief Bill Fulfills Biden’s Promise to Expand Obamacare, for Two Years

    With its expanded subsidies for health plans under the Affordable Care Act, the coronavirus relief bill makes insurance more affordable, and puts health care on the ballot in 2022.

     By Sheryl Gay Stolberg

    President Biden after delivering remarks on the Affordable Care Act in November. The changes to the health law would cover 1.3 million more Americans.
    CreditAmr Alfiky/The New York Times

  3. An Early Test for Biden: Managing a Divided Democratic Party

    Moderates and progressives were mostly united during the campaign. Their deep differences will now present a significant challenge for the president-elect.

     By Astead W. Herndon and Adam Nagourney

    An anti-Trump protester on Election Day in Washington. Democrats, despite coming together to support Joseph R. Biden Jr., remain split between a younger activist wing and the more moderate party establishment.
    CreditAmr Alfiky/The New York Times

  4. Where Does Joe Biden Stand on Major Policies?

    Here’s an overview on President-elect Biden’s positions on coronavirus, health care, the economy, taxes and climate change.

     By Sydney Ember

    Health care workers administering coronavirus tests in Milwaukee this week. Joseph R. Biden Jr., the president-elect, has vowed to do “whatever it takes” to stop the virus’ spread across the country.
    CreditTaylor Glascock for The New York Times

  5. How Trump and Biden Differ on Health Care

    Let’s look at where the candidates stand on pre-existing conditions, Medicare, Medicaid and more.

     By Maggie Astor

    CreditThe New York Times

Economy

  1. Trump or Biden? The Stock Market Doesn’t Care.

    Prediction markets say former President Donald J. Trump has a good chance of winning. So far, the stock market is fine with that.

     By Jeff Sommer

    Inflation isn’t the only potential anomaly in this election year. Whatever else he may be, former President Donald J. Trump is an unusual candidate.
    CreditMaansi Srivastava/The New York Times

  2. The Week in Business: Fox News Anchors’ Private Messages

    President Biden offers a proposed budget. Jobs numbers once again soared past analysts’ forecasts. And we’ll get a new inflation figure this week.

     By Marie Solis

    CreditGiulio Bonasera

  3. Your Thursday Briefing: Liz Cheney, Out

    Plus a mortgage strike in China and resistance fighters in Ukraine.

     By Amelia Nierenberg

    In her concession speech, Liz Cheney noted that her dedication to the party has its limits: “I love my country more.”
    CreditKim Raff for The New York Times

  4. The Idea of American Decay

    Did the Capitol riot make the belief in American democratic decline mainstream?

     By Lauren Jackson

     
    CreditAl Drago for The New York Times

  5. Democrats Find Urgent New Reasons to Worry About Latino Voters

    Two reports shed light on the issues driving Hispanic voters and why their support of the Democratic Party is eroding.

     By Jennifer Medina

    Supporters of Donald J. Trump celebrated in Little Havana, Fla., after the state was called for him on election night last year.
    CreditScott McIntyre for The New York Times

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Campaign Contributions

  1. As Trial Looms, Trump Plays to a Jury of Millions

    Donald J. Trump and his lawyers realize his chances in the courtroom are dicey. He intends to make whatever happens a political triumph.

     By Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich, Maggie Haberman and William K. Rashbaum

    Donald J. Trump, accustomed to the White House and his Florida estate, will spend days in a dingy Manhattan courthouse.
    CreditPool photo by Brendan McDermid

  2. How Trump Moved Money to Pay $100 Million in Legal Bills

    Trump supporters poured money into his effort to challenge his 2020 election loss. That fund has paid lawyers to defend him in his legal battles.

     By Molly Cook Escobar, Albert Sun and Shane Goldmacher

    CreditMolly Cook Escobar

  3. Judge Imposes Gag Order on Trump in Manhattan Criminal Trial

    The order limiting the former president’s speech came after Justice Juan M. Merchan set an April 15 trial date for the case, which involves a sex scandal cover-up.

     By Ben Protess and William K. Rashbaum

    Donald J. Trump’s upcoming criminal trial in Manhattan, scheduled to begin April 15, will mark the first criminal prosecution of a former American president.
    CreditJefferson Siegel for The New York Times

  4. After the Capitol Attack, Companies Pledged to Rethink Political Giving. Did They?

    A new analysis of corporate PAC donations shines light on an opaque political giving landscape.

     By Ephrat Livni and Sarah Kessler

    In a speech on Friday at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pa., President Biden framed the 2024 presidential election as a battle for American democracy.
    CreditPete Marovich for The New York Times

  5. Pence’s 2024 Bid Confronts Murky Future, as Campaign Cash Dwindles

    Mike Pence has still not resolved some of the contradictions at the core of his candidacy, and his campaign has struggled with financial problems, including running up a debt of $620,000.

     By Trip Gabriel

    A filing over the weekend showed that former Vice President Mike Pence had just $1.2 million in his campaign account, a skimpier reserve than any of the six Republican rivals he shared a debate stage with last month.
    CreditReba Saldanha/Associated Press

  1. Read the Arizona Election Indictment

    Arizona on Wednesday indicted Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mark Meadows and a number of others who advised Donald J. Trump during the 2020 election, as well as the fake electors who acted on Mr. Trump’s behalf to try to keep him in power despite his loss in the state. Here is the indictment.

     
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