List of U.S. 2020 Election articles
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China's President Xi Jinping China Probably Doesn’t Care Who Wins
Beijing often places more importance on structural trends than presidential personalities.
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A man carries a QAnon conspiracy theory sign QAnon Followers Trust ‘the Plan,’ Not the Polls
Many adherents of the conspiracy theory believe Trump’s victory is preordained.
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People watch a broadcast of the final debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden These Foreign-Policy Moments Defined 2020
U.S. foreign policy has been thrown for a loop over the course of the 2020 presidential campaign. Our reporters recount some of the highlights—or lowlights.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Sept. 15. Middle Eastern Leaders Are Getting While the Getting’s Good
Sensing Trump is on the way out, Israel, the UAE, and Turkey are trying to squeeze as much out of the United States as they can now.
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A woman votes at a polling station in Montevideo during municipal and departmental elections in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sept. 27. Latin America Has Given Up on U.S. Democracy
Regional coverage has focused on the prospect of all-too-familiar chaos.
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Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping leave a business leaders event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017. The Known Knowns of Election Day 2020
What to expect from the next four years, regardless of who wins the vote.
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Voters use socially distanced voting machines set up in the east atrium of the United Center in Chicago on Nov. 3. Which Candidate Is a Bigger Risk to the Economy?
In the short term, progress on vaccines may matter more than any particular president. In the long term, though, it’s the government’s relationship with the economy that will be key.
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A pedestrian walks past anti-Donald Trump street art in Paris on Oct. 31. Biden Hasn’t Won Europe
Europeans don’t like Trump—but they’re also not sure what they think about the United States at all.
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Supporters raise signs at Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders's campaign rally in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, on March 8. Foreign Actors Haven’t Interfered Like Last Time. But the Disinformation Fight Is Just Beginning.
The main goal of foreign adversaries is to sow distrust in U.S. democracy itself—and they have an ally in the White House.
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A sign marking 230,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States is displayed outside the White House in Washington on Oct. 31. The Pandemic Really Is Fake News: It’s Deadlier Than Anyone Realized
Good riddance to a superspreading coronavirus election campaign.
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A Palestinian demonstrator throws an old shoe at a poster of U.S. President Donald Trump near a Jewish settler enclave in the heart of the West Bank city of Hebron on Feb. 24, 2017. What Israeli Politicians Really Think About the U.S. Election
Settler leaders are openly praying for Trump, but Netanyahu is more cagey.
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Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2016. The Markets Want Much More Than Just a Biden Win
The global economy is in bad shape—and Big Capital knows that only a blue wave can start fixing it.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally at H&K Equipment in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 18, 2018. America’s Inequality Election
In 2016, Trump triumphed in places where inequality is lower but economies are more stagnant. But now inequality is rising everywhere.
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U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona, on Feb. 19 and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a ceremony in Jerusalem on Jan. 23. Why the Kremlin May Be Rooting for Biden
Most Russians are afraid a President Biden would bring a chill in relations, but insiders hold a more nuanced view.
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Saks Fifth Avenue boarded up its Manhattan storefront in anticipation of possible post-election violence in New York on Nov. 1. The U.N. Guide to Avoiding America’s Election Mayhem
For the first time, the United Nations is warning staffers of how to deal with disturbances after a U.S. election.
