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Donald Trump is the Republican nominee for president for the third consecutive election. When he was defeated by Joe Biden after his first term in office, the country was in the midst of Covid,...
- US election polls: Who is ahead - Harris or Trump? - BBC
At the moment, the polls suggest that Kamala Harris and...
- US election polls: Who is ahead - Harris or Trump? - BBC
At the moment, the polls suggest that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are within a couple of percentage points of each other in all of the swing states - and when the race is that close, it’s very...
RNC 2020: The Republican Party now the Party of Trump. 25 August 2020. Anthony Zurcher. North America reporter• @awzurcher. Getty Images. Chalk this up as one more example of how the...
Aug 26, 2020 · RNC 2020: The Republican Party now the Party of Trump. 26 August 2020. Getty Images. By Anthony Zurcher. North America reporter. @awzurcher. Chalk this up as one more example of how the...
- Republican Donald Trump
- Democratic Candidate Joe Biden
- Why Are An Elephant and A Donkey The Party Symbols?
- Where Do Trump and Biden Stand on Key Issues?
- Coronavirus Response
- Health Care
- Foreign Policy
- Immigration
- Criminal Justice
- Where Do Voter Loyalties Lie?
The Republicans are the conservative political party and their candidate in this election is the 45th US President, Donald Trump. He is hoping for re-election, which means he would be in power for a total of eight years if he serves a full second term. In his time as President, Trump, 74, has targeted policies implemented under the Obama administra...
The Democrats are the liberal political party and their candidate is Joe Biden, who has run for president twice before. A former senator for Delaware who served six terms, Biden is best known as Barack Obama's vice-president. He held that role for eight years, and it has helped make him a major contender for many Democrat supporters. Earlier this y...
The Democratic party is often associated with the colour blue and the donkey mascot. That dates back to Democratic candidate Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign, when opponents called him a "jackass" for his stubbornness. Instead of taking the nickname as an insult, Jackson embraced it and used the donkey image on his election posters. It w...
The key issues grappling the country can be broken down into five main categories: coronavirus, health care, foreign policy, immigration and criminal justice. This year, a big focus of the election has been the coronavirus pandemic, which could be a deciding factor in how people vote, as the country's contentious healthcare system struggles to cope...
The US has dealt with the world's largest number of cases and deaths from the pandemic. By mid-October more than 215,000 people had died and authorities had confirmed more than 7,850,000 cases. But despite climbing numbers, several states have pushed to completely reopen, with only eight states and territories re-introducing restrictions. It is no ...
The US currently has no universal healthcare program. The Republicans, under Trump, have long fought to dissolve the Affordable Care Act, but no such plan has formally been put in place. However, Biden supports the ACA, which was the Obama administration's signature policy achievement during his time as vice-president. Biden has campaigned strongly...
Surprisingly, both the Democrats and Republicans agree on a few issues in terms of foreign policy. They both have a similar stance on China, especially on trade and national security. China's sway in high-tech sectors has worried both sides of politics and the Trump and Biden campaigns have pledged to curb its influence. The Trump administration ha...
Immigration has been a contentious issue of the US political debate for decades. Since 2017, the Trump administration has been known for its strict policies. Trump has used executive orders and other means to overhaul all aspects of the immigration policy, framing the situation at the southern border as a national emergency. He has always promised ...
Criminal justice is a rising concern among Americans, most recently sparked by the Black Lives Matter movement and the killing of George Floyd, which propelled an increase in protests. The tragedy has shone the spotlight on the country's police system. The Democrats and Republicans butt heads on many issues around criminal justice, but there are so...
Voters rarely switch parties once they have chosen one. The overwhelming majority of both Republican and Democratic voters have retained their party affiliation in the past years, enduring a tumultuous period marked by a global pandemic and mass protests against racial injustice. Pew research has foundabout 9 per cent of voters who affiliated with ...
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Nov 3, 2020 · Where Biden and Trump stand in the final presidential election polls. Biden is the favorite. But Trump’s path to victory has not been entirely ruled out. by Andrew Prokop. Nov 3, 2020, 4:30...
Nov 8, 2020 · On Feb. 5, 2020, the Senate voted largely along party lines to find Trump not guilty, thus acquitting him. Romney was the lone Republican to vote to convict him on abuse of power.
