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2020 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2020
How to think about a contested U.S. election
The surge in mail-in and early voting amid the pandemic meant that the chances of knowing whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden won sometime Tuesday night was very low.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2020
At the end of a chaotic campaign, an Election Day that defied the worst fears
There were glitches and partisan skirmishes as voters went to the polls, but for the most part the system held up.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2020
Don’t invoke Bush v. Gore to challenge 2020 voting
A note to Republicans and Democrats alike: Bush v. Gore does not draw into legal doubt the right of local authorities to decide how to conduct their elections.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2020
Updating democracy: The younger generation is losing faith in the system
'Capitalism' and 'socialism' describe the once emerging industrial world, so we need the same inventiveness to describe the digital world that has replaced it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2020
With Trump still in charge until at least January, virus experts fear the worst
Trump has largely shuttered the White House task force and doubled down on anti-science language, telling voters that the U.S. is 'rounding the corner” in the pandemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 4, 2020
The choice between Biden’s America and Trump’s
How a divided nation decides on a leader to represent it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2020
Twitter and Facebook suspend some accounts as U.S. election misinformation spreads online
Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. on Tuesday suspended several recently created right-leaning news accounts posting information about voting in the hotly contested U.S. election for violating their policies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2020
What are the odds of a disputed U.S. election? Pretty high.
Whatever goes wrong — and chances are something will — we will likely be having an argument over the vote count.
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JAPAN / Politics
Nov 3, 2020
Japan looks to past ties with Trump and Biden for glimpses of the future
Tuesday's U.S. presidential election is being watched closely in Tokyo by those keen to anticipate its impact on the direction of bilateral relations in years to come.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2020
The rise of the Indian American voter
Indian Americans are the second-largest immigrant group in the U.S., and among the fastest-growing — up by nearly 150% over the last decade.
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BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2020
Big Tech draws record revenue and harsh criticism with U.S. election ads
The presidential campaigns for each party more than doubled their ad spending on Facebook compared with the presidential candidates in the 2016 race.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2020
As U.S. voting ends, battle intensifies over which ballots will count
Fight comes amid open efforts by President Donald Trump and the Republicans to disqualify votes on technicalities and baseless charges of fraud.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2020
As Election Day arrives, Trump shifts between combativeness and grievance
President Donald Trump arrives at Election Day on Tuesday toggling between confidence and exasperation, bravado and grievance, and marinating in frustration that he is trailing Joe Biden, whom he considers an unworthy opponent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 2, 2020
Trump’s dismissal of COVID-19 risk paved way to White House outbreak
The story of the president's inability to fend off the virus inside one of the most secure locations on earth is a microcosm of his administration's wider failure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2020
Some statistics to enliven election night
Never mind the geysers of overheated 2020 rhetoric about a constitutional crisis. Tuesday evening in the U.S., the nation will likely know that Vice President Walter Mondale's elegant words of concession on election night 40 years ago are still apposite: "The American people quietly wielded their staggering...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2020
In dash to finish, Biden and Trump set up showdown in Pennsylvania
The president now appears more competitive in the state than in Michigan and Wisconsin, and Biden's clearest electoral path to the White House runs through it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2020
Biden warns Trump against declaring early White House win
The Democratic presidential nominee was responding to a report that Trump has told associates that he intends to declare victory early if the results show him ahead.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Nov 2, 2020
Make Science Great Again: U.S. researchers dream of life after Trump
Dozens of U.S.-based climate scientists shifted their research to France, or sought refuge in academia or in left-leaning states after Donald Trump was elected in 2016.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2020
Trump’s election gift to China
At the ideological level, a U.S. election meltdown featuring bitter political clashes and endless litigation would be a propaganda bonanza for the Chinese Communist Party.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 1, 2020
Whether it's Biden or Trump, allies fret being forgotten amid U.S. turmoil
No matter who emerges as the victor in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, one thing is clear: The winner's focus will turn immediately to domestic issues.

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