Elections 2020

Last update: Monday 2/14/21 

This is the last edition of this elections guide. President Trump's declaration that he will leave office if the Electoral College votes against him is as close to a "concession speech" as he will deliver. The courts have rejected his baseless challenge to the votes in state after state, so the College will surely reject his baseless challenge again in January 2021. So (almost) hail to the chief: President-Elect Joe Biden!!!


Top stories in last several days ...
    "Trump, Still Claiming Victory, Says He Will Leave if Electors Choose Biden", Michael Crowley, NY Times, 11/26/20
  • "In Key States, Republicans Were Critical in Resisting Trump’s Election Narrative", Peter Baker and Kathleen Gray, NY Times, 11/27/20
  • "20 days of fantasy and failure: Inside Trump’s quest to overturn the election", Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey and Amy Gardner, Washington Post, 11/28/20
Framework
The seven sections of the framework are divided into two groups: dashboard and publications.
  • Dashboard (sections A and B) contains links to data pages on the Web that include the tables, maps, and charts most frequently cited by the publications in the second part of the guide. Readers who encounter references to Election 2020 data in a publication can quickly confirm (or refute) the citations by clicking appropriate links in the dashboard to the sources of the data.
  • Publications (sections C through G) contains links to reports, news articles, and opinions.  
New links are added every day. Recent links are red; older links are blue. Older items in the publication sections whose content has been overcome by events are deleted. This enables the overall size of the publications sections to remain more or less the same as newer links are added. However enough older articles remain so that readers can always get a quick sense of where we are and how we got here by skimming the titles of the articles in chronological order.

A. Info | B. Polls | C. Trump | D. Biden | E. Context |  F. Opinions | G. TimeOut

... Dashboard ... 

A. Comprehensive information resources 
  • NY Times, "How to Vote" ... interactive guide to rules and procedures for voting in every state
  • U.S. Government, "How, Where, and When to Vote", 

B. Polls ... and election results

... Publications ...

C. Trump & GOP
  • "Trump’s escalating attacks on election prompt fears of a constitutional crisis", Philip Rucker, Amy Gardner and Annie Linskey, Washington Post, 9/24/29
  • "GOP senators reject Trump’s assertion about transfer of power — with no direct criticism of the president", Paul Kane and Rachael Bade, Washington Post, 9/24/20
  • "Trump says he and first lady have tested positive for the coronavirus", Josh Dawsey and Colby Itkowitz, Washington Post, 10/2/20
  • "Trump Hospitalized With Coronavirus", Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman, NY Times,10/2/10
  • "White House Is Not Tracing Contacts for ‘Super-Spreader’ Rose Garden Event", Apoorva Mandavilli and Tracey Tully, NY Times, 10/5/20
  • "Trump Leaves Hospital, Minimizing Virus and Urging Americans ‘Don’t Let It Dominate Your Lives’",  Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman, NY Times, 10/5/20
  • "Trump’s Return Leaves White House in Disarray as Infections Jolt West Wing", Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni, NY Times, 10/6/20
  • "Coronavirus again dominates campaign as Trump struggles to regain political ground", Matt Viser and Sean Sullivan, Washington Post, 10/6/20
  • "Trump Told Supporters to ‘Watch’ Voting. His Staff Is More Than Watching.", Danny Hakim and Stephanie Saul, NY Times, 10/10/20
  • "Offering few details, the White House doctor says Trump is no longer contagious.", Maggie Haberman, Katherine J. Wu and Apoorva Mandavilli, NY Times, 10/10/20
  • "Fearing a ‘Blood Bath,’ Republican Senators Begin to Edge Away From Trump", Catie Edmondson, Washington Post, 10/16/20
  • "Can Trump Win? Yes. But the Path Is Narrow and Difficult.", Adam Nagourney, NY Times, 10/22/20
  • "Pence’s Chief of Staff and Other Key Aides Test Positive for Coronavirus", Philip Rucker and Josh Dawsey, Wall Street Journal, 10/25/20
  • "As Biden Plans Transition, Republicans Decline to Recognize His Election", Luke Broadwater, NY Times, 11/10/20
  • ''Trump Rebuffs Biden Transition Team, Setting Off Virus and National Security Risks", David E. Sanger and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NY Times, 11/12/20
  • "Trump Loses String of Election Lawsuits, Leaving Few Vehicles to Fight His Defeat", Alan Feuer, NY Times, 11/13/20
  • "Threats and Tensions Rise as Trump and Allies Attack Elections Process", Nick Corasaniti, Jim Rutenberg and Kathleen Gray, NY Times, 11/19/20
  • "Georgia and Michigan Deliver Blows to Trump’s Efforts to Undo the Election", Richard Fausset, Nick Corasaniti and Maggie Haberman, NY Times, 11/20/20
  • "Republicans Rewrite an Old Playbook on Disenfranchising Black Americans", Jim Rutenberg and Nick Corasaniti, NY Times, 11/22/20
  • "Trump Administration Approves Start of Formal Transition to Biden", Michael D. Shear, Maggie Haberman, Nick Corasaniti and Jim Rutenberg, NY Times, 11/23/20
  • "Trump, Still Claiming Victory, Says He Will Leave if Electors Choose Biden", Michael Crowley, NY Times, 11/26/20
D. Biden & Democrats
  • "Flush With Cash, Biden Eclipses Trump in War for the Airwaves", Nick Corasaniti, Weiyi Cai and Denise Lu, NY Times, 10/17/20
  • "Why These Voters Rejected Hillary Clinton but Are Backing Joe Biden", Lisa Lerer and Reid J. Epstein, NY Times, 10/18/20
  • "Biden leads Trump. So did Hillary Clinton. For Democrats, it’s a worrisome campaign deja vu", Michael Scherer and Scott Clement, Washington Post, 10/18/20
  • "Obama’s New Gig: Gleefully Needling Trump", Glenn Thrush, NY Times, 10/27/20
  • "Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump", Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns, NY Times, 11/7/20
  • "After ambitious campaign promises, Biden faces a governing grind", Michael Scherer and Matt Viser, Washington Post, 11/14/20
  • "Biden Asked Republicans to Give Him a Chance. They’re Not Interested", Astead W. Herndon, NY Times, 11/15/20

E. Context 

  • "With Cross Talk, Lies and Mockery, Trump Tramples Decorum in Debate With Biden", Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns, Washington Post, 9/29/20
  • "How Trump amassed a red-state army in the nation’s capital — and could do so again", Aaron C. Davis, Washington Post, 10/1/20
  • "Virus Takes Center Stage as Pence and Harris Skirmish in Debate", Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin, NY Times, 10/7/20
  • "A Combative Trump and a Deliberate Biden Spar From Afar at Town Halls",  Alexander Burns and Katie Glueck, NY Times, 10/15/20
  • "How the Surging Virus Has Crashed Into Campaigning in Every Imaginable Way", Julie Bosman, Sarah Mervosh, Sydney Ember, Jacey Fortin and Robert Gebeloff, NY Times, 10/29/20
  • "Trump and Biden Converge in Florida, an Elusive Prize Still Up for Grabs", Katie Glueck and Patricia Mazzei, NY Times, 10/29/20
  • "2016 Nonvoters, a Key Prize for Biden and Trump, Turn Out in Droves", Trip Gabriel, NY Times, 10/30/20
  • "In Midwest Battlegrounds, the Virus Met Another Concern: The Economy", Julie Bosman, Sarah Mervosh and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio, NY Times, 11/4/20
  • "Senate Majority in Balance as Perdue Re-election Race Goes to Runoff in Georgia", Nicholas Fandos, NY Times, 11/7/20
  • "In Pennsylvania, Trump Voter Fury Foretells a Nation Still Divided", Trip Gabriel, NY Times, 11/8/20
  • "How Trump’s Refusal to Concede Affects Biden’s National Security Transition", Michael S. Schmidt, Julian E. Barnes and Zolan Kanno-Youngs, NY Times, 11/9/20
  • "Election Officials Directly Contradict Trump on Voting System Fraud", David E. Sanger, Matt Stevens and Nicole Perlroth, NY Times, 11/12/20
  • "Federal Prosecutors Push Back on Barr Memo on Voter Fraud Claims", Katie Benner and Adam Goldman, NY Times, 11/13/20
  • "Most Americans agree Joe Biden is rightful winner of 2020 election ... but 59 percent of Republicans believe Biden won because of illegal voting or election rigging", Reuters/Ipsos, 11/18/20
  • "With Senate Control Hanging in Balance, ‘Crazytown’ Cash Floods Georgia", Shane Goldmacher, NY Times, 11/19/20
  • "How Hispanic Voters Swung Miami Right", Patricia Mazzei, NY Times, 11/21/20
  • "In Harsh Rebuke, Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Election Challenge in Pennsylvania", Alan Feuer, NY Times, 11/27/20
  • "In Key States, Republicans Were Critical in Resisting Trump’s Election Narrative", Peter Baker and Kathleen Gray, NY Times, 11/27/20
F. Notable opinions and long reads 
  • "Actually, the first presidential debate was terrific", Eve Fairbanks,  Washington Post, 10/1/20
  • "Facebook and Twitter Dodge a 2016 Repeat, and Ignite a 2020 Firestorm", Kevin Roose, NY Times, 10/15/20
  • "Savannah Guthrie grilled Trump like few others have, taking the heat off NBC for its town hall", Jeremy Barr, Washington Post, 10/15/20
  • "5 takeaways from the dueling Trump and Biden town halls", Aaron Blake and Eugene Scott, Washington Post, 10/15/2
  • "National Exit Polls: How Different Groups Voted", NY Times on 11/3/20. 
    Note: The NY Times report is based on data compiled by The National Election Pool, consisting of the four biggest TV networks (ABS, CBS, CNN, and NBC). This consortium hired Edison Research to conduct exit polls and to project U.S. presidential elections starting in 2004.
  • "The Electoral College Is Close. The Popular Vote Isn’t.", Maggie Astor, NY Times, 11/6/20
  • "Liberals Envisioned a Multiracial Coalition. Voters of Color Had Other Ideas.", Michael Powell, NY Times, 11/16/20 ... Editor's note: This is a MUST READ!!!
  • "Can America Restore the Rule of Law Without Prosecuting Trump?", Jonathon Mahler, NY Times, 11/17/20
  • "20 days of fantasy and failure: Inside Trump’s quest to overturn the election", Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey and Amy Gardner, Washington Post, 11/28/20
G. Time out ... :-)
  • "One Legacy of Impeachment: The Most Complete Account So Far of Jan. 6", Peter Baker and Sabrina Tavernise, NY Times, 2/14/21
  • "Trump Acquitted of Inciting Insurrection, Even as Bipartisan Majority Votes ‘Guilty’", Nicholas Fandos, NY Times, 2/13/221
  • "McConnell, Denouncing Trump After Voting to Acquit, Says His Hands Were Tied", Carl Hulse and Nicholas Fandos, NY Times, 2/13/21
  • "In Pulling Trump’s Megaphone, Twitter Shows Where Power Now Lies", Kevin Roose, NY Times, 1/9/21
  • "How pro-Trump insurrectionists broke into the U.S. Capitol", Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 1/6/20
  • "‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor", Amy Gardner, Washington Post, 1/3/21
  • "In scathing opinion, federal judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania", Jon Swaine, Washington Post, 11/21/20
  • "Rudy Giuliani’s post-election meltdown starts to become literal", Dan Zak and Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 11/19/20
  • "Trump Pennsylvania Suit Now Suggests Legislature Pick Winner", Erik Larson,  Bloomberg, 11/19/20
  • "The ending of Trump’s presidency echoes the beginning — with a lie", Ashley Parker, Washington Post, 11/15/20
  • "How a Century of Real-Estate Tax Breaks Enriched Donald Trump", Jesse Drucker and James B. Stewart, NY Times, 10/30/20
  • "Republican Voters Take a Radical Conspiracy Theory Mainstream", Matthew Rosenberg, NY Times, 10/19/20
  • "The Prophecies of Q -- American conspiracy theories are entering a dangerous new phase.", Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic, 10/18/20
  • "This is not normal", Amy Siskind, Washington Post, 10/16/20
  • "Donald Trump Has At Least $1 Billion In Debt, More Than Twice The Amount He Suggested". Dan Alexander, Forbes. 10/16/20
  • "Yes, Donald Trump Is Still A Billionaire. That Makes His $750 Tax Payment Even More Scandalous", Dan Alexander, Forbes, 10/16/20
  • "SNL premiere does not hold back on jokes about Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis: ‘It’s almost too funny’", Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 10/4/20
  • "How Trump’s taxes compare to those of other presidents", Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post, 9/28/20
  • "THE PRESIDENT’S TAXES -- HOW REALITY-TV FAME HANDED TRUMP A $427 MILLION LIFELINE", Mike McIntire, Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig, NY Times, 9/28/20
  • "LONG-CONCEALED RECORDS SHOW TRUMP’S CHRONIC LOSSES AND YEARS OF TAX AVOIDANCE", Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig and Mike McIntire, NY Times, 9/27/20
  • "Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father", David Barstow, Susanne CRAIG and Russ Buettner, NY Times, 10/2/18

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