An election that takes days to conclude? An incumbent who says he’s been cheated and threatens not to leave? Armed vigilantes outside counting centers? The 2020 U.S. presidential election has been watched with bemusement in the rest of the world, and none have enjoyed the show more than the autocrats long criticized and preached to by Washington. They are wrong to cheer.
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People celebrate on Black Lives Matter plaza across from the White House in Washington, DC, on Nov. 7, 2020, after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election.