Months of frantic electioneering, $13.9 billion of campaign spending, a raging pandemic and mass protests over race: in spite of all the sweat and tears, America was still determining as we went to press if its next president really would be Joe Biden or whether Donald Trump might somehow wrangle a second term. Congress is likely to be split between a Democratic House and a Republican Senate – though even that result may remain in doubt until a run-off in January.
The Economist: What the 2020 results say about America’s future
A veteran carries an American flag as he marches on the street May 27, 2019 during the 152nd Memorial Day Parade in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
