New research suggests that if Donald Trump had handled the COVID-19 pandemic better and kept outbreaks under control, he might have won the Nov. 3 election.
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The anti-fa movement gained momentum in the United States following the election of Donald Trump. However, its members do not constitute a threat in the sense of the American president.
President-elect Biden hopes to restore America’s global leadership on issues like trade, but populists in both parties may make his job a lot harder.
The Justice Department has approved alternatives to lethal injections for federal executions. But no method of capital punishment has been without gruesome stories of what went wrong.
The undermining of democracy across the Americas, especially in the U.S. and Peru, has been occurring via attempts to use laws solely for political gain.
Portrayals of Native Americans and COVID-19 often ignore responses rooted in tribal sovereignty.
An analysis of social media commentary about socialism versus capitalism shows that people are talking past each other, but some are engaging in more nuanced discussions as well.
The transition between Donald Trump and Joe Biden has formally begun, yet the outgoing president still refuses to concede. How far can he go and has such a situation been experienced in American history?
Since his election loss, the president has been threatening to go to the Supreme Court in attempt to overturn the results. Unfortunately for him, the court may not be the perfect arbiter of his dreams.
People who now cannot afford to live in city centres due to rent hikes, as well as new immigrants, have been moving to the suburbs.
A survey of US voters shows that – on their most important issue, COVID-19 – the US president fared particularly badly.
Two-thirds of respondents in the last poll of the year said they were satisfied with Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s performance, a reflection of his handling of COVID-19.
If citizens disbelieve the institutions that count ballots and the organizations that accurately report on those results, it will be impossible to agree on what a legitimate election looks like.
Stunned by the health crisis, the United States is marked by a sharp rise in inequality. Between the beginning and the end of his mandate, Donald Trump will indeed have seen the country become poorer.
Choosing former Secretary of State John Kerry as climate envoy is the first step. To regain trust, the U.S. will also have to take concrete actions to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions.
Donald Trump has lost the election and will eventually have to leave the White House, no matter how many unsupported claims of voter fraud he makes along the way.
Lying can be more than just telling a few fibs. It can also be used to communicate social status and make a person appear loyal to a particular group.
When it comes to election fraud claims, watch what the lawyers do, not what the politicians say.
Navajo voters helped Joe Biden ‘flip’ Arizona for the Democrats.
Much as the South rejected President Lincoln’s election with a massive armed uprising, could President Trump’s many supporters rise up and overthrow a Biden-led government?
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations at the United States Studies Centre and in the Discipline of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor of Law, Drake University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Chaired professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
