US Election 2020

 


On November 3, 2020, Americans will vote to elect a president to lead the United State of America for the next four years. It is the most important election in modern times and it seems Americans know it. They have turned out in numbers to cast their ballots in early voting and turn out for election day is expected to be big too. Voters have two major choices (don’t forget that there are other candidates on the blot), the incumbent President Donald Trump or the challenger former Vice President Joe Biden. Both candidates are in their 70s but they stand for different eras. Donald Trump wants to Make America Great Again and Joe Biden wants to see the country to become better than what it had been. Better for everyone including people which America never had been great for them.



Whoever America chooses the United Stated will not be the same again. If Donald Trump is elected for the second term despite the polls predicting a Joe Biden win. America and the world will witness again that US polls don’t work or people who participate in polls don’t tell exactly who they will elect. The president’s reelection despite a large coalition of anti Trumpers working against him will show that America is not ready yet to be a thriving multi-racial and diverse democracy where social justice and economic prosperity are possible for all. It will further disfranchise the young and people of color from conventional institutional politics instead it will lead to a radical revolutionary tendency that can disrupt the democratic institutions of the country. This will give the perfect excuse for Donald Trump who shows autocratic tendencies to undermine US democracy further. 

If Joe Biden is elected as president it may lead again to a group of people who will feel that the US federal government and liberal politicians are destroying the way of life of true-blue-blooded Americans. This may lead to resistance to the government. It also my lead for some groups to choose violence against the government and people they consider are not real Americans. A rise of violent hate groups is highly likely if Donald Trump is defatted on November 3. On the other hand, Joe Biden's election will give America a chance to get things right by embracing that Americans are more diverse than they have ever been in the history of the United States. It will give the country a moment to reevaluate its values as a nation.

We will all see what Americans choose on November 3 and how America and the world react to the choice. 

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