This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the challenges, controversies, and implications of the 2020 United States presidential election. The authors' contributions discuss procedures and institutions that are long-established, such as the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the Electoral College, while also considering a variety of evolving challenges, such as race, polling, social media, and voting technology. The authors discuss the political impact on the American election system and what the 2020 election will mean for the future of the American polity. Finally, a substantive chapter takes a comparative perspective on how the 2020 presidential election impacts nations in Africa South of the Sahara.

Includes insights from practitioners and scholars in a variety of disciplines

Offers key takeaways on the future of United States election administration

Useful undergraduate & graduate students enrolled professors teaching American government, policymakers activists

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****Abdul Karim Bangura is Researcher-in-Residence at American University's Center for Global Peace, USA.

Walter W. Hill is Professor of Political Science at St. Mary's College of Maryland, USA.

Nichelle S. Williams is former Director of Research at the United States Election Assistance Commission, USA.

Inhalt

1. General Introduction (Abdul Karim Bangura, Walter W. Hill & Nichelle S. Williams)

Part I. A Games of Numbers: Polling and Improbabilities

2. Polling in the 2020 Election (Walter W. Hill)

3. Mathematical Improbabilities of the 2020 Presidential Elections (Abdul Karim Bangura)

Part II. The Modernization of United States Elections and the Voting Process

4. The Administration of United States Elections and the Voting Process (Nichelle S. Williams)

5. The 2020 United States Presidential Election: An Examination of its Effect on the Constitutional Framework (JP Afamefuna Ifedi)

6. The Electoral College, 2016 and 2020 (Walter W. Hill)

7. Dominion Voting Machines: Ownership, History and Reliability (Trevin London)

8. The Role of Social Media (Alie Kunda)

Part III. Voting Strategies and Legal Wrangling

9. Joseph Robinette Biden's Campaign Strategy (Abdul Karim Bangura)

10. United States Supreme Court: Political and Ideological Learnings, Cases and Details Decisions (Alie Kunda)

11. A Case of Legitimacy and the Democratic Process of Voting (Junior Hopwood)

Part IV. The Black View

12. How Republican are Black Republications, Really? (Aaron L. Bell)

13. Donald Trump's Strategy for the Black Vote (Aaron L. Bell)

14. The Impact of the 2020 United States Presidential Election on Democratic Development in Africa South of the Sahara (JP Afamefuna Ifedi)

15. General Conclusion (Abdul Karim Bangura, Walter W. Hill & Nichelle S. Williams)