2021•Political Science QuarterlyRequires access

The Presidential and Congressional Elections of 2020: A National Referendum on the Trump Presidency

Gary C. Jacobson

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The article focuses on defeat of the former president Donald Trump by the president Joe Biden in the 2002 election by several states and mentions prevalence of Biden in the electoral college with national margin votes compared to vote of politician Hillary Clinton's vote margin in 2020 Topics discussed include political campaign of Trump that hardened the antipathy between people embracing his vision and people appalled by it, onset of COVID-19 pandemic by Election Day that killed several Americans and protest against brutality of police and for racial justice treated by Trump as occasion for race-baiting

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Key concepts: Referendum, Presidency, Political science, Presidential system, Public administration, Political economy, Law, Sociology