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American voters on November 4 have decided that their next president is going to be Democratic Party candidate and president-elect Joe Biden. After oath in January 20,2021 Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the USA. Joe Biden won handsomely polling over 80 million votes, six million more than Trump. In addition Biden received 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232 votes. Donald Trump received the second-most votes of all time, with 73,890,295. Over 159 million Americans voted this year, according to the United States Elections Project (USEP)- surpassing 2016 numbers by more than 20 million. More votes were cast in the 2020 presidential election than in any other in U.S. history. The turnout rate was also the highest it has been in more than 100 years. USEP currently estimates that about 66.7% of eligible voters cast ballots this year, the highest since 1900. The transition has been dogged by controversies after Trump refused to call it a day and accept defeat gracefully. His legal team took the fight to various state courts. However none of the courts entertained Trump’s petition as they saw no conclusive evidence to suggest fraud as alleged. Any legal petition has to be backed up with sufficient evidence otherwise it would amount to waste of time. While Trump only managed to project himself as a very bad loser, his rival Joe Biden spoke of Unifying America Again. It may be recalled that Trump’s clarion call to Make America Great Again has achieved only the opposite in terms of image and reputation of the Trump presidency. Of course, despite whatever he stood for Trump was no easy pushover. He has the backing of conservatives especially the economically struggling middle class. His appeal across America particularly among right wing and conservatives was undiminished. Biden had more campaign funds at reportedly $177 million as against Trump’s $63 million. Trump was a relatively unpopular incumbent with an economy that was strong for much of his term, but was devastated by a global pandemic. His defeat was exactly what we would expect: decisive, but not a blowout. The relationship between the summer’s presidential approval and final presidential vote choice worked as it usually does. For the world Biden will be a return to diplomacy, environment, open doors for immigrants, rebuilding bridges with China, support for WHO and UN. Those who will be happy will be the Iranians after Biden announced resumption of the nuclear deal that Trump revoked; 11 million illegal aliens for whom Biden promised to produce comprehensive immigration legislation that creates a pathway to citizenship. Biden promised to “immediately rescind” current restrictions imposed by Trump that bar people in “some Muslim-majority countries” from travelling or immigrating to the United States. He also proposes to renew and re-strengthen ties with former western allies. Israel may not be on Biden’s priority as he would seek to walk on the middle path in the middle east. All these were expected by President Donald Trump and his administration who had called Biden a Trojan horse for the radical left. For India, a Biden administration could prove more economically beneficial as well as concurrence on climate change. However, India cannot expect a Biden administration to come out strongly against China or Pakistan in support of India. Americans are reminded that though Trump is gone, Trumpism and all that he stood for will remain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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