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Joe Biden has won. Here’s what comes next.

Biden will have to overcome a surging pandemic, an economic crisis, and a hostile Republican Party.

By Dylan Matthews

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Joe Biden wins

And Kamala Harris, too.

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How Joe Biden, the ultimate insider, defeated Donald Trump, the ultimate outsider

The lessons of Biden’s unusual campaign.

By Ezra Klein

The 2020 election, explained by TikTok

By Rebecca Jennings

The Trump campaign’s allegations of election fraud are a bunch of nonsense

By Aaron Rupar

3 winners and 4 losers from a very long Election “Day”

By Matthew Yglesias

These memes want Democrats and Republicans to be friends. Good luck!

By Aja Romano

Why Decision Desk called Pennsylvania, and the presidential race, for Joe Biden

By Andrew Prokop

YouTube is awash with election misinformation — and it isn’t taking it down

By Rebecca Heilweil

Why white supremacy is a cult, according to novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia

By Constance Grady

Who is Gritty, and why is he Donald Trump’s mortal enemy?

By Emily VanDerWerff
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Trump spent years worrying about the stock market only to discover Wall Street doesn’t care if he loses

By Emily Stewart

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Joe Biden breaks record for most votes ever in a presidential election

By Anna North

America fell in love with Steve Kornacki this week

By Terry Nguyen

Why Georgia has runoff elections

By Jerusalem Demsas

Vox live results: Joe Biden wins the presidency

By Ella Nilsen and Emily Stewart

Vox live results: Republicans are leading in several close Senate elections

By Li Zhou and Dylan Scott

Stacey Abrams on minority rule, voting rights, and the future of democracy

By Ezra Klein

2020 House election live results

By Dylan Scott and German Lopez

How the press calls elections, explained

By Dylan Matthews and Kay Steiger

What Biden could still do to fight Covid-19 if there’s a Republican Senate

By German Lopez

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Democracy lost

Ezra and Matt on the election results and the prospects for majority rule.

Europe’s leaders on climate change are the first to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden

By Jariel Arvin

Georgia expects a recount in the coming weeks

By Jane Coaston

David Perdue and Jon Ossoff advance to Georgia Senate runoff

By Jerusalem Demsas and Ella Nilsen

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Vote counts from John Lewis’s district came in — and then Georgia tipped to Biden

By Fabiola Cineas

Trump and Biden are within less than 1 percentage point in Georgia. Vox has live results.

By Li Zhou

Less than a week ago, Trump tried to scrap HealthCare.gov in Georgia. Now he may lose the state.

By Dylan Scott

One Good Thing: HBO’s In Treatment will soothe your shattered nerves

By Emily VanDerWerff

What if Trump refuses to concede the election?

President-elect Joe Biden doesn’t have many options to force out Trump.

By Alex Ward

Police arrest two in alleged plot to attack Philly voting center: What we know

By Jane Coaston

Joe Biden’s health care plan, explained in 800 words

By Dylan Scott

California’s ballot initiative system isn’t working. How do we fix it?

By Kelsey Piper

Key Republicans quickly fall in line behind Trump’s attempt to undermine the election

By Aaron Rupar

How to check if your ballot was rejected — and possibly fix it if it was

In Georgia, the deadline to correct your ballot is Friday, November 6.

By Jen Kirby

Trump’s Covid-19 disaster will likely get worse before Biden takes office

By German Lopez

Joe Biden will be president, but there will be no Green New Deal

By David Roberts

Vox live results: Republicans lead the race for the Senate majority

By Li Zhou and Dylan Scott

The US Covid-19 epidemic hit a deadly new milestone, and help isn’t on the way

By Umair Irfan, Julia Belluz, and 1 more

How reality caught up with the reality TV president

By Dylan Matthews

Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman to become vice president

Harris is also the first Black person and first South Asian American person to be elected to the role.

By Li Zhou