2020 Presidential Election
Vox answers your biggest questions about the 2020 US presidential election.

Columbia researchers project that 5 million to 12 million more people will be in poverty in January than a year before.


It’s bad for the country, but it’s raking in the money for Trump.




His lawsuits have flopped, certifications are proceeding on schedule, and state legislatures aren’t seriously trying to interfere.


Democrats tried, and failed, to turn North Carolina blue. Activists say a major shift in strategy is needed ahead of 2022.


Trump wants to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census. The result is a messy Supreme Court case.

The Georgia races will decide which party controls the Senate.


The president spread conspiracy theories about rigged voting machines, mail-in voting, and more.


Trump’s terrible week in court continues with another Pennsylvania ruling.


The Trump campaign can’t stop losing election lawsuits.

Language diversity within the AAPI community means misinformation is difficult to track.


The Court must decide whether to follow the Constitution’s clear text — or to rubber-stamp an illegal effort by Trump.


Lying to his supporters about elections being rigged is having an unintended consequence.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom must choose a candidate for Harris’s Senate seat from a crowded field.


Key lessons from Herbert Hoover’s disastrous transfer of power to FDR in 1933.


It is, in fact, illegal — unless you’re actually moving to the state to stay.


A federal agency has named Biden as the election winner, after weeks of delay and mounting bipartisan pressure.


He’s had little success so far, and deadlines are looming.


It was Silicon Valley’s attempt to fix the party’s infrastructure.


The president called some Republicans RINOs, as his legal strategy was criticized by friends and foes alike.


Trump’s lawyers asked a judge to disenfranchise nearly 7 million voters. It ended badly for Trump.


The Trump administration is holding up federal transition funding; Biden has reportedly already raised $10 million.


Trump and his allies have lobbied for votes in Wayne County, home to majority-Black Detroit, to be thrown out.


It’s a blow to Trump’s effort to overturn the election results.


Biden wants his administration to “look like America.” His transition team is a start.


Top Democrats asked GSA Administrator Emily Murphy to brief them.


Republican officials aren’t just losing. They are embarrassing themselves.


The voting reform measure is meant to combat polarization and increase voter choice.


Democrats are paying attention after a surprising number of Latino voters in swing states supported Trump.


A new report says the president reached out to Republican officials involved in certifying election results.

Joe Biden can have a consequential presidency even with a Republican Senate.


A plan for reforming the nation’s highest office beyond 2020.


A majority of likely Republican voters also agree with Trump’s decision not to concede — for now.


Republicans in Wayne County initially prevented vote totals from being certified — but then backed down.


Chris Krebs, a cybersecurity leader, was dismissed for doing his job.

From vote-switchers to first-time voters, here are a few of the new converts to both the left and right this election.


Amid Trump’s effort to challenge the election, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger went public about a call from Graham.


Actual deadlines are fast approaching.


The new sheriffs have promised to end cooperative agreements with ICE at the local level.


Who will have a seat at the table?