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Note: Boldface page numbers indicate Chauvin, Derek, 24, 25
illustrations. climate change
as campaign issue, 26–28, 31
absentee ballots causes of, 27
counting, 43 effects of, 26–27
lawsuits challenging counting of, 45 Harris’s career and, 31
legitimacy of, 37–38 public opinion about, 27
reasons for, 36–37 Clinton, Hillary, 12–13, 33, 46
Trump and Clyburn, Jim, 17
actions against US Postal Service and, 41 CNN, 15, 34
administration members vote by, 42 coal industry, 23, 28
claims about, 40 Conway, Claudia, 18
use of, in 2020 election, 41 Conway, George, 10, 18
Affordable Care Act, 20 Conway, Kellyanne, 18
African Americans COVID-19 pandemic
as Democratic presidential candidates, 14 Barrett nomination announcement and,
endorsements of, for Biden, 17 34–35, 35
Floyd’s death and, 24–26 basic facts about, 21–22
in South Carolina, 17 Biden election campaign and, 23, 31–32
voter suppression of, 37 as campaign issue, 21, 28
See also Harris, Kamala deaths in United States, 22, 36
Allen, Joseph, 35 nominating conventions and, 29
American Idol (television program), 18 social distancing and absentee ballots during,
Asian Americans, 14 36–37
See also Harris, Kamala Trump ill with, 34–36, 35
Trump’s response to, 22–23, 24, 36
Babbitt, Ashli, 53 Crowley, Adrienne, 40
Balz, Dan, 15
Barnett, Steve, 38 De La Fuente, Roque, 10–11
Barrett, Amy Coney, 34–35, 35 Democratic Party
Bates, Andrew, 41 ethnic and gender makeup of, 15
Biden, Hunter, 7–8, 32 impeachments of Trump and, 6
Biden, Joe primary
Affordable Care Act and, 20 candidates, 13, 13–15
attacks made by Trump on, 9 voting, 16–18, 19
background of, 12, 20, 27 democratic socialism, 14
certifi ed president-elect, 54
declared winner of presidency, 43, 44 election campaign of Biden
inaugurated as president, 54–55, 55 2016, 33
Trump and transition to presidency of, 48–49 acceptance speech by, 29
votes for presidency received by, 43, 44, 47 attacks on Trump by, 23, 41
See also election campaign of Biden debates between Trump and, 32–34, 36
Blitzer, Wolf, 43 Harris chosen by, as vice president
Bloomberg, Michael, 15 candidate, 30, 30–31
Bonfi glio, Joe, 31 in Iowa caucuses, 16
Booker, Cory, 14 nomination won by, 18
Boyland, Rosanne, 53 public appearances during, 23, 31–32
Burisma, 7–8, 32 See also issues
Buttigieg, Pete, 14–15 election campaign of Trump
attacks by
Castro, Julián, 14 on Hunter Biden, 32
caucuses, 11, 16 on Joe Biden, 9
Chansley, Jacob, 54 on mail-in ballots and election rigged by
Charlottesville, Virginia, White supremacist rally, offi cials, 36–37, 40–42
33 on Mexican immigrants, 20

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