The United States Presidential Election of 2020

Evidence-based and Nonpartisan Perspectives

Buch | Hardcover

326 Seiten

2023
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-3764-0 (ISBN)

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This edited volume is the first comprehensive text to provide an evidence-based (i.e. emphasizing the practical application of the findings of the best available current research) and nonpartisan (i.e. not biased, especially toward any particular political group) analyses of the United States Presidential Election of 2020. The contributors to this volume present evidence pertaining to polling and improbabilities, the modernization of United States elections administration and the voting process, voting strategy and legal wrangling, the Black view, and challenges to democracy. The collection ends with a unifying theme, predicts the probability for the 2024 Presidential Election, and offers policy recommendations for future Presidential Elections.

Abdul Karim Bangura is researcher-in-residence of Abrahamic Connections and Islamic Peace Studies at American University’s Center for Global Peace

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction by Abdul Karim Bangura

Part I: A Game of Numbers: Polling and Improbabilities

Chapter 1: Polling in the 2020 Election by Walter W. Hill

Chapter 2: Mathematical Improbabilities of the 2020 Presidential Election by Abdul Karim Bangura

Part II: The Modernization of United States Elections and the Voting Process

Chapter 3: The Administration of United States Elections: 2016 and 2020 by Nichelle S. Williams

Chapter 4: The 2020 United States Presidential Election: An Examination of Its Effect on the Constitutional Framework by JP Afamefuna Ifedi

Chapter 5: The Electoral College, 2016 and 2020 by Walter W. Hill

Chapter 6: Dominion Voting Machines: Ownership, History and Reliability by Trevin London

Chapter 7: The Role of Social Media by Alie Kunda

Part III: Voting Strategies and Legal Wrangling

Chapter 8: Joseph Robinette Biden’s Campaign Strategy by Abdul Karim Bangura

Chapter 9: United States Supreme Court: Political and Ideological Leanings, Cases and Detailed Decisions by Alie Kunda

Chapter 10: A Case of Legitimacy and the Democratic Process of Voting by Junior Hopwood

Part IV: The Black View

Chapter 11: How Republican Are Black Republicans, Really? by Aaron L. Bell

Chapter 12: Donald Trump's Strategy for the Black Vote by Aaron L. Bell

Chapter 13: The Impact of the 2020 United States Presidential Election on Democratic Development in Africa South of the Sahara by JP Afamefuna Ifedi

Conclusion by Abdul Karim Bangura

Index

About the Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum	09.05.2023
Co-Autor	Abdul Karim Bangura, Aaron L. Bell, Walter W. Hill, Junior Hopwood
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 237 mm
Gewicht	576 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-6669-3764-9 / 1666937649
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-3764-0 / 9781666937640
Zustand	Neuware