On November 3rd 2020, the citizens of the USA voted for their next president. It was a close election in certain states and ended with a Democratic party candidate Joseph R Biden Jr victory. This is the first election that I followed closely and got to know about how the nomination process works, different ways people vote and what swing states are and what are the swing states/ battleground states.
In 2016 Republican candidate Donald Trump won the election. In 2020 Joe Biden narrowly secured the presidency with electoral college votes 290 to 217 [as of now] . Biden managed to keep all the blue states ( states that traditionally vote for Democrats like CA, WA, NY etc) and flipped few red states like Michigan and Arizona from 2016.
In my opinion what Joe Biden did differently was that he said if he wins he will be the president of all the people of the United States of America. He believed that we need to follow science to address COVD-19. On his election ticket he chose Kamala Harris who is California Senator to be his running mate. With this historic win Kamala Harris became, first Southeast Asian and first Woman of Color and first female Vice President of the USA .
I am looking forward to better days with Joe Biden as our Commander in Chief. I hope that Joe Biden will listen to Dr. Anthony Fauci and we will be able to beat COVID-19. I hope I get to go to school and play with my friends in 2021. Hoping for a better tomorrow.
Arjun