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
The United States Presidential Election of 2020: Evidence-based and Nonpartisan Perspectives edited by Abdul Karim Bangura serves as a revolutionary tool in the hands of engaged and patriotic citizens. No one can ever take democracy in the United States for granted after reading it! -- Mueni wa Muiu, Winston Salem State University
