A covid-struck, confused and polarised poll - Donald Trump is very likely to challenge the results of the US election | Briefing | The Economist
In June a bipartisan group of campaign veterans, elected officials,
journalists and academics convened by the Transition Integrity Project, a
group founded last year, set about war-gaming four different possible
election results: a commanding victory for Joe Biden, a narrow victory
for Mr Biden, a narrow victory for Mr Trump achieved, as his previous
one was, without a majority of the popular vote, and a result in which,
because of contested outcomes in battleground states, the identity of
the victor was unclear. In all four scenarios the role playing produced
levels of gamesmanship and tumult beyond anything seen in recent
American elections. In the narrow-Biden-victory scenario the Secret
Service escorted Mr Trump from the White House on inauguration day. It
is hard to overestimate what such a sight would mean to Americans—and to
the rest of the world.
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