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ELECTION^2020

VOL. 196, NO. 19 | 2020

A Biden-Harris

victory celebration

in Washington,

D.C., on Nov. 7

Photograph by

Lorenzo Meloni—

Magnum Photos

for TIME

ON THE COVER:

Photograph by Andrew

Harnik—Pool/AP

WAY OUT

Taking office when the

incumbent won’t concede

By Molly Ball 12

CHARACTER AS DESTINY

How Joe Biden won

By Charlotte Alter 22

THE LIMITS

OF THE BASE

How Donald Trump lost

By Brian Bennett and

Tessa Berenson 32

QUESTION FOR THE

PROSECUTION

Should a former

President face charges?

By Simon Shuster and

Vera Bergengruen 34

BIDEN’S AGENDA

The President-elect confronts

a pandemic, health care, the

economy and the climate 42

THE JOE I KNOW

To unify America, my

friend should take a

page from FDR

By Jon Meacham 50

PLUS:

Viewpoints from

Brittney Cooper,

Anna Purna Kambhampaty

and Cady Lang, Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

and Stephanie Land 36

TIME OFF

In Mank, the other mind behind Citizen

Kane; woke capitalists in Industry; Ariana

Grande’s new album; and 9 Questions

for election-map guru Steve Kornacki 57