52 Time December 21/December 28, 2020
2020 Person of the Year
A VAST, DIVERSE
COALITION
Biden and Harris
set a presidential-
campaign record
with more than
81 million votes.
These are some
of the supporters
who delivered
the victory
1. ERIE COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
“We saw him as
a champion [of]
democracy and
human rights
globally,” Rabih
Hoblos (second
from right), a
retired engineer
and Democratic
organizer, says of
Biden. Trump took
Erie County in 2016;
Biden won it back.
3. NAVAJO COUNTY,
ARIZONA Leading a
team that drove more
than 66,000 miles
through the Navajo
Nation, Tara Benally
and Dalene Redhorse
helped register nearly
4,700 Arizona voters
crucial to turning the
state blue. “It was
Indigenous nations
that put Biden in
office,” says Benally
(left).- CARTERSVILLE,
GEORGIA
“She said, ‘Don’t
tweet behind
a computer
screen—get out
there!’” says Latitia
Stephens (center),
recalling the advice
Stacey Abrams offered
at a 2018 campaign
event, which inspired
her to volunteer for
the Biden and Harris
campaign.
4. MILWAUKEE
“Watching these
girls see somebody
ascend to that office
and know that they
could do that too—it
felt really inspiring
and heartwarming,”
Eileen Force Cahill
(third from right),
a member of the
board of directors for
Planned Parenthood
of Wisconsin, says of
Harris.By Lissandra Villa and
Vera Bergengruen