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reckoning with historic
wrongs. An America that
stands apart, or one that
intervenes and forms
alliances abroad. Rolling
back regulations, or
taking action on climate
change. That’s not even
counting the candidates’
major differences on
staple issues such
as health care and
immigration.
Given the times we’re
in, it’s impossible to
say that this election is
about one extraordinary
phenomenon more
than another: the most
polarizing president in
modern U.S. history, a
once-in-decades public-
health crisis, a recession
unlike any economists
have seen. Bloomberg
Businessweek has distilled
this political moment
into the 2020 Election
Issue. We start with a
wide-angle look at the
nation’s crises, then
gradually zoom in—first
on American places,
then on voters, then on
the casting and counting
of ballots.
At the heart of this
guide is theU.S. voter.
We’ve asked a sampling
of them key questions:
What matters to you
and your loved ones?
How can a broken
country heal? Their
answers are eloquent,
moving, and bracing.
�Amanda Kolson
Hurley, Politics editor
COVER: Photograph by
Hannah Whitaker for
Bloomberg Businessweek