The political crisis in the United States: the case of the 2020 presidential election
Abstract
Based on the analysis of the 2020 presidential elections, trends in the development of individual institutions of the American political system, we designated value transformations in the society. The past elections once again demonstrated the problems in the US electoral system; the process of polarization is intensifying after the presidency of Donald Trump. It is also important to note that specific regional and global processes accompanied the very atmosphere of the pre-election race. The former include the death of George Floyd and subsequent protests; calls for racial justice; news about fraudulent elections at the federal level, etc. The COVID-19 Pandemic, during which the political struggle took place; the weakening of religion, recorded in the reports of The World Values and others - all these can be classified as global processes. Taken together, all these processes influenced the 2020 elections, which in turn makes them strikingly different from previous elections.
About the Authors
S. A. Mefodyeva
Far Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
K. V. Brusnik
Far Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Review
For citations:
Mefodyeva S.A., Brusnik K.V. The political crisis in the United States: the case of the 2020 presidential election. Вестник Северо-Восточного федерального университета имени М. К. Аммосова. Vestnik of North-Eastern Federal University. Серия «Общественные науки. Social science». 2021;(2):65-73. (In Russ.)
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