{"id":121,"date":"2020-11-14T14:31:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T14:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2020-11-14T14:32:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T14:32:57","slug":"one-pandemic-two-americas-and-a-week-long-election-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/one-pandemic-two-americas-and-a-week-long-election-day\/","title":{"rendered":"One pandemic, two Americas and a week-long election day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"455\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Iope_Comm_-_coman_photo.png?resize=455%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Iope_Comm_-_coman_photo.png?w=455&amp;ssl=1 455w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Iope_Comm_-_coman_photo.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Iope_Comm_-_coman_photo.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Iope_Comm_-_coman_photo.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"US201bio\">Dr Ioana Coman<br><br>Assistant Professor, College of Media and Communication, Texas Tech University.<br><br>Co-editor of Political Communication and COVID-19 Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis. Page\/Johnson Legacy Scholar (2019 and 2020).<br><br><em>Twitter: @IoanaAComan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/US20_divider_1_policy.png?resize=400%2C308&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/US20_divider_1_policy.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/US20_divider_1_policy.png?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"US201\"> Section 1: Policy and political context<\/h5>\n<div class=\"page-list\"><ul class=\"list-group-item\"><li class=\"page_item page-item-115\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/the-far-too-normal-election\/\">The far-too-normal election<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-125\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/political-emotion-and-the-global-pandemic-factors-at-odds-with-a-trump-presidency\/\">Political emotion and the global pandemic: factors at odds with a Trump presidency<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-129\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/the-pandemic-did-not-produce-the-predominant-headwinds-that-changed-the-course-of-the-country\/\">The pandemic did not produce the predominant headwinds that changed the course of the country<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-134\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/confessions-of-a-vampire\/\">Confessions of a vampire<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-137\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/covid-19-and-the-2020-election\/\">COVID-19 and the 2020 election<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/president-trump-promised-a-covid-vaccine-by-election-day-that-politicized-vaccination-intentions\/\">President Trump promised a COVID vaccine by Election Day: that politicized vaccination intentions<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-145\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/the-enduring-impact-of-the-black-lives-matter-movement-on-the-2020-elections\/\">The enduring impact of the Black Lives Matter movement on the 2020 elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-149\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/where-do-we-go-from-here-the-2020-u-s-presidential-election-immigration-and-crisis\/\">Where do we go from here? The 2020 U.S. presidential election, immigration, and crisis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-152\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/a-nation-divided-on-abortion\/\">A nation divided on abortion?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-156\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/ending-the-policy-of-erasure-transgender-issues-in-2020\/\">Ending the policy of erasure: transgender issues in 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-159\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/u-s-presidential-politics-and-planetary-crisis-in-2020\/\">U.S. presidential politics and planetary crisis in 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-162\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/joe-biden-and-americas-role-in-the-world\/\">Joe Biden and America\u2019s role in the world<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-165\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/president-bidens-foreign-policy-engagement-multilateralism-and-cautious-globalization\/\">President Biden\u2019s foreign policy: engagement, multilateralism, and cautious globalization<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-168\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/presidential-primary-outcomes-as-evidence-of-levels-of-party-unity\/\">Presidential primary outcomes as evidence of levels of party unity<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-171\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/a-movable-force-the-armed-forces-voting-bloc\/\">A movable force: the armed forces voting bloc<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-179\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/guns-and-the-2020-elections\/\">Guns and the 2020 elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-182\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/can-bidens-win-stop-the-decline-of-the-west-and-restore-the-role-of-the-united-states-in-the-world\/\">Can Biden\u2019s win stop the decline of the West and restore the role of the United States in the world?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election took place during a convergence of crises (a pandemic, an economic crisis, a systemic racism crisis). Pundits argued that COVID-19 will be one of the biggest issues affecting the elections. This brief analysis focuses on how the pandemic was framed by the two candidates in their rally discourses, the potential connections to the election results and what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>One pandemic, two realities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump and Biden painted two realities regarding the pandemic and what\u2019s at stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump consistently downplayed the virus, even after getting sick himself. His rally discourses from very early on, paint a rosy picture, albeit full of contradictions: \u201c<em>But while I\u2019m president, the United States we use every tool, and we\u2019ve done it. By the way, our country is doing great. We have the pandemic should have never been allowed should have never been allowed to happen by China,\u201d (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/talk2020\/transcript\/CHTS000020200818eg8h00008?hl=CHTS000020200818eg8h00008_Q9_SP22431_EP23359\">Oshkosh-Wisconsin-8\/17<\/a>). And while numbers kept&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/us-covid-19-hospitalizations-spike-to-highest-number-since-august\/\">spiking<\/a>, Trump kept reassuring Americans: \u201c<em>But you know what, without the vaccine, it\u2019s ending too. We\u2019re rounding the turn; it\u2019s ending without the vaccine. But the vaccine is going to make it go quicker. Let\u2019s get rid of it.\u201d (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/talk2020\/transcript\/CHTS000020201019egag00003?hl=CHTS000020201019egag00003_Q19_SP56864_EP57488\">Macon-Georgia-10\/16<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump constantly applauds his packed crowds:&nbsp;<em>\u201cWhat a crowd. What a crowd. You see what\u2019s going on, on the road all the way up here. We have people all the way up.\u201d (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/talk2020\/transcript\/CHTS000020201019egai00004?hl=CHTS000020201019egai00004_Q9_SP14449_EP15109\">Carson City-Nevada-10\/18<\/a>) and at different points he mocks Biden for being cautious, wearing a mask, holding virtual rallies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump paints Biden as the one who will destroy everything:&nbsp;<em>\u201cJoe Biden would terminate our recovery, delay the vaccine, prolong the pandemic, and annihilate Georgia\u2019s economy\u201d (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/talk2020\/transcript\/CHTS000020201019egag00003?hl=CHTS000020201019egag00003_Q19_SP56864_EP57488\">Macon-Georgia-10\/16<\/a>). The election is \u201c<em>a choice between a deadly lockdown and a safe vaccine that ends the pandemic with or without the vaccine.\u201d (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/talk2020\/transcript\/CHTS000020201102egav00006?hl=CHTS000020201102egav00006_Q44_SP20134_EP20746\">Montoursville-Pennsylvania-10\/31<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden\u2019s reality is a much bleaker one. In his rallies, he emphasizes COVID-19\u2019s toll: \u201c<em>Today, unfortunately, America is going to\u2026 reach a tragic milestone, 200,000 deaths recorded as of today because of the coronavirus, 200,000 deaths all across this nation (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/talk2020\/transcript\/CHTS000020200921eg9l0002v?hl=CHTS000020200921eg9l0002v_Q1_SP2238_EP3060\">Manitowoc-Wisconsin-9\/21<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He applauds respecting preventive measures:&nbsp;<em>\u201cThere\u2019s so many of you here, I wish I could go car to car and meet you all. I don\u2019t like the idea of all this distance, but it\u2019s necessary. I appreciate you being safe. What we don\u2019t want to do is become super spreaders, but thank you so much.\u201d (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/talk2020\/transcript\/CHTS000020201026egao00006?hl=CHTS000020201026egao00006_Q11_SP6297_EP7297\">Bucks County-Pennsylvania-10\/24<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden harshly criticized Trump\u2019s handling of the crisis; for downplaying the pandemic, politicizing and discouraging people from wearing a mask, for giving up. For Biden \u201cthe first step of beating this virus is beating Donald Trump.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/talk2020\/transcript\/CHTS000020201102egav00002?hl=CHTS000020201102egav00002_Q1_SP3035_EP4008\">Detroit-Michigan-10\/31<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his rallies Biden promises to end this pandemic, without shutting down:&nbsp;<em>\u201cI am not going to shut down the country. But I am going to shut down the virus.\u201d (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/talk2020\/transcript\/CHTS000020201029egat0005s?hl=CHTS000020201029egat0005s_Q1_SP4539_EP5278\">Broward County-Florida-10\/29<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, in Trump\u2019s discourses the pandemic is approached mostly towards the middle-end of the discourse, while in Biden\u2019s it is approached from the very beginning or first quarter of the speech. This focuses the attention on the problem and implicitly the vulnerability for Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>COVID-19 and elections results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COVID-19 cases surged before and on election day, especially in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/03\/us\/coronavirus-cases-election-day.html\">battleground states<\/a>. In October, for 82% of registered voters supporting Biden,&nbsp;the outbreak would be \u201cvery important\u201d to their vote, compared to only 24% Trump supporters. In a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/11\/03\/politics\/exit-polls-2020\/index.html\">CNN exit poll<\/a>, COVID-19 was ranked the third most important for their decision, behind the economy and racial inequality. The pandemic already affected the election process, resulting in a record number of mail-in ballots, and delaying the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On November 7, the AP called the race for Biden (290 vs. 214 electoral votes). Georgia and Arizona who switched from \u201cred\u201d to \u201cblue\u201d (voting Republican in prior five presidential elections, and both having Republican governors) are also among the states with high COVID-19 cases and deaths. But Biden did not win by a large&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2020\/results\/president\">margin<\/a>. Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, who voted for Trump in 2016 (but blue in the four prior elections) voted for Biden and were also affected by the pandemic. However, it is also true that the states most affected by pandemic, remained loyal to either Biden and Democrats (California, New York) or Trump and Republicans (Texas, Louisiana). Florida also voted for Trump (while in 2008, 2016 voted for Obama).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While other factors beyond the pandemic were critical in this election, it seems that where there were many illnesses and deaths, Trump\u2019s speech focused on the denial of evidence lost to Biden\u2019s call to defend ourselves, to solidarity and collective care. It also seems that Trump\u2019s pandemic reality remained shared by many of his voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elections are over, the nation is still very divided<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden declared his victory as for&nbsp;<strong>\u201c<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2020-11-07\/joe-biden-victory-speech-2020-election-transcript\">We The People<\/a>,\u201d and emphasized this is a time to heal, to unite and to listen to science. However, Trump and his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/11\/08\/politics\/trump-voters-react-to-election\/index.html\">&nbsp;supporters<\/a>&nbsp;are yet to officially concede and the Trump administration will still handle the national pandemic response for the next months. It remains to be seen who will dominate the Senate. Currently, Republicans seem to lead, but some things might still change (e.g. Georgia\u2019s run-off on January 3). Equally critical, Americans remain divided in their views of COVID-19 and mask wearing (e.g.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2020\/06\/23\/most-americans-say-they-regularly-wore-a-mask-in-stores-in-the-past-month-fewer-see-others-doing-it\/\">Republicans<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2020\/06\/23\/most-americans-say-they-regularly-wore-a-mask-in-stores-in-the-past-month-fewer-see-others-doing-it\/\">Whites<\/a>&nbsp;are less likely to wear a mask) as COVID-19 numbers keep surging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Ioana Coman Assistant Professor, College of Media and Communication, Texas Tech University. Co-editor of Political Communication and COVID-19 Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis. Page\/Johnson Legacy Scholar (2019 and 2020). Twitter: @IoanaAComan The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election took place during a convergence of crises (a pandemic, an economic crisis, a systemic racism crisis). 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