The Count Begins in Pennsylvania: “It’s Going to Be a Wild Ride”

Plus: Biden must defeat Trump and Trumpism; Trump’s 2020 superspreader campaign; and the twentieth anniversary of Bush v. Gore. View in browser | Update your preferences Campaign Chronicles The Count Begins in Pennsylvania: “It’s Going to Be a Wild Ride” Reporting inconsistencies, potential delays, and legal challenges could make vote-counting in the state chaotic. By Eliza Griswold More in News Daily Comment Biden Must Defeat Not Only Trump but Trumpism Normalcy, we’ve come to understand, is on the ballot. But we cannot conflate a Biden victory with an automatic return to normalcy. By Jelani Cobb Letter from Trump’s Washington Donald Trump’s Superspreader Campaign: A Diary From “COVID, COVID, COVID” is a fake to “Fire Fauci!” By Susan B. Glasser Our Columnists What If This Election Ends in Another Bush v. Gore? As we approach the decision’s twentieth anniversary, myriad cases about states’ voting arrangements have created an unnerving sense of legal cacophony. By Jeannie Suk Gersen Daily Comment Betting That Non-Voters Will Vote if a Friend Asks Them to How and where a nonprofit is spending three and a half million dollars to do something that—the evidence suggests—is quite effective. By Margaret Talbot Q. & A. Why Conrad Black Supports Trump’s Reëlection The former media tycoon talks about his friendship with Trump, and why he believes that the accusations about the President’s racism are four-fifths false. By Isaac Chotiner Q. & A. A Polling Expert on the Odds for 2020 Dave Wasserman discusses what conclusions can be reached from early-voting data and why Pennsylvania is the Midwestern state that Democrats should worry about. By Isaac Chotiner Campaign Chronicles An Unexpected Encounter with Trump Supporters in Georgia “I don’t really like all this politics stuff. It just makes people crazy.” By Charles Bethea Dept. of Polls In a Wisconsin Cookie Poll, Trump Wins by a Landslide “We’ve never seen anything like it,” says the owner of Uncle Mike’s Bake Shoppe, which has been selling cookies decorated with the faces of Presidential candidates since 2008. By Elisabeth Zerofsky Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Twenty-Five Things to Do While You Wait in Line for Six Hours to Vote No. 3: Call your estranged cousin, Cynthia, and finally confront her about everything she’s done. By Allie Levitan Daily Cartoon Tuesday, November 3rd By Peter Kuper This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.