Mr. Biden also won the popular vote with a record-breaking 74 million votes. Mr. Trump received more than 70 million votes, the second-highest tally on record. Ms. Harris, the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, has risen higher in the country’s leadership than any woman before her. In her victory speech, Ms. Harris thanked the women who shaped her. Now, in his successful third attempt at the presidency, Mr. Biden will confront the ultimate test of his principal theory of governance: that compromise is good and modest progress is still progress.

Source: International New York Times November 08, 2020 11:26 UTC