The former vice president, now President-elect, got 50.8% percent of the votes counted so far, 5 million-plus more than Trump. "In the end, Trump will have to move out of the White House, whether he likes it or not. Trump's court challenges "are unlikely to pay off in the form of a second term for Trump," wrote Richard L. Hasen in the Atlantic. "The lesson to learn from this election," wrote Oren Cass, "is that, whoever you supported, about half of your fellow citizens felt otherwise. As Obama explains of Trump, 'For millions of Americans spooked by a Black man in the White House, he promised an elixir for their racial anxiety.'"

Source: The Nation November 15, 2020 17:03 UTC